The graph demonstrates how many people in Africa per 1000 inhabitants used fixed and mobile service between 1994 and 2004.
Overall, the number of subscribers for both services are increased from 1994 to 2004. While mobile service users were grew steadily, the number of fixed service subscribers grew slightly.
Fixed-line service throughout the whole period illustrated stable growth, in 1994 per 1000 inhabitants it counted 1.7 points, then in the end of the period the number of users increased and reached approximately 3.3 points.
Mobile service was far more unpopular in 1994 and started at level of 0,06 users per 1000 inhabitants. The figures remained below fixed-line until 2001, mobile phone subscriptions reached around 3.0, overtaking fixed lines for the first time. After that the number of mobile subcribers started grow fastly and reached approximately 8.9 users per 1000 inhabitants.
