Worldwide there are six billion mobile phones active. While the total population of the seven billion of runs. That the International Telecommunications Union brought out.
The zesmiljard milestone has only recently reached. One third of all mobile phones operating in India and China. In those two countries circulate two billion mobile phones. As the growth in the number of mobile phones continues, basically every world may soon have one.
There are some figures published on the use of all those phones by Americans. From July 2011 to July 2012 verstookten Americans 1.1 billion gigabytes of data over the mobile networks. They consumed 2,321 trillion Moreover minutes and sent an sms about the same: 2273 trillion. The number of minutes is three percent higher than last year, and that also applies to text messages.
The "traditional" use of the phone is still quite popular. In America are 322 mobile phone subscriptions active, which is more than the total population, which counts 314 million souls. Of all mobile phones is 41 percent a smartphone. 23 percent is prepaid. Americans call a bit cheaper, which is due to price decreases. They spend roughly $ 565 a year on their mobile subscription.
The mobile Internet is in the developing countries experienced strong growth. In one year, the use has gone up by 78 percent, compared to 40 percent globally.
