The seven nations where SIM cards outnumber people

Would you have guessed them?
Finland (at 125%!), Australia, Japan, Sweden, Denmark, Korea and the United States.

Technically, according to this Register article, these countries have more mobile data accounts than people.

And where is the UK on this chart? At 75%

Mobile Subscriptions to rise to 9.3 billion by 2019

According to latest  Ericsson Mobile Report, mobile subscriptions will rise to 9.3 billion by 2019.

Wow, I thought that's a lot. Then the report went on to say that total mobile subscriptions currently stands at 6.6 billion.

Look at the explosion in data usage:

Johan Wibergh, Executive Vice President and Head of Business Unit Networks, discusses the latest Mobility Report: