Interesting article:
WORLDWIDE CELLULAR SUBSCRIBERS TO BREAK 300 MILLION MARK BY END OF FOURTH QUARTER, 1998
SHERMAN OAKS, Calif., Nov. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- The global cellular telephone population will break the 300 million subscriber barrier by the end of the year according to Global Mobile, the semi-monthly newsletter published by Baskerville Communications Corp., the leading independent researcher of mobile and telecom markets.
In the second quarter of 1998, there were 22.3 million net cellular additions. This compares with the 22.0 million posted in the first quarter and 15.2 million posted in the second-quarter 1997. Should subscribers continue to grow at the same rate in the second half, relative to 1997, it's anticipated that there would be 63 million net additions, which would, in turn, take the global total to 312 million. However, given the economic slowdown, and the probability that the crisis will finally impact Asia, which continued to grow rapidly in the first half, the year-end total is likely to be closer to 300 million.
With 7.5 million net additions, Western Europe took 33.7% of the second quarter growth. Much of this growth is driven by prepaid services which are taking 30% to 40% of net additions in a number of markets. Asia Pacific (excluding Japan) picked up 24.1% of the net new subscribers, followed by North America (14.3%), Japan (11.4%), Latin America (6.6%), Central and Eastern Europe (3.4%), Africa (3.2%) and the Middle East (3.5%).
I love to see the growth internationally. Should help Brightpoint!
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