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Target Market
Number of mobile connections worldwide from 2008 to 2020 (in billions)*
The statistic shows the number of mobile connections worldwide from 2008 to 2020. The number of global
mobile connections is predicted to reach around 8.24 billion by 2017.
Mobile Connections
The first prototype of a handheld mobile phone was presented to the world in 1973, but it took more than three decades until mobile phones became accessible and affordable for almost everyone. In fact, figures show that there are over 7.5 billion worldwide mobile connections today, a number slightly higher than the estimated global population. By 2020, the number of active mobile phone subscriptions is expected to increase to over 9 billion. Classic mobile phone use is on the decline however, with some 61 percent of worldwide mobile phone users owning a smartphone as of 2015.
The world region with most mobile subscriptions is currently Asia Pacific, due to the area’s large population. As of 2015, Asia Pacific boasted over 3.7 billion cellular connections, three times more than
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