Behold the cellphone. Or, as it's known in most other parts of the world, the mobile phone.
The mobile phone is a kind of hallmark for growth and change in the 21st century. Back in the 1980s, when mobile phones first arrived, they looked like bricks with giant antennas. Now they are sleek and compact, and even good enough to let you surf the Web or watch TV.
In emerging markets, mobile phones are a potent sign of "leapfrogging," the means by countries are embracing the new and bypassing the old.
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Thanks to falling technology costs, hundreds of millions of 21st-century subscribers will have no concept of a telephone pole. They'll go from no phone at all to the latest gizmo, with no baby steps in between.
Many will get a new phone and a new bank account at the same time, with one hooking up to the other. In this manner, at least, farmers in rural South Africa are sprinting ahead of New Yorkers into the new digital age.
Needless to say, there's a lot of money to be made. As communications networks thrive and grow, the potential for economic growth explodes. This is one reason why Chinese and Indian telecom companies are already battling it out over who gets to partner up with the large African telecoms. (Some of the fastest-growing mobile phone markets include South Africa and Nigeria.)
The mobile market in India is red-hot, too. It's hard to even grasp how fast India's economy is being transformed. Not just in telecom, but in countless other ways. We in the West have been prosperous for so long, we've almost forgotten what it's like to experience life-changing growth... to see regions and industries and cities changed overnight.
Chris DeHaemer of Material Profits has been paying close attention to all this. He thinks the "flood of foreign cash" pouring into India is still growing -- and he wants you to profit from this trend. Read on to find out more.

