Landline Phones in World

The total number of landline phones in the world reached 1.27 billion in 2008 which is 0.6 % more than in 2007, according to a study by Research and Markets.

While erosion of landline phones occurred in North America and western Europe, increses in Asia, Middle East, and Africa more than offset the losses in North American and western Europe.

There are now 595 million mobile phone subscribers in the Middle East and Africa–a 30% increase over the previous year.

China was by far the largest market in the world in 2008 for landline phones with 340 million subscribers.  Chinese landline phones represent 27 % of the entire world’s subscribers to fixed lines.

Manchester Evening News Dating

Manchester, England — Advanced Telecom Services’ London office provides its newspaper voice personals program to the Manchester Evening News, along with many other newspapers in the United Kingdom.

Voice personals provided by Advanced Telecom Services

 

Cell Phone Usage By Household In Canada

Almost three quarters (74.3%) of Canadian households indicated they had a cell phone in 2008 up from 72.4% in 2007.

The proportion of households with cell phones was highest in Alberta (84.5%) , Saskatchewan (78.0%), British Columbia (77.8%) and Ontario (76.8%). Quebec had the lowest rate of cell phone use at 65.5% of households.

In 2008, 8.0% of households reported having cell phones only, up from 6.4% in 2007.

The trend is towards younger households being more likely to use only a cell phone, with 34% of households comprised solely of adults aged between 18 and 34 relying exclusively on cell phones.  Among all other households the rate was 4.5%.

In 2008, 67% of the households that used only cell phones were renters and not homeowners.

The proportion of households without any phone service remained unchanged from 2007 at 0.9%.

ATS-London Provides TeleText Dating

ATS-London provides TeleText dating application for television.  The service is called 121 Dating and consists of text classified advertisements on the television screen.

Singles are divided based on region within the United Kingdom and by sexual preference.  Interested singles can then browse the classified advertisements via their television remote.

teletext allows you to find a date while watching TV in the UK.

Finding a date on TV is easy with teletext.

 

ATS-Prague Office

One of the great success stories of Advanced Telecom Services has been its office in Praha, Czech Republic.  The office was established in 1997 as ATS’s fourth country location following its expansion from the USA, United Kingdom, Canada, and then Czech Republic.

The first meeting held to discuss the establishment of ATS-Praha was held at the Imperial Cafe in Prague.

Bob Bentz and Michal Horak celebrate 12 years in business in Prague.

Telemedia 360

Liverpool, England — Telemedia 360 attendees included: Bob Bentz, president of the USA office; Cindy Aspland, sales director and deputy MD of the London office; and Ian Scott, MD in London.

Bob Bentz, Cindy Aspland, Ian Scott