Over the last couple of weeks, my wife has been shopping for home and auto insurance. She used a temporary email address as she was concerned about subsequently receiving spam or unwanted email from insurance sales agents after she reached a decision. However, she had to provide a phone number to discuss and clarify quotes and so she provided her mobile phone number. She received numerous calls late in the evenings and she lamented at the lack of a second number availability on her existing mobile that would allow her to share this second number with the insurance sales agents.

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The mobile market in Latin American is one of the hottest worldwide, having experienced a major growth in the last five years.   A recent study by the International Telecommunication Union shows that around 80% of the population in the continent has a mobile phone and that countries such as Argentina, Uruguay or Panama have higher mobile penetration than Canada or the United States.  With regional penetration likely to exceed 100% soon, mobile voice service expending has sign... [More]