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Three quarters of the world population will be using mobile phones by 2020

SANA MAHMOOD

KARACHI: Association of mobile operators GSMA has stated in its Mobile Economy Report that 5.7 billion people (three quarters of humanity)   will be using mobile phones by 2020.

This figure has been calculated keeping increasing population of India and other Asian countries.

India is expected to add over three million new subscribers in the next three years while whole Asia will account for half total increase.

People’s propensity towards mobile broadband networks and Smartphones has also been remarked.

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M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.