EU report: More mobile phones than citizens

Mobile phone subscriptions in the European Union outnumber citizens for the first time, The European Commission said Thursday in its 12th annual report on the E.U. telecommunications market. Computerworld reports.

"With 478.4 million mobile phones in use, penetration in Europe is now at 103 percent of the population, up from 95 percent in 2005, the Commission said. But the level of penetration varies widely from country to country.

Penetration is highest in Luxembourg (171 percent), Italy (134 percent) and Lithuania (133 percent).

It is lowest in France (82 percent), Malta (83 percent) and Slovakia (86 percent), the Commission said.

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