Mobile networks worldwide
According to Informa Telecoms & Media, mobile networks covered 90 per cent of the global population by mid-2007. This means that there’s about 40 per cent of population that’s covered by a network but not connected and just 10 per cent that’s neither connected nor covered by a network.
| Year (end) | No. of countries with networks |
| 1982 | 6 |
| 1987 | 35 |
| 1992 | 97 |
| 1997 | 192 |
| 2002 | 215 |
| 2007 (Sept.) | 224 |
Source: Informa Telecoms & Media
The challenge now is connecting the bottom of the pyramid:
