Prepaid growth outpacing postpaid worldwide

twice as fast. At the end of 2007, there were 2.33 billion prepaid subscribers worldwide, the largest concentration being in the Asia Pacific region. They project that there will be 3.93 billion prepaid customers by 2013. It’s tough to take these numbers seriously right now — we are five years away, after all — but it’s certainly interesting to ponder. How big a part with the U.S. play in that growth? Potentially a lot, considering that we’re mostly a postpaid country. If we swung more in the way of prepaid, perhaps we could help fuel those growth projections. Alas, it doesn’t seem that will be the case. I can’t imagine the carriers abandoning their contract plans any time soon. via Fierce Wireless]]>