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13 December 2004
Mobile phone subscribers, fixed lines, Internet Users - Worldwide
The International Telecommunication Union (via Reuters) reports stunning adoption numbers.
By mid-2004, the number of mobile phone subscriptions was nearly 1.5 billion, or the double with respect to 2000. Developing countries account for this sharp growth, or 56% of all mobile subscribers and 79% of overall growth since 2000:
- China had 310 M mobile phone subscribers by mid-2004
- Russia had 60 M subscribers, with a 80% growth in a year
- India had 44.5 M subscribers, with a 25% increase by Q3 2004
In the mean-time, the number of fixed-lines has increased from 1 billion in 2000 to 1.185 billion this year.
Internet users worldwide have expanded from around 400 M in 2000 to nearly 700 M by mid-2004.
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