This is a weird story, but is a sign o' the times. iSuppli -- the odd analyst house that like tear electronics apart to arrive at a bill-of-sale amount for the world on things like iPods and cellphones -- says that mobile phones become increasingly ubiquitous, even among low-income subscribers in developing regions of the globe.iSuppli figures that the manufacturers of mobile phones have a weird crossroads as they are now challenged but with large opportunities as they all strive to offer cost-reduced products that appeal to the third world. iSuppli referenced the "Ultra Low Cost Handset" -- or ULCH -- as part of the mainstream strategy for all mobile phone manufacturers.
Perhaps there are margins there? There better be -- cellphones will only be as ubiquitous as there are margins to be made.
