Tomi has posted an interesting blog titled "What do I mean, by 'next four billion'?". Its an interesting read. As usual there are lots of interesting facts that i am posting here for my own reference :)
- 4 Billion: Global count of mobile subscribers at the start of 2009
- 480 million newspapers printed daily
- 800 million automobiles registered on the planet
- 1.1 billion personal computers including all desktops, laptops, notebooks and netbooks
- 1.2 billion fixed landine phones
- 1.4 billion internet users
- 1.5 billion TV sets
- 1.7 billion unique holders of a credit card of any type
- 2.1 billion unique holders of a banking account of any kind
- Total FM Radio worldwide: 3.9 Billion units
- Total human population: 6.7 Billion
- Out of 4 billion total mobile subscribers at the end of last year, 3.1 billion were unique phone owners, and the remaining 900 million were second and third subscriptions
- Europe today is at 115% penetration rate
- USA is past 90% penetratation rate per capita
- Hong Kong, Italy, Israel, Portugal and Singapore are past 130% penetration levels - and still growing
- The planet is at 64% penetration rate now
- The UN estimates that the amount of illiterate people on the planet is 800 million
- SMS has 3.1 billion active users
- MMS has 1.4 billion active users with over 3 billion phones that can receive MMS messages
Thank you Tomi for these interesting facts
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