Global mobile subscribers by the end of 2009 to reach about 46 million, while the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in 2010 that figure will reach 5 billion.
ITU believes that a major driver of mobile subscriber growth in the developed countries of advanced services and mobile terminals, as well as developing countries, the growing mobile medical services and mobile phone banking.
"Even during the economic crisis, demand for communications services is not reduced." ITU Secretary-General Hamadoun Toure (Hamadoun Toure) of the 2010 World Mobile Communications Conference, said, "I believe that demand for mobile services will continue to growth, particularly in 2010, more people access to the Internet via mobile phones. "
By the end of 2009 the world's more than 600 million mobile broadband users, the International Telecommunication Union is expected in 2010 will exceed 10 billion. Under the existing rate of growth in the next five years, through laptop computer or cell phone users connected to the Internet through desktop computers will exceed the number of users connected to the Internet.
"Even the simplest, most low-end cell phones can also significantly improve health care in developing countries." Toure said, "Good examples include when a patient with medical appointments or need to pre-natal checks, cell phone to send reminder messages to patients. We are Using SMS to send when, how to take complex medical care, such as anti-retroviral or vaccines. This is a very simple matter, saving millions of dollars and help improve or even save hundreds of millions of people. "
On the phone banks, the rapid growth of mobile phone users means that many people in the world, especially in developing countries, with mobile phones but no bank account, more and more mobile phone users as a bank.
