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Global unique mobile subscribers penetration 2016- 2025, by region
Unique mobile subscribers penetration rate as share of population worldwide from 2016 to 2025, by region
by Arne Holst,
last edited
Mar 12, 2019
The statistic shows the distribution of unique subscriber penetration worldwide from 2016 to 2018, and forecast data for 2020 and 2025, by region. In 2018, in the Asia Pacific region, unique subscribers represented around 66 percent of SIMs owned, suggesting that many people owned multiple SIM cards.
Unique mobile subscribers penetration rate as share of population worldwide from 2016 to 2025, by region
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by Arne Holst,
last edited
Mar 12, 2019
The statistic shows the distribution of unique subscriber penetration worldwide from 2016 to 2018, and forecast data for 2020 and 2025, by region. In 2018, in the Asia Pacific region, unique subscribers represented around 66 percent of SIMs owned, suggesting that many people owned multiple SIM cards.
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