MobileCrunch � Baidu Chairman Li says �The Next Big Opportunity Will Come from Mobile Phones�

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According the Baidu’s Chairman and CEO, Robin Li, the next big opportunity for Baidu will come from mobile phones. Li was quoted on April 24 during the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2006. Li went on to say that 3G technology making the mobile phone more practical for accessing the web can increase the number of users from between 100 and 200 million.
Although second globally in total netizens, only one in ten Chinese has internet access at this time, meaning that unlike the domestic market, China’s market is still vastly underdeveloped. Like many countries lacking nationwide infrastructure the mobile device is of crucual importance and the deployment of robust 3G mobile networks will effectively leapfrog 2 full generations of technology, catapulting people that previously could barely get a land line right into the forfront of communications technology.
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