This chart shows historical Number of Telephone subscriptions and Internet Connections per 100 people, World, 1975 to Present.
- Current World Fixed telephone lines : 17.74 per 100 inhabitants (2010)
- Current World Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions : 76.23 per 100 inhabitants (2010)
- Current World Internet users : 30.08 per 100 inhabitants (2010)
- Current World Mobile broadband subscriptions : 13.57 per 100 inhabitants (2010)
- Current World Fixed broadband subscriptions : 8.02 per 100 inhabitants (2010)
Mobile cellular has been the most rapidly adopted technology in history. Today it is the most popular and widespread personal technology on the planet, and almost every country now has more mobile than fixed telephone subscribers.
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