And let’s hope he means it when he says it’s more than low-cost handsets. I think it would be insulting to think the first step is to just get phones in people’s hands. I think everyone in emerging markets is well aware of what the rest of the Hyperconnected World is doing with mobile devices. I don’t expect them to desire any less.
That’s the next hop of the leapfrogging.
The future of the mobile communications industry lies in emerging high-growth markets, like China and India, and companies ignore the opportunities in these countries at their own peril, Motorola’s top executive said.
"It’s where the future is, not only for low-end handsets but for mobile communications," said Ed Zander, Motorola’s chief executive officer, during an interview at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Telecom World 2006 conference and exhibition in Hong Kong.
Eh, his math is off, too. I mean, some of those ‘next 4 billion’, Ed, are babies.
