ABOUT THIS REPORT

This report is richly loaded with essential data and information about the historic development and future growth of the mobile industry from 2000 to 2020.  The report offers a range of data at worldwide and regional levels and there are 15 country profiles. This report will allow you to quickly improve the impact of your vendor presentations, white papers, marketing brochures, business plans and client proposals because you’ll be able to quickly insert pertinent data and facts about the mobile industry.

In the last twenty years, few industries have grown as fast as the worldwide mobile market. Having recorded a staggering 3.9 billion subscriber additions between end-2000 and end-2009 – a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 23.3 percent – the worldwide mobile subscriber base will increase from 4.6 billion at end-2009 to 7.5 billion by end-2020.

This subscriber growth has propelled worldwide mobile penetration from 11.5 percent in 2000 to 64 percent at the end of 2009. By the end of 2020 worldwide mobile penetration will touch 94 percent.

Up until 2000, Europe dominated the worldwide mobile market (in terms of subscriber numbers), but shortly thereafter Asia Pacific replaced Europe as the world leader and has continued to remain so in terms of subscriber base – even though Africa and Middle East is currently adding mobile subscribers to the worldwide base faster than any other region.

Here are a few examples of the sort of data that can be easily extracted from this report:

• Worldwide mobile penetration crossed 50% in 2008 and will reach 75% by 2011
   
• The worldwide mobile subscriber base reached 1 billion in 2002
   
  
• GSM was launched in 1991, but the technology actually dates back to 1956
   
• In 2002 Europe accounted for 38% of the worldwide mobile subscriber base, but this will fall to below 23% in 2010 on account of the explosive growth in Asia Pacific
   
• Although we might think that everyone has 3G, in fact, 83% of the worldwide mobile subscriber base is still 2G
   
  
• GSM remains the dominant technology, accounting for 73% of worldwide mobile connections
   
• The value of the worldwide SMS market in 2009 was over USD 100 billion
   
• By 2014, an incredible 1.4 billion handsets will be being shipped annually

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction
A Journey through Time
Growth of Worldwide Mobile Subscriber Base
Technology Penetration
Worldwide Mobile VAS Market
Worldwide Mobile Handset Market
Europe
   Germany
   Italy
   Russia
Asia Pacific
   China
   India
   Indonesia
North America
   Canada
   The US
Latin America
  Argentina
   Brazil
   Mexico
Africa and Middle East
   Egypt
   Iran
   Nigeria
   South Africa
Recent Developments – Consolidation and M&A Activities

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