Next 5 years to see 2 billion new wired subscribers from asia pacific

Data Point: Asia Will Drive New Smartphone Subscriptions - Digits - WSJ: "Between 2013 and 2019, the Asia-Pacific region is expected to add more than 2 billion new smartphone subscriptions, according to data from Ericsson

The majority of this  growth will come mainly from new subscribers  from asia pacific, and this would  account for more than 50% of mobile subscriptions globally, Ericsson forecast in a June report. Globally, smartphone subscriptions reached 1.9 billion in 2013 and are expected to grow to 5.6 billion in 2019.  Mature markets like North America and Western Europe will continue to stagnate  as  new  growth is expected to come from people adding extra subscriptions, such data plans for tablets.