At the end of 2024, the global mobile subscription total stood at 8.8 billion, according to figures from our GlobalComms Database. This is up from 8.7 billion a year earlier and 8.5 billion at end-2022.Ten years ago, the total was closer to 7.0 billion; at the end of 2004, it was just 1.7 billion.
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