3 bln devices to access the Internet by 2012
Fact recorded on: August 7, 2008. Categories: Internet usage.
Users will access the Internet through more than 1.5 bln devices worldwide in 2008, including PCs, mobile phones, and online videogame consoles. By 2012, the number of devices accessing the Internet will double to more than 3 bln, half of which will be mobile devices. Roughly 40% of all Internet users worldwide currently have mobile Internet access. The number of mobile Internet users will reach 546 million in 2008, nearly twice as many as in 2006, and is forecast to surpass 1.5 billion worldwide in 2012, according to IDC.
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