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Ed Markey: The numbers are just so exponentially larger that they just match up with the cell phone wireless revolution in Africa.

On the recordFebruary 10, 2016
The numbers are just so exponentially larger that they just match up with the cell phone wireless revolution in Africa.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Markey compares telecommunications growth in Africa to the wireless revolution.

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