Vittorio Colao, the boss of Vodafone, which operates or partially owns networks in 31 countries, argues that the farther south you go, the more people use their phones, even past the equator: where life is less organised people need a tool, for example to rejig appointments.
Jericoacoara, located roughly 330km west of Fortaleza and straddling the equator, started life as a small fishing village where a barter system predominated and there was no electricity, phones or TV.
Constantly distracted from the norm, I hang around the equator of life, bouncing back and forth on an infinitely thin line.
Cells located at the periphery of the epithelium, near the lens equator, proliferate throughout life.
Albinos living close to the equator develop sun damage earlier in life because of lack of sun protection and they develop premalignant and malignant tumors by the second decade of life.
"We saw a computer thing and they could show you what it looked like if you were looking out the window," said Mr. Chute, 64, an entrepreneur who owns several companies and whose deep, rich tan indicates a life spent near the Equator.
A recent study of 25(OH D levels in women living a traditional life style near the equator found mean serum 25(OH D levels of nearly 60 ng/ml in pregnancy, approximately triple that of pregnant women in more developed poleward countries who putatively live and work indoors.
As the scientists traced tendrils of reddish brown and speculated as to the rate of melt at the edge of a two-toned ice patch near Pluto's equator, the impossibly distant world came to life.
The Irish landmass was now above sea level and lying near the equator, and fossil traces of land-based life forms survive from this period.
To many Ecuadorians and expats alike, Cuenca--at an elevation of about 8,300 feet, but practically on the equator--represents the best in city life in Spanish-speaking Ecuador.
