In Zimbabwe, cellphone penetration is over 97% but the government has conceded that connectivity is difficult in rural areas

After six bumpy years the communications ministry is determined the project will be completed by March 22

Six in 10 people around the world now have cellphone subscriptions, with developing countries accounting for about two-thirds of the phones in use.

The boom in cellphones in developing countries has pushed the number of telephone subscribers in the world to four billion, four times the number a decade ago, the United Nations…