Cnet reports that the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is forecasting the number of cell phone users will reach 5 billion people worldwide in 2010. There are currently 4.6 cellphone users which means at 400 million people are predicted to become new cell phone subscribers this year. The increase in cell phone use is also a driving factor in increased mobile internet use:
“Along with the surge in cell phones, demand for mobile access to the Internet has skyrocketed. The ITU expects the number of mobile broadband subscriptions to surpass 1 billion around the world this year, a leap from 600 million at the end of 2009. The organization predicts that within the next five years, more people will hop onto the Web from laptops and mobile gadgets than from desktop computers.”
