Half the
World will use a Mobile Phone by 2009
- World Top 25 Mobile Growth Markets - ranking list
released today reveals a few surprises, US offers
more room for growth than Russia, and Japan offers
greater future growth than South Africa.
- The number of mobile subscribers worldwide reached
over 2 billion by the end of 2005, and is predicted
to rise to 3.96 billion by 2011.
- The Asia Pacific Region will account for 50% of
the total number of subscribers worldwide by the end
of this decade with a staggering 1.067 billion subscribers
shared between China and India alone, the world’s
two biggest mobile markets.
A new market study from Portio Research predicts that
50% of the world’s population will be using a
mobile phone by the end of 2009, and Africa now boasts
the fastest growth rate in the world, forecast to add
265 million new mobile subscribers over the next 6 years.
The report, ‘Worldwide Mobile Market Forecasts
2006 – 2011’ provides a comprehensive analysis
of worldwide mobile markets, growth forecasts and network
operator market shares.
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.
‘Worldwide Mobile Market Forecasts 2006 –
2011’ also provides a Worldwide 3G summary with
a snapshot of the progress of 3G adoption across the
world to date and predictions for future growth. While
Western Europe and the US will see 50%+ subscriber penetration
of 3G by 2011, the Asia Pacific region will see only
35%, albeit with 1.06 billion subscribers by 2011, making
this the largest regional 3G market in the world.
‘Worldwide Mobile Market Forecasts 2006 –
2011’ is a substantial piece of research spanning
over 480 pages to provide an overview of the world’s
major regions plus detailed analysis of 55 individual
key country markets. Each country section includes a
mobile market overview with discussions on subscriber
growth and penetration and takes a look at the competitive
landscape highlighting any recent developments. In addition
the report considers current mobile technology status,
assesses the growth of 3G, discusses value-added service
provision (VAS) and mobile messaging. Full contact details
of each country’s mobile network operators are
also provided.
Worldwide
Mobile Market Forecasts 2006-2011
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or phone: +44 (0)7909 957360
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william@market-it.co.uk
Portio Research Ltd is an independent
UK-based research company, specialising in the mobile
and wireless sector. Portio is focused on providing
high quality, data-centric reports based on hard facts
and proven numbers, rather than hype and speculation.
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