Boom in the bust.

The article examines the cellular telephone services industry. Companies which manufacture cellular telephones have seen sales decline due to the recession, but there has been an explosion of new products and services linked to smartphones. It is expected that this development and the growing popula...

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Published in:Economist Vol. 390; no. 8621; pp. 69 - 71
Format: Article
Published: Economist Newspaper Limited 3/7/2009
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