According to a study, 90% of the six billion people on this planet will have mobile phone coverage by 2010. The study was done by the GSM Association, saying the current coverage will be up from 80 percent. Despite having 80 percent mobile phone coverage, only 40 percent of the global population have access to mobile phone connections. The group said mobile phone coverage could reach nearly 100 percent in four years if governments used funds collected from telecom operators to extend mobile coverage rather than use the money on fixed telephone line services.