[US wireless service continues to lag behind major European and Asian markets. Why? spotty network coverage and subscription pricing plans are some of the reasons noted in this AP article.]

By Ellen Simon, New York -- "An estimated 57 percent of the U.S. population chats on wireless phones -- not much greater than the percentage of wireless phone users in much poorer Jamaica, where 54 percent of the people have mobile phones, according to the International Telecommunications Union.

By comparison, in Hong Kong there are 105.75 mobile subscribers for every 100 inhabitants. In Taiwan, there are 110."

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