The line graph illustrates the number of African telephone subscribers per 100 people from 1994 to 2004. Overall, the decade witnessed a growth in both fixed-line and mobile subscriptions with mobile users shifting markedly.
Regarding the period before 2001, the subscription of mobile phones was lower than that of fixed-line, starting at 0.06 and 1.7 respectively. Although the 1994-2000 intervals experienced a growth in subscribers of both kind of phones, mobile’s figures suddenly recorded a significant rise by 2 in 2000. In addition, the number of fixed-line subscriptions was surpassed at approximately 3.8 by the mobile users in 2001.
In terms of other four years, mobile subscribers experienced by far the most remarkable rise which ended at 8.8. In contrast, fixed-line’s figure only saw a slow upward trend that finished at 3.1 at the end of period. It could be seen as a growing preference for mobile usages.
