image source : gsmmobile data
If one wishes to understand the phenomenal growth of the Mobile usage, Just consider 2 facts
At the end of 2003, there were a little
over one billion unique subscribers globally, a 15% penetration equivalent to just under one in six people.
By the end of 2013
this figure had increased more than threefold to 3.4 billion, equivalent to a unique subscriber penetration
rate of 47%.
However the bad news is the next 5 years, Mobile needs a new disruption. until then its slated to grow at 3.5% CAFR till 2020 .
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