I think the Iran / NK operation was the most clear and present danger to our safety. So they were purged, Kim was flipped, McCain was 187'd. Once we could not be nuked, it was on to the rest of the plan.
Thats my theory
Because the blogger who reported it looked into the history of the 4 telecom companies in China, and there was not a single month when cell phone accounts had ever DECREASED until February this year. To convincingly sauce it for the forum would just require digging up the same data.