Tag: Mobile Industry

Mobile has a greater reach than any other technology, with over 5 billion people were connected to mobile services in 2017. The number of unique mobile subscribers worldwide is expected to reach 5.9 billion by 2025, equivalent to 71% of the world’s population. Mobile internet adoption will increasingly become the key metric, with 3.3 billion …

The smartphone today is the most popular point of access to the Internet for the majority of Arab users. Phones have surpassed desktop or laptop computers in terms of time spent accessing the internet in the Arab World daily. The year-on-year usage growth of mobile subscriptions in the Arab world is projected to slow down …

In 2016, there were 2.3 billion smartphone users globally which equal 31% of the total population. At the end of 2016, 2.8 billion smartphones were in use in addition to 260 million tablets. Samsung is the leading smartphone manufacturer with 859 million of all smartphones in use globally with a rate of 31%. Apple ranked …

SMS is still the most widely used communications service in the US and the Facebook Messenger is the most popular app in the US with a rate of 61%. In terms of chat and instant messaging, Facebook Messenger also leads other apps with a rate of 54%, compared with 25% for Twitter. Skype also leads …

The total mobile subscribers in Oman has increased in Q3 2016 to reach over 6.7 million subscribers, compared to the number of subscribers in Q2 2016, while the penetration is equaled (151%) in both quarters.