Ericsson Mobility Report: 5G mobile subscriptions to hit 150 million by 2021
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
* March towards 5G to open up opportunities for new industries and verticals
* Significant increase in mobile video consumption drives around six times
higher traffic volumes per smartphone in North America and Europe by 2021
* Mainland China becomes largest LTE market in the world with nearly 35
percent of all LTE subscriptions
* Mobile subscriptions in Africa to reach one billion by end of 2015
By 2030, ICT could enable reductions in greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to
the current carbon footprint of the US and EU combined Launched today, the
latest edition of the Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) Mobility Report provides insight
into the future of 5G networks, including a forecast of 150 million 5G mobile
subscriptions by 2021.
South Korea, Japan, China and the US are predicted to lead with the first, and
fastest, 5G subscription uptake. 5G will connect new types of devices, enabling
new use cases related to the Internet of Things (IoT); the transition will open
up new industries and verticals to ICT transformation.
The report, a comprehensive update on mobile trends, reveals a significant
increase in mobile video consumption, which is driving around six times higher
traffic volumes per smartphone in North America and Europe (2015 to 2021). North
America data traffic per active smartphone will grow from 3.8 to 22 GB per month
by 2021; in Western Europe, the increase is from 2 to 18 GB per month.
With 20 new mobile broadband subscriptions activated every second, global
increase in mobile subscriptions is another clear driver for data traffic
growth. As of now, there are the same amount of mobile subscriptions as there
are people on the planet; in 2016 we will reach the four billion mark for
smartphone subscriptions alone.
Rima Qureshi, Senior Vice President & Chief Strategy Officer, Ericsson, says:
"5G is about more than faster mobile services - it will enable new use cases
related to the Internet of Things. For example, Ericsson has built a prototype
testbed for applying 5G networking functions and data analytics to public
transport, which can save resources, reduce congestion, and lower environmental
impact. ICT transformation will become even more common across industries as 5G
moves from vision to reality in the coming years."
Other highlights from the latest Ericsson Mobility Report include:
* Video dominates data traffic: Global mobile data traffic is forecast to grow
ten-fold by 2021, and video is forecast to account for 70 percent of total
mobile traffic in the same year. In many networks today, YouTube accounts
for up to 70 percent of all video traffic, while Netflix's share of video
traffic can reach as high as 20 percent in markets where it is available.
* Mainland China overtakes the US as world's largest LTE market: By the end of
2015, Mainland China will have 350 million LTE subscriptions - nearly 35
percent of the world's total LTE subscriptions. The market is predicted to
have 1.2 billion LTE subscriptions by 2021.
* Africa becomes an increasingly connected continent: Five years ago (2010)
there were 500 million mobile subscriptions across Africa; by the end of
2015 this number will double to 1 billion. Increased connectivity improves
the prospect of financial inclusion for the 70 percent unbanked through
mobile money services starting to take form across Africa.
* ICT powers the low-carbon economy: ICT will enable savings in energy
consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across all other industrial
sectors. The total emission reduction could be up to 10 gigatonnes of CO2e,
representing about 15 percent of global GHG emissions in 2030 - more than
the current carbon footprint of the US and EU combined.
New to the report is the Mobile Business Trends appendix. The appendix outlines
eight trends that detail how successful mobile operators are using different
ways to monetize the explosion in data consumption and growing demand for mobile
services.
The Ericsson Mobility Report is one of the leading analyses of data traffic
available, providing in-depth measurements from live networks spread around the
globe. The report uses these measurements and analysis, together with internal
forecasts and other relevant studies, to provide insights into current traffic
and market trends in the Networked Society.
The Traffic Exploration Tool, which accompanies the report, can be used to
create customized graphs and tables using the newly published data. The
information can be filtered by region, subscription, technology, traffic and
device type.
NOTES TO EDITORS
The full Ericsson Mobility Report, Traffic Exploration Tool, Mobile Business
Trends appendix and regional reports for Europe, South East Asia & Oceania
(launched November 24th), North East Asia (launched early December), North
America, Middle East & North East Africa, Latin America & the Caribbean, and
Sub-Saharan Africa can be downloaded at www.ericsson.com/mobility-report
Biography and photos of Rima Qureshi
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www.ericsson.com/press
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Graph - Mobile-Traffic:
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Appendix - Mobile Business Trends:
http://hugin.info/1061/R/1967265/718587.pdf
Regional Report - North America:
http://hugin.info/1061/R/1967265/718564.pdf
Regional Report - Middle East and North East Africa:
http://hugin.info/1061/R/1967265/718567.pdf
Graphic - ICT could enable reduction of the global carbon footptrint:
http://hugin.info/1061/R/1967265/718577.jpg
Regional Report - Europe:
http://hugin.info/1061/R/1967265/718565.pdf
Graph - Global-Mobile-Subscriptions:
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Graph - Mobile-Data-Traffic-Volumes-By-Application-and-Device-Type:
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Graph - Mobile-Subscriptions-By-Technology:
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Ericsson Mobility Report - Main Report:
http://hugin.info/1061/R/1967265/718563.pdf
RSSA Ericsson Mobility Report November 2015:
http://hugin.info/1061/R/1967265/718566.pdf
Graph - Mobile-Subscriptions-By-Region:
http://hugin.info/1061/R/1967265/718571.jpg
Ericsson Mobility Report - Press Release:
http://hugin.info/1061/R/1967265/718562.pdf
Graph - Mobile-Data-Traffic-By-Application-Type:
http://hugin.info/1061/R/1967265/718568.jpg
Graph - Global-Mobile-Data-Traffic:
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Graph - Mobile-Subscriptions-By-Region-and-Technology:
http://hugin.info/1061/R/1967265/718572.jpg
Graph - Smartphone-data-traffic-per-region:
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