Almost every one young and old owns at least one mobile phone today. Many people own two, or sometimes more! Today, mobile phones do not just allow you to communicate easily with just about anybody, they allow you to share moments by the second with people you want to connect with. For whatever reason, communication equipment has been one of the major focuses of the advancing world of technology.

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In less than 2 decades mobile  phones have become one of the most defining communication devices in history. The below infographic (via 901am) is a visualisation of the telephone’s humble beginnings to the staggering stats of today’s mobile phone ownership and usage around the globe.