It is ever more likely that the phone you use is a GSM
phone on a GSM network - using the top class standard relied
on by millions of people worldwide.
Quick Statistics :
Below is a summary of some interesting GSM Statistics,
demonstrating GSM's impact throughout the world.
- GSM Association total membership (May 2003) -
709
Complete Operator Members |
541 |
Provisional Operator Members |
26 |
Total Operator Members (incl.
Provisional) |
567 |
Complete Regulator Members |
13 |
Total Operator & Regulator Members
(incl. Provisional) |
580 |
Associate Members |
123 |
Provisional Associate Members |
6 |
Total Associate Members |
129 |
- No. of Countries/Areas with GSM System (May 2003) -
197
more on this...
- GSM Total Subscribers - 863.6 million (end May
2003) more
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- SMS messages sent per month - 24 Billion more on
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- SMS forecast for 2002 - 360 Billion
- GSM accounts for 72.0% of the World's digital market
and 70.0% of the World's wireless market
* Download all the latest statistics in PDF format (30 May
2003) - click here...
Subscriber statistics and forecasts are provided by EMC
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World
Cellular Subscribers Subscriber Growth 1992 - 2002 View Graph
GSM Subscriber Growth
Subscriber Growth 1992 - 2002 View
Graph
World Cellular Subscribers by
Region Market share by world regions: June '02 View Graph
GSM
Subscribers by Frequency Frequency breakdown: June 02
View Graph
World
Cellular Subscribers by Technology Technology
breakdown of subscribers: June '02 View Graph
World
pre-paid Users % of pre-paid subscribers represented
by GSM: June '02 View Graph
GSM Subscribers by Region
World GSM subscribers - June 2002 View Graph
Subscriber statistics demonstrate the numbers of people
using GSM at different frequencies, and in different global
regions. The current count is over 820 million which is
phenomenal customer growth running at twice the industry's
predicted level. more on
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