This report provides a valuable summary of key worldwide telecoms statistics and trends, including the number of fixed lines; mobile subscribers; 3G subscribers (including HSPA); text messages sent; Internet users and worldwide broadband subscribers (including DSL statistics). Also provided are statistics on worldwide telecoms capital expenditure (CAPEX), overall telecoms spending and revenues and key satellite services statistics. Information on the top 25 carriers’ worldwide and top 15 carriers in emerging markets is also provided along with outsourcing and MVNO market statistics. Please note: The focus of this report is on global statistics. Please refer to separate reports for regional and country specific statistics.