Communications

Introduction to the Internet

Growth of Internet Use

YEAR	US USERS	WORLD USERS	YEAR	US USERS	WORLD USERS
1996	45,000,000	70,000,000	2002	159,000,000	618,434,100
1997	60,000,000	116,000,000	2003	161,632,400	718,772,300
1998	84,587,000	171,587,000	2004	185,000,000	851,804,400
1999	102,000,000	275,518,600	2005	197,800,000	980,386,700
2000	124,000,000	390,251,600	2006	210,200,000	1,201,139,800
2001	142,823,000	489,924,200	2007	220,000,000	1,472,916,300

Worldwide Cellular Mobile Telephone Subscribers, 2007

		SUBSCRIBERS			SUBSCRIBERS
		PER 1,000			PER 1,000
COUNTRY	SUBSCRIBERS	RESIDENTS	COUNTRY	SUBSCRIBERS	RESIDENTS
China	547,286,000	412	Ukraine	55,240,400	1,196
United States	255,400,000	835	Thailand	51,376,800	804
India	233,620,000	200	Spain	48,813,000	1,102
Russia	170,000,000	1,193	South Korea	43,500,000	902
Brazil	120,980,100	631	Philippines	42,868,900¹	508¹
Japan	100,525,000	786	South Africa	42,300,000	871
Germany	97,151,000	1,176	Poland	41,388,800	1,087
Indonesia	81,834,600	353	Argentina	40,401,800	1,022
Pakistan	78,852,900	481	Nigeria	40,395,600	273
Italy	78,571,000¹	1,351¹	Bangladesh	34,370,000	217
United Kingdom	71,992,500	1,185	Colombia	33,941,100	735
Mexico	68,253,600	641	Egypt	30,047,000	398
Turkey	61,975,800	828	Iran	28,499,300	400
France	55,358,100	898	World	3,280,751,500	493

Growth of Cell Phone Use in the US

Number of cellular mobile telephone subscribers in the US, 1996-2007.

YEAR	SUBSCRIBERS	YEAR	SUBSCRIBERS	YEAR	SUBSCRIBERS	YEAR	SUBSCRIBERS
1996	44,042,992	1999	86,047,003	2002	140,766,842	2005	207,896,198
1997	55,312,293	2000	109,478,031	2003	158,721,981	2006	233,040,781
1998	69,209,321	2001	128,374,512	2004	182,140,362	2007	255,395,599

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