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Cerf: Cell Phones To Drive Internet Growth

There are about 5.5 billion people on the planet. Roughly 2.5 billion of them use cell phones. Only 1.1 billion surf the Web. So when Vinton G. Cerf, who currently serves as Google’s vice president, states that mobile phones will fuel the growth of the Internet, well . . . maybe we should believe him. “The mobile phone has become an important factor in the Internet revolution,” said Cerf. “You will get those other 5.5 billion people only when affordability increases and the cost of communication goes down.”

Internet Ad Revenue Near $4B For Quarter

The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) announced that online ad revenue reached $3.864 billion for the first quarter of 2006.