Global Mobile Market To Add 1 Billion Subs By 2010; India And China To Add Half Of Them

The global mobile market is forecast to pass 2 billion subs this year and be approaching 3 billion by the end of 2010 – according to the latest edition of the Global Mobile Forecasts to 2010 report, published this month. Overall market growth was boosted in 2004, with 91 million more new customers during the year than there were in 2003. Although the annual growth rate is forecast to fall into single figures within a couple of years, over one billion new subs are due to be added between now and
the end of 2010.
Almost half of these new subs will be in Asia Pacific. Two huge Asian markets – India and China – will account for over 30% (371.6 million) of the region’s total. Amongst the regions, it is the Middle East and Africa markets that will show the greatest growth. Their combined markets will more than double in size, with over 200 million new customers signing up for mobile services by 2010.

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