Brazil now has more than 130 million subscribers, and Indonesia has roughly 120 million. In Africa, which contains the world’s poorest countries, the market is soaring, with more than 280 million subscribers.
更有甚者，手机在贫穷国家的市场占有率正在大幅提高。印度有大约三亿的手机用户，每个月新手机用户人数以令人吃惊的八百万户甚至更高的数字增长。巴西现在有超过一亿三千万的手机用户，而印尼大约有一亿二千万。而拥有世界上最贫困的国家的非洲，市场也正在高速发展，现已有二亿八千万用户。