- Global total mobile phone subscribers are estimated to be 4 billion by the end of 2008
- The emerging BRIC countries, Brazil, Russia, India, China, are estimated to be 1.3 billion subscribers by the end of 2008
- Total mobile phone penetration surpassed 50% in early 2008, with 60% total penetration estimated by end of 2008
- Access to ICT technologies are helped by mobile phones, to achieve the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) of the United Nations
- United Nations MDGs include eradicating extreme poverty and hunger, achieving universal primary education, promoting gender equality, reducing child mortality, improving maternal health, combating epidemics, and ensuring environmental sustainability
*Source: ITU, 2008
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