Infographic: Africa 2012 - World's fastest growing region — with Eastern and Middle Africa still below 50% penetration
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Infographic: Africa 2012 - World's fastest growing region — with Eastern and Middle Africa still below 50% penetration
Africa has overtaken Asia Pacific as the world's fastest growing region in terms of cellular connections and, as our new dashboard highlights, is reaching new milestones in the mobile industry. To visualise the latest industry trends as they happen, dashboards have been added to the GSMA Intelligence qualitative research agenda. Dashboards highlight specific regional trends in a concise manner and will be part of a new series of analysis.
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Infographic: Africa 2012 - World's fastest growing region — with Eastern and Middle Africa still below 50% penetration
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