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Mobile connections, including
licensed cellular IoT Feb 2019
0,000,000,000
6.20% 7360071981,7393430955,7486115902,7558067932,7606380372,7665640621,7764607329,7946194777,8057042923,8174405031,8287080775,8438520989
Unique mobile subscribers Feb 2019 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
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