India and China will account for nearly half of all new mobile subscribers worldwide by the end of the decade, according to a new study

India will account for 27% (206 million) and China 21% (155 million) of about 753 million new mobile subscribers expected to be added globally by the end of 2020.

The Asia-Pacific (APAC) region as a whole is expected to see an increase from 2.7 billion mobile subscribers at the end of 2016 to 3.1 billion in 2020, accounting for two-thirds of global growth.