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Today, all the conditions are falling into place to enable communications service providers to profit from deploying 3G services in emerging markets. With sharply decreasing 3G device prices and high unmet global demand for the internet, any market is now ready for 3G.

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Emerging markets are ripe for mobile broadband, with many of them having a low national penetration of fixed broadband, often below 10%. They also have high urban populations with relatively few fixed Internet connections and there is often no feasible connection method other than the mobile. Another factor is the rapidly declining prices of low-end 3G handheld devices.

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