Over 500 Million New Mobile Subscribers From Asia Forecast

Over 500 million new mobile subscribers are expected from Asia’s emerging economies by 2012, according to a report.

Asia's emerging markets, comprising eight nations, are expected to see mobile subscriber net gains of 573 million by end-2012, breaching the one billion mark to close the year at an estimated 1.06 billion subscribers, according to a forecast by market research company Frost & Sullivan.. [more, IQonline]