Finland's Wireless Fast Track Thanks in large measure to mobile handset pacesetter Nokia, this small nation, about the size of Montana with a population of some 5 million people, is where the rest of the world looks for wireless guidance. But so far no one is willing to put it together. Printer friendly version.
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China, South Korea and India are forecast to account for more than 72 percent, with greater China eventually comprising nearly half of all users. IDC expects the personal computer will continue as the principal Internet access device although handheld devices are taking off as well. Asia will emerge as a wireless Web pioneer since it accounts for more than 25 percent of the world's total installed base of mobile phones, the report said. Mobile subscribers will likely exceed 366 million in 2004. Only 2.6 percent of mobile phones are currently used for wireless Internet use in the region, but IDC predicted the proportion will soar to nearly 40 percent by 2005.