Global Cell Phone Subscriptions to Hit 5 Billion

The number of cell phone subscriptions worldwide will reach 5 billion sometime in 2010, according to International Telecommunication Union (ITU) research.
Last year, the number of cell phone subscribers reached 4.6 billion people, with 67 percent of all the people in the world covered. This is a significant increase from the 1 billion subscribers reported by the International Telecommunication Union in 2002.

The ITU report pulled data on cell phone, landline telephone, and Internet usage in 159 countries.