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both South and North America combined. In fact, no less than seven Asian states (including transcontinental Russia) are present in a top 10 ranking of countries with the highest number of mobile- subscriptions. As of 2014, China is the largest market of mobile phone subscriptions in the world, home to some 1.3 billion mobile-cellular users, the equivalent of about one fifth of worldwide subscriptions. By 2019, this number is expected to increase to 1.46 billion subscriptions.
Although the CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), which includes some of the former member- states of the Soviet Union, ranks last in terms of number of mobile phone subscriptions, the region is first in terms of mobile phone penetration. As of 2015, there are an estimated 138.1 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants in the area, due to the fact that many users have multiple mobile phones at the same time.
To help frame the opportunity for 1 World Wide Mobile, it’s important to understand world population and global Internet usage. There are 7.3 billion people on the planet. The three most populated countries in the world are:
• China – 1.4 billion
• India – 1.28 billion
• U.S. – 325 million
This is important when we look at global Internet and mobile adoption. There are 3.13 billion global Internet users, according to the site Internet Live Stats. Note that “Internet” includes both desktop and mobile usage, which is why the numbers in China and India are so high.
The top three countries contributing to this number in order are:
• China – 641.6 million
• U.S. – 279.8 million
• India – 243.2 million
There is one driving force behind global Internet growth (nearly 43% of the World now has Internet access) and you guessed it, mobile devices.
Competition
VOIP Landscape
Companies such as Viber, Finarea, Magic Jack & WhatsApp, each offer the standard features of mobile telecommunications such as VoIP calling and text. All companies have sustained steady growth
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