374 million new mobile subscribers in 2005

Portio Research‘s latest report is out:

Globally, the mobile industry continues to enjoy strong growth
and the total number of mobile subscribers worldwide at the end of
2005 grew to 2.129 billion, an
increase of 374 million subscribers from
the start of the year. This figure is expected to increase to
approximately 3.964 billion by the end of
2011. In the same time frame, the population of the world is likely to increase
from approximately 6.5 billion to approximately 7 billion, meaning that
worldwide mobile phone penetration should pass the 50% mark some time
around the end of 2009.

• The World’s Top 25 Mobile
    Growth Markets ranking list
   
• 55 in-depth country market
    profiles
   
• Worldwide mobile subscriber growth forecasts by
    region and by technology from 2005-2011
   
• 2005 and 2006 handset market shipments and market share forecasts for top vendors
   
• 3G growth forecasts by region and by country for 46
    leading country markets
• Identify the top 25 mobile
    growth markets worldwide
   
• Subscriber growth forecasts
    for 55 leading country markets
   
• Estimated year-end 2005 subscribers by country
   
• Operator KPI’s and competitive
    comparisons for hundreds of network operators
   
• And much more in this huge 480
    page study

More details here: http://www.portioresearch.com/WMMF06-11.html