The number of mobile phone subscribers is expected to grow from two billion in last year to around 3.3 billion in 2010 according to Taiwan based Market Intelligence Center. This figure represents a yearly growth rate of around 10% coming mainly from areas such as Asia, the Middle East, and Africa.
Economies of scale due to the adoption of GSM in many countries will lead to significant cost reductions and enable even higher growth rates in areas where mobile phone usage has been low.
The proportion of 3G subscribers is expected to break the 10% mark for the first time in 2007, reaching 296 million. Although this is good news for the networks it certainly shows there is a lot of scope for expansion and increased revenue from 3G services in the future.
