The line chart illustrates how many people per 100 inhabitants utilizing different communication services in the world from 1998 to 2008
Overall, there was an increase in the number of people using different communication services, with that of cellular phone service witnessing the most dramatic growth. In addition, cellular phone had the highest figures in the latter half of the period.
The number of people using cellular phone started at around 5 per 100 inhabitants in 1998, after which it saw an significant rise to approximately 65 per inhabitants in 2008. In stark contrast, the figure for landline remained relatively stable at between around 16 and 20 per inhabitants almost the period, while that of internet service experienced a steady rise from under 5 to over 20 per inhabitants between 1998 and 2008.
Meanwhile, the number of people of fixed broadband and mobile broadband were the lowest in first 4 years, with no any users per 100 inhabitants.In the subsequent years, the figure for fixed broadband grew to nearly 7 per inhabitants and mobile broadband reached approximately 5 per inhabitants in the final years.
