ITU Counts 1.35 billion Mobile Subscribers Worldwide

At the end of 2003, there were over 1.35 billion mobile subscribers worldwide, compared with only 1.2 billion fixed-line users, according to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).



The ITU recently convened a global meeting to examine the social and human considerations relating to the rapid development of mobile technology. Two background papers were prepared for discussion at the workshop: "Broadband mobile communications towards a converged world" and "Social and human considerations for a more mobile world". http://www.itu.int/newsroom/press_releases/Workshop_Highlights.html