Motorola chairman: Mobiles for under $15 likely by 2008

Mobile phones costing less than $15 will be available in developing countries by 2008, Motorola Chairman David Brown has predicted.

If handsets can be delivered that cheaply, it could lead to another 100 million people a year getting their first phones, he said.

The thrifty price tag on the handsets is partly because of chip manufacturers' commitments to supply inexpensive silicon components, Brown said.
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