Fixed v. mobile phones

Published: 2009-03-04

This article provides an overview of the mobile telephone subscriber installed base in a selection of countries over the period 1993 until June-99. As presented, the US market is approaching the 80-million-mark followed by Japan, the second biggest market with nearly 50 million subscribers. Japan shows a very steep increase in its subscriber base due to the booming market of DECT/PHS over the period 1993-1997, but showing a noticeable decline in 1998. The steep growth resumed in 1999 with the subscriber base growing by more than 8 million in 6 months.

Published: 2009-03-04