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Mobile phones to match globe's population in 2014: UN

The number of mobile telephones worldwide is set to catch up to the globe's population next year, the United Nations' telecommunications agency said Thursday.

Visitors look at their mobile phones during the last day at the 2013 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on February 28, 2013. The number of mobile telephones worldwide is set to catch up to the globe's population next year, the United Nations' telecommunications agency said.

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) said mobile subscriber numbers looked set to top seven billion in 2014.

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