Mobile users top 1.5 billion

some other predictions, and reach 2.45 billion by the end of 2009.

The main growth is predicted to come from still-emerging markets, including Brazil, China, and India. As of the end of 2003, China was the largest mobile market followed by the US, Japan, Germany, and Italy. By 2009, EMC predicts China and the US will stay at the top, but be followed by India, Brazil, and Japan. ">

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	Mobile users top 1.5 billion	By Larry Garfield, Thursday 24 June 2004

As of the first week of June 2004, the mobile service industry broke the 1.5 billion subscriber mark worldwide. Research firm EMC also predicts that the industry will pass the 2 billion mark as early as 2006, far earlier than some other predictions, and reach 2.45 billion by the end of 2009.

The main growth is predicted to come from still-emerging markets, including Brazil, China, and India. As of the end of 2003, China was the largest mobile market followed by the US, Japan, Germany, and Italy. By 2009, EMC predicts China and the US will stay at the top, but be followed by India, Brazil, and Japan.