Reading support:
This statistic shows the number of UMTS-HSPA* subscriptions worldwide from the third quarter of 2008 to the fourth quarter of 2012. In the fourth quarter of 2010 the number of subscriptions totaled 638 million worldwide. In the second and third quarters of 2012 the source included LTE and GSM subscriptions in the count respectively and did not offer a figure for HSPA subscriptions alone.