The number of wireless service cartier replica watches subscriptions worldwide passed 5 billion this week, according to an estimate by LM Ericsson AB, the Swedish maker of wireless equipment.
The estimate is based on information louis vuitton replica handbags from carriers zhjchv0710 worldwide, & compares to the global population of 6.9 billion people, as estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau. In 2000, there were 720 million wireless subscriptions, Ericsson said.
It is not unusual for people to have replica watches wholesale multiple subscriptions for rings or other wireless devices, like laptops, so Ericsson's figure indicates that less than 5 billion people have wireless phone service.
Most of the recent growth comes from Handheld Travel GPS 2010 developing countries like India & China. In developed countries like the U.S., the number of new cell phone subscriptions has fallen drastically in the last two months. Carriers are hoping to keep growth going by enticing more people to make use of multiple wireless devices, like e-book readers, tablet computers & Internet-connected GPS units.