Portio Research has released a report (Worldwide Mobile Market Forecasts 2006 – 2011) with the top 25 growth markets…
“Among the top 25 growth markets ranking list (2006-2011) there are a few surprises. India wins the top spot, just ahead of China, and almost equally in 3rd place are Brazil, Indonesia and Nigeria, but the real surprises start in 6th place with the US mobile market tipped to grow by almost 66 million net additions from the start of 2006 to the end of 2011. This puts volume growth in the US ahead of fast developing markets such as Pakistan, Mexico and the Ukraine. Russia is positioned lower than some may expect, in 11th place, below Iran and Bangladesh, while Japan appears in 18th place, with a predicted 14 million net subscriber additions by 2011, surprisingly placing above South Africa and Venezuela.”
Also, the current number of mobile phone users (2 billion) will almost double by 2011 to 3.96 billion. The Asia Pacific Region will account for 50% of the total number of subscribers worldwide by the end of this decade with 1.067 billion subscribers shared between China and India alone, the world’s two biggest mobile markets.
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