This come as a surprise to me, now that cell phones are so cheap and so advanced with cameras and PDAs embedded into them.
“The number of cell phone users worldwide will rise twofold in the next few years, but there will still be a dramatic slowdown in growth, according to a new study.
About 186 million new cell phone subscribers will sign up every year between now and 2007, bringing the global total to 2 billion, research firm In-Stat/MDR said in a study released Wednesday. Though that total is twice the current tally, the predicted average annual growth rate is less than half that which the industry now experiences.” [News.com]