Sunday, December 1, 2002
Mobile Usage to Double by 2007
Posted by Jason Dunn in "NEWS" @ 04:00 PM
People like being connected. The question is, who's device will they be using to do it?
"Despite tough global economic conditions and burdensome debt loads carried by operators in many markets, demand for mobile telecommunications services remains strong and the number of mobile subscribers worldwide will double by 2007, said Kurt Hellstrom, president of Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, during a keynote speech at the IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference in Taipei recently.
"We believe the [mobile] subscription growth is going to continue and will reach roughly 1.8 billion in 2007," Hellstrom said, noting that this is roughly double the current number of mobile subscribers. "We have only seen the beginning of the many opportunities that lie ahead."
"Despite tough global economic conditions and burdensome debt loads carried by operators in many markets, demand for mobile telecommunications services remains strong and the number of mobile subscribers worldwide will double by 2007, said Kurt Hellstrom, president of Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, during a keynote speech at the IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference in Taipei recently.
"We believe the [mobile] subscription growth is going to continue and will reach roughly 1.8 billion in 2007," Hellstrom said, noting that this is roughly double the current number of mobile subscribers. "We have only seen the beginning of the many opportunities that lie ahead."
