More cell phones than people

Lunch over IP: More cell phones than people:

In 30 countries around the world, from Aruba to Italy to Hong Kong, mobile phone penetration has past 100 percent. Translation: the number of cell phone subscriptions has exceeded the size of the population. That's according to end-of-Q1-2006 data just released by London-based researcher Informa Telecom&Media. Here is the list:

Turks & Caicos Islands: 161.8%
Aruba: 150.8
Luxembourg: 140.7
Lithuania: 139.9
Cayman Islands: 136.4
Netherlands Antilles: 134.0
Grenada: 133.3
Israel: 125.9
Italy: 122.4
Cyprus: 121.5
Macau: 121.3
Bahrain: 117.8
Greece: 114.7
Czech Republic: 114.0
UAE: 113.9
Jersey: 113.6
Sweden: 112.5
Hong Kong: 110.8
UK: 110.1
Estonia: 108.6
Spain: 108.0
Austria: 107.3
Ireland: 107.0
Norway: 106.1
Antigua & Barbuda: 104.6
Iceland: 103.3
Finland: 103.1
Portugal: 101.3
Kuwait: 101.1
Singapore: 101.0

Informa's analysts project that another 10 countries may join this list by the end of the year, including Russia, which added 50 million subscribers last year. Market penetration in the US is currently at 72 %.