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The number of global GSM wireless customers is fast approaching the three
quarter billion mark, establishing today’s GSM’s as the mobile technology of
choice for one in nine people on the planet.
In parallel with the expansion of global customers - more than 167 million new
customers have been added in the last twelve months - the staggering growth of
SMS (Short Message Service) continues. An astounding 75 billion text messages
were sent globally in Q1 2002, representing an increase of more than 50 per cent
on the same period of 2001. The total forecast for 2002 is now put at 360
billion messages, up from 250 billion reached during 2002.
Voice:
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The voice portal market will reach $5
billion by 2005. (The Kelsey Group.)
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The total value of the market for
voice portals will reach $194 million by year-end 2001, and grow to over
$12.32 billion by 2005. (The Radicati Group.)
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Enterprises will migrate their voice
from traditional networks to data networks at a rate that will create a $16.5
billion dollar IP-PBX market worldwide by 2006. (Allied Business
Intelligence.)
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The telephone set market will reach
over $11 billion by 2006. (Allied Business Intelligence.)
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More than 2 billion people will use
Internet voice portals, voice-enabled Web sites, and Web-based IVR systems by
2005. (Davidson Consulting.)
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There will be 71 million voice portal
users by 2005, up from 4.4 millionusers in 2001. (Allied Business
Intelligence.)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS in SAUDI ARABIA
RIYADH, SEPT 20, SPA “Saudi Press Agency”
DESPITE THE KINGDOM'S VAST AREA AND DIVERSE GEOGRAPHY, ITS TELECOMMUNICATIONS
NETWORK COVERS WIDE AREAS OF ITS LAND. A REPORT BY SAUDI TELECOMMUNICATIONS
COMPANY SAID THE NUMBER OF FIXED TELEPHONE WORKING LINES WAS 3 MILLION LINES BY
THE END OF SHABAN LAST YEAR. (End OF 2001 3.2 Million)
THE COMPANY'S MOBILE PHONE SERVICE COVERED ABOUT 2,289,000 in mid 2001 (End of
2001 3.5 Million, expected to grow to 4.5 million by end of 2002)* SUBSCRIBERS,
(Number of SMS is more than 150Million/Month in 1Q2002, expected to grow to
200million/m by end of 2002)*, PAGER SERVICE ABOUT 603,000 SUBSCRIBERS AND TELEX
3, 501, THE NUMBER OF PUBLIC PHONE LINES WAS 51, 752 LINES WHILE THE NUMBER OF
LEASED CIRCUITS REACHED 34, 609 LINES AND WORKING INTERNATIONAL CIRCUITS REACHED
16, 990 LINES.
Source: SPA©
* Observation "estimation" from Tatweer1
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