Subscriptions in developing countries will grow at a compound annual rate of 7.5 percent, substantially faster than the 2.8 percent growth that will be seen in developed countries.
With worldwide mobile service revenue growth slowing to about two percent per year through 2017, developing countries like Nigeria, where revenue is growing at twice that rate, can be very attractive markets to international players, according to Phil Kendall, Strategy Analytics director.
The Middle East and Africa, for example, will generate 28 percent revenue growth between 2012 and 2017.
The developing countries are changing dramatically as markets for communications devices and services in large part because disposable income is growing.
The African Development Bank estimated that in 2010 more than a third of Africa's population - some 350 million people - could be counted as middle class, up from 220 million in 2000. That will drive broadband services growth, as well as mobile services adoption.
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