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Global mobile phone use passed the three billion mark, equivalent to half the world’s population, for the first time in 2007 as mobile phone demand booms in China, India and Africa, a survey said. From African farmers to Chinese factory workers, mobile operators notched up more than 3.25 billion mobile phone subscriptions worldwide by the end of the year, according to a report by UK-based telecoms analysis company The Mobile World. Along with the Internet, the mobile phone has revolutionised communication, spreading from city whiz kids to Brazilian slum dwellers. More than 1,000 new customers are effectively signing up for mobile phones every minute around the world, the survey showed.