Report: World Mobile Connections Hit 4 Billion

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 11, 2009 - 10:47am.

Amsterdam - Worldwide mobile phone connections have topped 4 billion, and are expected to reach 6 billion by 2013, according to a report from the GSMA, a mobile industry trade group.

Nearly 100 million of these connections are mobile broadband accounts.

The GSMA credited the integration of mobile into previously unconnected devices, and subscriber additions in emerging markets for the growth rate.

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