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2009 Concluded with 97.6 Million Mobile Users in Pakistan

As per PTA’s recent most stats, Pakistani cellular Market concluded 2009 with 97,579,940 subscribers in hand, while teledensity hit 59.60 mark. Market demonstrated healthy 0.93 percent growth in December 2009, which happens to be the highest in previous 5 months. During the same period WLL operators showed negative growth of 1 percent. Rest of stats are given below in graphical form

iPhone vs Others: The Mobile OS Market

ew Statistics: Mobile Internet 2010; Data Usage Experiences "Dramatic Growth"

 from the Pew Internet & American Life Project. The numbers show mobile usage (both voice and data) continues to boom in the U.S. From On Overview: Cell phone and wireless laptop internet use have each grown more prevalent over the last year. + Nearly half of all adults (47%) go online with a laptop using a Wi-Fi connection or mobile broadband card (up from the 39% who did so as of April 2009) + 40% of adults use the internet, email or instant messaging on a mobile phone (up from the 32% of Americans who did this in 2009). + This means that 59% of adults now access the internet wirelessly using a laptop or cell phone—that is, they answered “yes” to at least one of these wireless access pathways. That adds up to an increase from the 51% who used a laptop or cell phone wirelessly in April 2009. Data Applications The use of non-voice data applications on cell phones has grown dramatically over the last year. Compared with a similar point in 2009, cell phone owners are now mor

New Study Shows the Mobile Web Will Rule by 2015 [STATS]

In a dense, 87-page report, Morgan Stanley analysts have charted the most important online trends and predicted the future of the Internet. In addition to forecasting more online shopping and showing the geographical distribution of Internet users, the study also shows a dramatic shift toward mobile web use. Including devices such as the Kindle , the iPhone ( ) and other smartphones, web-enabled tablets, GPS systems, video games and wireless home appliances, the growth of the mobile web has been exponential — and we’re still just at the beginning of this cycle. Morgan Stanley’s analysts believe that, based on the current rate of change and adoption, the mobile web will be bigger than desktop Internet ( ) use by 2015. The mobile wealth creation/destruction cycle is in its earliest stages. The proliferation of better devices and the availability of better data coverage are two trends driving growth; having better services and smaller, cheaper devices has led to a huge e