Mobile Subscription Outlook2015 to 2021

Mobile Subscriptions will be around

9.1 billionworldwide by 2021

Number of mobile

subscriptions exceeded the population on

the earth

The number of mobile subscribers is lower than the

number of mobile subscriptions – the current

figures are around

4.9 billionsubscribers versus

7.3 billionsubscriptions.

By 2016 the number of smartphone

subscriptions will surpass basic phones

subscriptions.

Mobile Subscriptions by region in 2021

New mobile subscriptions added Worldwide in Q3 2015

Smartphone Subscriptions per region 2015 - 2021

Mobile subscriptions by region (billion)

Mobile subscriptions (million)

Percentage of mobile penetration worldwide in Q3 2015:

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7.4 billion

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6,400 millionTotal Additions3 Billion

35%growth in mobile subscriptions in Middle East and Africa between

2015 and 2021

Smartphone subscriptions in the Middle East and Africa region will grow more than 200% between

2015 and 2021

Reference: http://www.ericsson.com/res/docs/2015/mobility-report/ericsson-mobility-report-nov-2015.pdf

Latin AmericaNorth AmericaAsia PacificMiddle East and AfricaCentral and Eastern EuropeWestern Europe

India +13 millionChina +7 millionUSA +6 millionMynmar +5 MillionNigeria +4 million

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The total number of mobile subscriptions

in Q3 2015 was around

7.3 billion, including

87 million new subscriptions

87 million

new mobile subscriptions

globally in Q3 2013

Total additions

+3.0 billion

Central andEastern Europe

WesternEurope

Latin America

Middle East

142

129

115

110

106

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2015 2021

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