Fuelled by the demand in less developed countries that is gaining momentum over more mature markets, the mobile subscriber base is expected to reach 3 billions people in 2008, i.

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e. a net increase of 1 billion mobile phone users over the next 3 years.
By the end of the decade, more than half of humanity will use a mobile phone to communicate representing 3.6 billion users worldwide.
This turns into a mobile phone market of >1 billion units as soon as 2007, and 1.4 billion units in 2010 (+11% growth between 2005 and 2010).

Growth in value terms also offers good perspectives. The mobile phone demand should represent 138 billions euros in 2010 from 94 billions in 2005, i.e. an average growth of 8%. Average price decline being offset by the dynamism of high end terminals (3G, smartphones) in mature markets (Europe, North America, Japan), and the limited penetration of ultra low cost end handsets that will only represent 10% of global shipments in 2010.

European mobile phone production still represents 22% of global mobile terminal revenues in 2005 (21 billion euros). The European share of mobile terminal production is expected to fall to 17% in 2010 as Asian production continues to increase its share in the mobile industry (>60% of world mobile phone production in 2005 located in Asia) with the emergence of India as a second major production hub in the region after China during the period 2005-2010.

Importantly enough, European mobile terminal production will continue to grow in average at 2.5% between 2005 and 2010, ultimately reaching 23 billion euros! “Made in Europe” mobile phone are not bound to disappear anytime soon!