To determine which regions are likely to have over 550 million new subscribers by 2030, we need to calculate the number of new subscribers added from 2012 to 2020 for each region. Here’s a step-by-step solution:
1. Identify the data for each region for the years 2012 and 2020:
- APAC: 1982 million (2012), 3152 million (2020)
- CIS: 195 million (2012), 239 million (2020)
- Europe: 438 million (2012), 473 million (2020)
- Latin America: 405 million (2012), 521 million (2020)
- MENA: 316 million (2012), 410 million (2020)
- North America: 260 million (2012), 315 million (2020)
- Sub-Saharan Africa: 294 million (2012), 543 million (2020)
2. Calculate the increase in subscribers for each region from 2012 to 2020:
- APAC: [tex]\( 3152 - 1982 = 1170 \)[/tex] million
- CIS: [tex]\( 239 - 195 = 44 \)[/tex] million
- Europe: [tex]\( 473 - 438 = 35 \)[/tex] million
- Latin America: [tex]\( 521 - 405 = 116 \)[/tex] million
- MENA: [tex]\( 410 - 316 = 94 \)[/tex] million
- North America: [tex]\( 315 - 260 = 55 \)[/tex] million
- Sub-Saharan Africa: [tex]\( 543 - 294 = 249 \)[/tex] million
3. Identify the regions that added over 550 million new subscribers between 2012 and 2020:
- APAC: 1170 million
- CIS: 44 million
- Europe: 35 million
- Latin America: 116 million
- MENA: 94 million
- North America: 55 million
- Sub-Saharan Africa: 249 million
Among these regions, only the APAC region added over 550 million new subscribers.
4. Count the regions that meet the condition:
- Number of regions with over 550 million new subscribers: [tex]\( 1 \)[/tex]
Thus, by 2030, 1 region (APAC) is likely to have added over 550 million new subscribers based on the data trends from 2012 to 2020.
