Worldwide mobile subscriptions forecast at over 5 billion by ABI

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Worldwide mobile subscriptions forecast at over 5 billion by ABI Research

July 8th, 2010 by Susan Smith

In the Analyst Insider from ABI Research the company forecasts over five billion mobile subscriptions by the end of 2010 worldwide, predicting approximately 4.8 billion connections having been reached by the end of the year’s first quarter. According to the report, much of this growth will be registered in developing markets in Africa and the Asia-Pacific region. Africa remains the fastest growing mobile market with a YoY growth of over 22%. Mobile penetration in Asia-Pacific will rise significantly to 65% by the end of 2010.

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