Future of internet in cell phones

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Google vice president and Chief internet Evangelist Vinton Chef said that Cellphones will fuel growth to the world wide web than personal computers. The founding father of internet predicted in accordance to countries like India as it is snapping up millions of handsets every month. He said, "The mobile phone has become an important factor in the internet revolution."

The internet traffic exploded to 1.1billion, which is nearly ten times than what it was a decade ago. However, it reaches only a sixth of world's population.

Chef in his views added, that the internet had brought access to the world's information to users, introduced new business models, education services, ushered in a new advertising medium and enabled consumers to become producers.

Handset manufacturers and mobile-phone companies are offering an array of internet-enabled features and services including payment and navigation systems while dropping charges under the pressure of growing competition that will bring many of the new subscribers to the internet.