Qualcomm and Teleepoch
Enter Into a 3G CDMA Subscriber Unit License Agreement, October
6, 2007
MTN chooses Cambridge Broadband
Networks for multi-service wireless network in Rwanda, October 6,
2007
Brazilian government to
publish 3G bidding rules soon, October 6, 2007
KTF 3G service suffers
from technical problems, October 6, 2007
Argentina’s Personal
lunches 3G service in Rosario, October 6, 2007
Russia has it's first 3G
network, October 6, 2007
AT&T could drop Alcatel-Lucent
as 3G mobile network supplier, October 6, 2007
Enea Extends License Agreement
with ZTE for 3G Handsets, October 2, 2007
LG to unveil premium handsets
in Brazil, October 2, 2007
KTF 3G subscribers doubled
in less than 3 months, October 2, 2007
3G policy in India will
be non-uniform, October 2, 2007
- previous news
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The availability of its free cellular subscriber forecasts (1991-2007)
July 20, 2003
The Research Room has updated its free forecasts of cellular subscribers
for 77 countries around the world. The forecasts contain country-based
historical subscriber numbers back to 1991 plus forecasts to 2007. The
forecasts are among the first to look beyond the publicly available numbers
and attempt to measure the actual number of active users of the public
mobile and cellular services.
The forecasts are developed through the use of a very comprehensive forecast
model, and the past results speak for themselves. When comparing the actual
vs forecast numbers for year-end 2002 from The Research Room's original
forecast file, the results were out by only 0.28% - which is a very impressive
result considering the huge number of factors that can effect adoption
rates of cellular services.
"These forecasts are a very useful tool for all type of organisations
- from the mobile operators themselves to anyone interested in selling
to the mobile phone subscribers or the other companies in the cellular
market," said Tim Sheedy, Managing Director at The Research Room. "They
are provided for free because at The Research Room, we believe the real
value of forecasts is in the interpretation as to what these numbers mean
to the company - not in the simple presentation of the numbers. And the
strategic analysis of the forecasts along with the development of complex
forecasts for new products and services is what we do best."
Cellular subscribers: 1991-2007 77 Forecast countries
| Year |
Cellular Subscribers (millions) |
| 1991 |
15.9 |
| 1992 |
22.9 |
| 1993 |
33.8 |
| 1994 |
55.0 |
| 1995 |
87.2 |
| 1996 |
140.8 |
| 1997 |
210.2 |
| 1998 |
311.4 |
| 1999 |
481.8 |
| 2000 |
718.6 |
| 2001 |
926.2 |
| 2002 |
1,106.2 |
| 2003 |
1,255.8 |
| 2004 |
1,379.2 |
| 2005 |
1,494.1 |
| 2006 |
1,606.6 |
| 2007 |
1,676.7 |
Source: The Research Room, 2003
To download the forecast, click
here (link to The Research Room)
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