March 20, 2007

Top Ten Mobile Phone markets

The mobile market is shifting to developing countries, with nine emerging markets in the top 10 mobile markets.

In terms of net adds, India ranks first, followed by China, Pakistan, Russia, and the USA.

Among emerging markets, the top 10 ranking gives first India with about 74m new adds in 2006 and agrowth rate of 97%; second is China with almost 68m new mobile users and agrowth rate of 17%; then Pakistan with 29m new users and 147% growth rate; Russia is fourth with respectively more than 26m new subscribers and +21%; Indonesia follows with 23M and +39%; Ukraine reports 19m and +63%; seventh is Brazil with almost 14m and +16%; Bangladesh with 12m new users and +135%; Nigeria is ninth with respectively 11.5m and +38%; Vietnam is the tenth market with 10m new mobile subscribers and +80% growth rate.

In these countries, mobile penetration is very important as it fills the lack of fixed-line connectivity and help the country' s GDP increase by 0.6% for every 10% increase in mobile phone penetration.

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