According to a new survey by Global System for Mobile Communications Association Intelligence (GSMA), mobile users makeup 57% of the total world’s population, or approximately 4.6 billion users. But a recent survey shows that the number of new mobile internet subscribers is decreasing. About 200 million users came online through mobile from 2015 to 2022. But the number has dropped to 160 million since the last two years.
New analysis from Rest of World shows that the population on mobile internet is declining in countries like Nigeria, Pakistan, Mexico and Bangladesh. GSMA’s Max Cuvellier Goacomelli says that many people do not have access to mobile internet because of affordability. Even though the cost has dropped a lot, many populations still cannot afford it because of disparities across regions.
Huge populations from the US (81%), China (80%) and Singapore (93%) are already connected to the mobile internet. So it is no surprise that the mobile internet subscriptions among them have slowed, but in other countries like Nigeria (34%), Pakistan (24%) and Bangladesh (37%), mobile internet adaptability is really low. One of the biggest reasons is internet coverage in those areas. 4% of the population in the world is from areas where there is no mobile broadband network.
Satellite technology like SpaceX’s Starlink has potential to minimize this coverage gap in rural areas and areas with no mobile infrastructure. Unique internet service products and programs can also help people to use mobile internet services. India is seeing a fast growth in mobile internet users, but if we compare it with the whole population of India, the growth seems really slowed. Even in the countries with the most mobile internet subscribers, there are still stubborn people who do not subscribe to any service.
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New analysis from Rest of World shows that the population on mobile internet is declining in countries like Nigeria, Pakistan, Mexico and Bangladesh. GSMA’s Max Cuvellier Goacomelli says that many people do not have access to mobile internet because of affordability. Even though the cost has dropped a lot, many populations still cannot afford it because of disparities across regions.
Huge populations from the US (81%), China (80%) and Singapore (93%) are already connected to the mobile internet. So it is no surprise that the mobile internet subscriptions among them have slowed, but in other countries like Nigeria (34%), Pakistan (24%) and Bangladesh (37%), mobile internet adaptability is really low. One of the biggest reasons is internet coverage in those areas. 4% of the population in the world is from areas where there is no mobile broadband network.
Satellite technology like SpaceX’s Starlink has potential to minimize this coverage gap in rural areas and areas with no mobile infrastructure. Unique internet service products and programs can also help people to use mobile internet services. India is seeing a fast growth in mobile internet users, but if we compare it with the whole population of India, the growth seems really slowed. Even in the countries with the most mobile internet subscribers, there are still stubborn people who do not subscribe to any service.
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