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wireless users | mobile phones | Web-surfing capabilities | online purchases

Facts & Figures

by American Way Staff

32% Of mobile phone users in a 2000 survey said they would use mobile phones with Web-surfing capabilities to make online purchases.

12% Of users in a 2001 survey said they would use their phones to buy online.

1% Of users said they would in a March 2002 survey.

Source: A.T. Kearney/Judge Institute; survey of 5,600 wireless users in the U.S., Europe, and Asia.

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