Report: 75 per cent of the world now uses mobile phones
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Washington - The global address book for mobile phones has reached 6 billion contacts, and experts say the number of mobile subscriptions will soon pass the world population.
According to a World Bank report released Wednesday, 75 per cent of the world's population now has access to a mobile phone.
The report estimates that by 2015 there will be 7.5 billion people in the world and nearly 9 billion mobile subscriptions.
The growth has been most rapid in developing countries. Mobile subscribers in developing countries made up 77 per cent of subscribers worldwide in 2010, up from 29 per cent in 2000.
As the population of mobile users becomes more diverse so do the ways in which they use their phones. The report found that over 30 billion "apps," or applications, for mobile phones were downloaded in 2011.//DPA
