Six Billion
Global mobile connections will reach 6 billion by the end of November 2011
The GSMA today announced that global mobile connections will reach six billion by the end of November 2011 and that the Asia Pacific region accounts for half of these connections.
According to the GSMA, mobile penetration in Asia Pacific will reach a landmark three billion connections in Q1 2012 – nearly two years earlier than projected.
By 2015, it is expected that the region will reach 4.1 billion connections, growing at twice the rate of Europe and North America, and will account for 40 per cent of mobile data traffic worldwide.
Tom Phillips, Chief Government and Regulatory Affairs Officer, GSMA commented: “Asia Pacific is one of the world’s fastest-growing mobile markets, through an impressive combination of investment and innovation. China alone currently has 940 million total mobile connections, exceeding the total number of connections in Europe and the US combined.”
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