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Mobile connections, including
licensed cellular IoT Dec 2018 0,000,000,000 6.20% 7360071981,7393430955,7486115902,7558067932,7606380372,7665640621,7764607329,7946194777,8057042923,8174405031,8287080775,8438520989

Unique mobile subscribers Dec 2018 0,000,000,000 3.72% 4422852512,4484523981,4546856798,4608775273,4669381240,4728761638,4782310192,4835019906,4884704121,4931552099,4973985039,5014698487

Revenue/year FY 2017 $1.05T 1.64% 253.0,255.0,256.8,259.2,254.1,256.9,257.6,263.5,255.8,261.4,260.8,271.1

ARPU/month FY 2017 $9.49 -3.05% 9.8143,9.7473,9.7870,9.4211,9.4954,9.5361,9.5334,9.2396,9.1246,9.1143,9.3171,9.1303

Source: GSMA Intelligence 2018, current year-end data except interpolated subscribers and connections

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The Mobile Economy 2018

2017 was a milestone year for the mobile industry: the number of people connected to mobile services surpassed 5 billion globally, with 3.7 billion in developing markets. As such, two out of three people in the world had a mobile subscription at the end of 2017. Looking out to 2025, the mobile industry will reach new major milestones across key indicators – unique subscribers, internet users and 4G/5G connections.

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