90 Percent of the World Age 6 and Older Will Have a Cellphone in Less Than Six Years

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If you think kids’ use of technology is stunning today, consider the latest statistic from a communications technology company about how many people by a certain age will own cellphones in five years.

According to Ericsson, 90 percent of the whole world’s population older than 6 years old will have a mobile phone by 2020.

“The falling cost of handsets, coupled with improved usability and increasing network coverage, are factors that are making mobile technology a global phenomenon that will soon be available to the vast majority of the world’s population, regardless of age or location,” Rima Qureshi, senior vice president and Ericsson chief strategy officer, said in a statement. ”The Ericsson Mobility Report shows that in 2020 the world will be connected like never before.”