Asia mobile subscribers hit 1.5b in 2017
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="number">number</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="individual">individual</span> <span word="mobile">mobile</span> <span word="subscribers">subscribers</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Asia">Asia</span> <span word="Pacific">Pacific</span> <span word="region">region</span> <span word="was">was</span> 1.5 <span word="billion">billion</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="end">end</span> <span word="of">of</span> 2017, <span word="outpacing">outpacing</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="rest">rest</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="decade">decade</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="recent">recent</span> <span word="report">report</span> <span word="shows">shows</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="region">region</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="expected">expected</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="home">home</span> <span word="to">to</span> 1.9 <span word="billion">billion</span> <span word="mobile">mobile</span> <span word="subscribers">subscribers</span> <span word="by">by</span> 2017, <span word="accounting">accounting</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="almost">almost</span> <span word="half">half</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="estimated">estimated</span> <span word="global">global</span> <span word="total">total</span> <span word="of">of</span> 3.9 <span word="billion">billion</span>, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="GSM">GSM</span> <span word="Association">Association</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="global">global</span> <span word="industry">industry</span> <span word="alliance">alliance</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="mobile">mobile</span> <span word="operators">operators</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="related">related</span> <span word="companies">companies</span>.</p><p>"<span word="Mobile">Mobile</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="already">already</span> <span word="having">having</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="profound">profound</span> <span word="impact">impact</span> <span word="across">across</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="Asia">Asia</span>-<span word="Pacific">Pacific</span> <span word="countries">countries</span>, <span word="with">with</span> <span word="spectacular">spectacular</span> <span word="growth">growth</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="service">service</span> <span word="penetration">penetration</span>, <span word="driven">driven</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="investment">investment</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="infrastructure">infrastructure</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="continued">continued</span> <span word="innovation">innovation</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="devices">devices</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="services">services</span>," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Anne">Anne</span> <span word="Bouverot">Bouverot</span>, <span word="GSMA">GSMA</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="director">director</span>-<span word="general">general</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="rapid">rapid</span> <span word="penetration">penetration</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="mobile">mobile</span> <span word="services">services</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="early">early</span> <span word="rollout">rollout</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="mobile">mobile</span> <span word="broadband">broadband</span> <span word="networks">networks</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="led">led</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="profound">profound</span> <span word="economic">economic</span> <span word="changes">changes</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Asia">Asia</span> <span word="Pacific">Pacific</span> <span word="region">region</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="study">study</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="mobile">mobile</span> <span word="network">network</span> <span word="operators">operators</span> <span word="generated">generated</span> $298 <span word="billion">billion</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="revenue">revenue</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2017, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="accounted">accounted</span> <span word="for">for</span> 1.4 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="GDP">GDP</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="economies">economies</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="region">region</span>.</p><p><span word="By">By</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="end">end</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="year">year</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="mobile">mobile</span> <span word="industry">industry</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="invested">invested</span> $80 <span word="billion">billion</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="mobile">mobile</span> <span word="infrastructure">infrastructure</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="contributed">contributed</span> $100 <span word="billion">billion</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="public">public</span> <span word="funding">funding</span>.</p><p><span word="Even">Even</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="impressive">impressive</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="degree">degree</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="mobile">mobile</span> <span word="technology">technology</span> <span word="contributes">contributes</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="region">region</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="economic">economic</span> <span word="output">output</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="worker">worker</span> <span word="productivity">productivity</span>. <span word="According">According</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="study">study</span>, <span word="this">this</span> <span word="figure">figure</span> <span word="amounted">amounted</span> <span word="to">to</span> $650 <span word="billion">billion</span>, <span word="or">or</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="additional">additional</span> 3 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="GDP">GDP</span>, <span word="in">in</span> 2017.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="mobile">mobile</span> <span word="ecosystem">ecosystem</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="supported">supported</span> <span word="about">about</span> 16 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="jobs">jobs</span> <span word="across">across</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="region">region</span>, <span word="including">including</span> 6.4 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="directly">directly</span> <span word="attributable">attributable</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="industry">industry</span>.</p>
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