BRIC: Emerging Mobile Markets

• The BRIC mobile user base is expected to rise from 1.209 billion in 2008 to 1.644 billion in 2013*
• Between 2001 and the end of 2007 BRIC countries were responsible for 660 million new subscibers
  
• Between July 2007 and July 2008 India saw a mobile subscriber increase of 100 Million
• BRIC operator-billed data revenues are projected to increase from $26.2 billion in 2008 to more than $48.3 billion by 2013*.
  

While many mobile markets around the world have slowed considerably, BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) mobile markets are growing at a phenomenal rate. These countries offer enormous opportunity for operators, manufacturers, content providers, software developers and numerous others in the value chain.

* Juniper Research - BRIC Mobile Opportunities Oct. 2008