(openPR) - Africa, one of the fastest growing markets in mobile communications in the recent years is on track to maintain this key position at least for the next coming five years.

As a matter of fact, according to Dataxis Intelligence latest forecasts on the evolution of mobile telephony adoption worldwide, Africa emerges as a land of better future prospectives with its expected double digit growth rates for the forthcoming years.

As shown on chart below, while the mobile penetration was at 15% of the population in 2005, it stood at 46% at the end of 2009, and is expected to reach over 75% by 2015, thus growing five folds in a decade.

In absolute terms, the mobile subscribers in Africa rose from 133 million in 2005 to over 456 million in 2009, and are expected to cross the half a billion milestone this year, before standing at more than 860 million by the end of 2015.

DATAXIS, is an international market research and statistical intelligence company that covers 4 play markets worldwide. Our online database: www.dataxis.com contains detailed and up to date data on subscribers, revenues and ARPUs as well as annual forecasts on major operators and technology suppliers. Our news website: www.dataxisnews.com is a great tool to keep telecom professional up to date on the latest developments of the industry. In addition, we also publish our own analyses and Press Releases, under the Dataxis Views Section, that cover different regions worldwide: Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific, Europe, North America, and Latin America.

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