Phantom Fiber report ranks top nations
July 9, 2004
Wireless technology firm Phantom Fiber has entered business relationships
with leading online gambling companies such as RTG and Wagerworks,
lending relevance to new research figures just out from the company.
Quoting EMC research, Phantom claims the world wireless market achieved
a staggering 1.5 billion subscribers by the end of June 2004...and
this will increase in 2004 and 2005 by as much as 240 million, pushing
global subscribers to 2 billion by mid-2006.
China is the leading wireless growth market with 550 million subscribers
expected by 2009. The U.S.A. comes in second, with a wireless market
set to rise to 223.9 million subscribers by 2009 from 157.3 million
in 2004.
India is expected to shift from the 13th largest wireless market
in 2003 to the 3rd largest by 2009 (at 117 million subscribers).
By 2009, Brazil is expected to be the 4th largest market, jumping
from 50 million subscribers in 2004 to over 100 million in 2008.
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