Cell Phone Recycling Seen As Option For Affordable Communications in China

The Wireless Source, a Bloomfield Hills, Michigan based distributor of wireless phones, participated in the Automation Alley trade mission to China.

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Cell Phone Recycling Seen As Option For Affordable Communications in China

August 27, 2002 Beijing China

The Wireless Source, a Bloomfield Hills, Michigan based distributor of wireless phones, participated in the Automation Alley trade mission to China, to meet with the Chinese government and local businesses to propose a program to refurbish used cell phones and redistribute them in rural areas in a effort to provide affordable cell phones to all Chinese citizens.

China has the largest mobile phone network in the world. Yet only ten percent of its population is currently on the network. Our plan provides an economically viable way to provide access to affordable cellular phones, the key to accessing the network," said Robert Sullivan, President and CEO of The Wireless Source. In many cases, a new phone is not an option as it could cost more than 30% of a typical Chinese workers annual income.    

Conversely, the major metropolitan areas are now seeing a large stockpile of used phones as users upgrade to newer models. The program not only makes good use of the excess phones, but also provides an environmentally sound method of recycling.

The proposal lays out a very formalized methodology for the collection, refurbishment, quality control and distribution of wireless phones on a national basis.    

The Wireless Source is a Bloomfield Hills, Michigan based distributor of wireless phones their web page is www.thewirelesssource.com.