Rogers, Adam. "Department ofWarp Drive and Wormholes.(NASA's Breakthrough Propulsion Physics program)(includes international statistics on cell phone use)(Brief Article)." Newsweek 132.n9 (August 31, 1998): 12(1). Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. Thomson Gale. Centennial High School (MD). 6 Dec. 2006 http://find.galegroup.com/ips/infomark.do?&contentSet=IAC-Documents&type=retrieve&tabID=T003&prodId=IPS&docId=A21065086&source=gale&srcprod=OVRC&userGroupName=elli29753&version=1.0.

Right now I am in the beginning of my journey into the world of technology, comparing it to the impersonalities of society, and I am starting out with research of the modern day communication technology. I came across a site (above) that gave me some predicted statistics from 1997- 2002 on the use of cell phones in large populations:
"cellular-phone subscribers in millions 1997 2002
U.S. 53.3-113.7
Japan 29.5-67.6
China 13.5- 41.9
Italy 11.3-24.7
Germany 8.4- 27.3
England 8.3-19.1
South Korea 6.7- 15.6
Canada 4.3-10.1
Brazil 4.0-18.8
India 0.8-7.1"
Obviously this rate has grown over the past years but this gives a small piece of information on the growth of cell phone users.
What are the statistics today in 2006? Growth rate?