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The mobile phone rather than the personal computer has been seen as the medium that will boost Internet penetration in India, the world’s fastest growing wireless market, but the reverse is also apparently true.
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According to Inside the Mind of the ‘Wired’ Mobile Phone Buyer, a report by digital marketing agency Webchutney, a majority of online mobile users intending to buy another handset use social networking websites for more than one hour a day, exchanging views and sharing feeback, comparing features and gathering information on products and services. The research found that 80% of online mobile phone users intend to purchase another handset, and they can afford to.
Some 81% of mobile owners logged onto the Internet earn up to R25,000 a month, indicating high buying power, said the report.
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