Research: 67% of people on Earth have mobile phones, and the cheapest mobile Internet is in Israel

According to Stock Apps, as of July 2021, 66.9% of the world's population, or 5.27 billion people, had a mobile phone. Compared to July last year, the number of users has grown by 117 million. Of course, they are all unevenly distributed around the globe. For example, 86% of Europeans own a mobile phone, while in South African countries, less than half of the population owns such a device.

Research: 67% of people on Earth have mobile phones, and the cheapest mobile Internet is in Israel

Experts report that the European mobile phone market is almost completely saturated. It is expected that by 2025, 87% of the region's residents will have telephones, which is only 1% more than now. There are many owners of mobile devices among residents of North America, China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. Here, about 83% of people own phones or smartphones.

It's worth noting that 5.3 billion is the number of people who own at least one phone. Many people have two or more devices. 79% of all mobile devices, approximately 6.4 billion, are smartphones. And they account for 73% of the world's internet traffic. Other mobile devices such as tablets and laptops have a market share of just 3.8%.



The coronavirus pandemic has sparked a surge in mobile traffic, up 68% year on year. In the first quarter, the amount of data transferred was 66 exabytes (66 million TB). Android accounted for 73% of this traffic, while iOS devices accounted for 26.3%.


In terms of the cost of mobile data, the global average price of 1 GB is $ 4.07. The most expensive mobile internet in Greece, where users pay $ 8.16 per GB. For the same amount of data, residents of the UAE and New Zealand pay $ 7.62 and $ 6.99, respectively. The cheapest mobile internet in Israel is $ 0.05 per GB. It is followed by Italy and Russia, where 1 GB of traffic costs an average of $ 0.27 and $ 0.29, respectively.



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