North America - Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions in North America was 383,905,000.00 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 431,758,000.00 in 2017, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1960.
Definition: Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service that provide access to the PSTN using cellular technology. The indicator includes (and is split into) the number of postpaid subscriptions, and the number of active prepaid accounts (i.e. that have been used during the last three months). The indicator applies to all mobile cellular subscriptions that offer voice communications. It excludes subscriptions via data cards or USB modems, subscriptions to public mobile data services, private trunked mobile radio, telepoint, radio paging and telemetry services.
Source: International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.00 |
| 1965 | 0.00 |
| 1970 | 0.00 |
| 1975 | 0.00 |
| 1976 | 0.00 |
| 1977 | 0.00 |
| 1978 | 0.00 |
| 1979 | 0.00 |
| 1980 | 0.00 |
| 1984 | 91,600.00 |
| 1985 | 352,213.00 |
| 1986 | 741,825.00 |
| 1987 | 1,329,219.00 |
| 1988 | 2,272,074.00 |
| 1989 | 3,854,867.00 |
| 1990 | 5,867,933.00 |
| 1991 | 8,334,419.00 |
| 1992 | 12,061,300.00 |
| 1993 | 17,345,840.00 |
| 1994 | 26,005,330.00 |
| 1995 | 36,381,760.00 |
| 1996 | 47,548,750.00 |
| 1997 | 59,517,570.00 |
| 1998 | 74,567,900.00 |
| 1999 | 92,970,840.00 |
| 2000 | 118,218,000.00 |
| 2001 | 139,162,300.00 |
| 2002 | 153,702,000.00 |
| 2003 | 173,968,000.00 |
| 2004 | 199,888,000.00 |
| 2005 | 220,769,300.00 |
| 2006 | 248,409,200.00 |
| 2007 | 269,646,400.00 |
| 2008 | 283,471,500.00 |
| 2009 | 298,179,900.00 |
| 2010 | 311,031,600.00 |
| 2011 | 324,244,000.00 |
| 2012 | 332,649,000.00 |
| 2013 | 339,152,300.00 |
| 2014 | 384,348,500.00 |
| 2015 | 412,110,000.00 |
| 2016 | 426,815,900.00 |
| 2017 | 431,758,000.00 |
| 2018 | 381,453,000.00 |
| 2019 | 390,129,000.00 |
| 2020 | 383,905,000.00 |
Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people)
The value for Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) in North America was 104.09 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 119.31 in 2017 and a minimum value of 0.00 in 1960.
Definition: Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service that provide access to the PSTN using cellular technology. The indicator includes (and is split into) the number of postpaid subscriptions, and the number of active prepaid accounts (i.e. that have been used during the last three months). The indicator applies to all mobile cellular subscriptions that offer voice communications. It excludes subscriptions via data cards or USB modems, subscriptions to public mobile data services, private trunked mobile radio, telepoint, radio paging and telemetry services.
Source: International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.00 |
| 1965 | 0.00 |
| 1970 | 0.00 |
| 1975 | 0.00 |
| 1976 | 0.00 |
| 1977 | 0.00 |
| 1978 | 0.00 |
| 1979 | 0.00 |
| 1980 | 0.00 |
| 1984 | 0.03 |
| 1985 | 0.13 |
| 1986 | 0.28 |
| 1987 | 0.49 |
| 1988 | 0.83 |
| 1989 | 1.39 |
| 1990 | 2.10 |
| 1991 | 2.95 |
| 1992 | 4.23 |
| 1993 | 6.02 |
| 1994 | 8.93 |
| 1995 | 12.36 |
| 1996 | 15.96 |
| 1997 | 19.74 |
| 1998 | 24.43 |
| 1999 | 30.10 |
| 2000 | 37.85 |
| 2001 | 44.10 |
| 2002 | 48.25 |
| 2003 | 54.13 |
| 2004 | 61.65 |
| 2005 | 67.47 |
| 2006 | 75.19 |
| 2007 | 80.83 |
| 2008 | 84.14 |
| 2009 | 87.67 |
| 2010 | 90.62 |
| 2011 | 93.68 |
| 2012 | 95.31 |
| 2013 | 96.42 |
| 2014 | 108.45 |
| 2015 | 115.45 |
| 2016 | 118.74 |
| 2017 | 119.31 |
| 2018 | 104.75 |
| 2019 | 106.44 |
| 2020 | 104.09 |
Classification
Topic: Infrastructure Indicators
Sub-Topic: Communications
