Sentence examples for fixed telephone lines from inspiring English sources

In 2005, there were fewer than 20 fixed telephone lines for every 100 Mexicans, and less than half had cellphones.

There are 1.2 billion fixed telephone lines, and 1.3 billion people carry mobile phones of decreasing size and increasing complexity.

In that time, the number of mobile phone subscribers surpassed the number of fixed telephone lines, which has dipped 8.5percentt.

The results showed that only 15.7 percent of those using fixed telephone lines and 21 percent using mobile devices achieved the advertised maximum speeds.

When under the thumb of drug dealers, residents said they lacked basic services like a post office or fixed telephone lines.

Some 1.5m new fixed telephone lines are laid each month, and China will soon be the second-biggest mobile-phone market in the world.

LONDON — Vodafone Group agreed on Monday to buy Cable and Wireless Worldwide, an acquisition that will add a fixed telephone line network and services for businesses to Vodafone's wireless operations.

Eventually, in 2009, it proposed levying a 50p tax on every fixed telephone line in the country: the proceeds were to be given to BT to allow it to connect even the remotest hamlets by 2012.

DealBook »   Vodafone to Acquire Cable and Wireless Worldwide for $1.7 Billion  |  The British phone company Vodafone agreed to buy Cable and Wireless Worldwide, adding a fixed telephone line network and services for businesses to its wireless operations.

AZAM AHMED TELECOM EXPANSION The Vodafone Group agreed on Monday to buy Cable & Wireless Worldwide, an acquisition that will add a fixed telephone line network and services for businesses to Vodafone's wireless operations.

However, the latter may force increased private expenditure, via plans to make access to broadband above two megabytes per second a right for most households, in the same manner as access to a fixed telephone line.