But the hard reality is that few emerging markets have any hope, in the foreseeable future, of creating the type and volume of economic opportunities needed to reverse or even substantially slow the brain drain.

FORBES: Brains Abroad

The difficulties of writing this type of history are extreme when a single volume of just over 300 text pages has to cover a diverse continent from Ireland to Poland, from Bergen to Palermo, over a period when it was changing so fast.

ECONOMIST: Medieval history

And, as with all technology, prices for that type of equipment fall fast when deployment ramps up and volume increases.

FORBES: Dear FCC And DOJ: Please Keep Sprint/Clearwire Spectrum American