The State of Mobile Subscriptions and Subscribers from Q3 2015 to 2021

Mobile Subscription Outlook 2015 to 2021 %24 Number of Mobile Subscriptions will be around mobile subscriptions exceeded the 9.1 billion population on the earth worldwide by 2021 By 2016 the number of smartphone subscriptions will surpass basic phones subscriptions. The number of mobile sub bers is lower than the number of mobile subscriptions - the current figures are around 4.9 billion subscribers versus 7.3 billion subscriptions. Mobile Subscriptions by region in 2021 Mobile subscriptions by region (billion) 9.1 billion 10 9 7.4 billion 35% 8 growth in mobile subscriptions in Middle East and Africa between 7 2015 and 2021 4 3 Latin America North America Asia Pacific Middle East and Africa 1 Central and Eastern Europe OWestern Europe 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Mobile subscriptions (million) The total number of mobile subscriptions 1,395 1,300 in Q3 2015 was around 7.3 billion, including 995 87 million 955 new subscriptions 730 580 545 385 395 New mobile subscriptions added Worldwide in Q3 2015 Top 5 Countries by net additions Q3 2015 +13 million +7 million +6 million +5 Million +4 million India China USA Mynmar Nigeria 87 million new mobile subscriptions globally in Q3 2013 Percentage of mobile penetration worldwide in Q3 2015: Central and Eastern Europe 142 Western 129 Europe Latin America 115 Middle East 110 АРАС 106 (excluding China and India) North 109 America China 93 Africa 81 India 77 Global Penetration 99 Penetration (percent) Smartphone Subscriptions per region 2015 - 2021 Total Additions 3 Billion 6,400 million Latin America North America O Asia Pacific O Middle East and Africa Central and Eastern Europe Western Europe +270 3,400 million Total additions +130 +3.0 billion +1,580 +740 +200 +130 2015 2021 Smartphone subscriptions in the Middle East and Africa region will grow more than 200% between 2015 and 2021 Reference: http://www.ericsson.com/res/docs/2015/mobility-report/ericsson-mobility-report-nov-2015.pdf APAC (excluding China and India) 26 million North America 6 million 7 million Central and Eastern Europe China Africa 24 million Western Europe India 13 million Central and Eastern Europe 4 million Latin America Western 1 million Europe Middle 1 million East Latin America Middle East 5 million (excluding China and India) North America China Africa %24 India