Over one million new Mobile Internet users added per day
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
· Latest edition of the Ericsson Mobility Report foresees 2.6 billion new
mobile broadband subscribers will be added through 2022 - averaging to more than
one million each day
· Dominant access technology will be LTE (also known as 4G) in 2018, making
it the fastest-growing mobile technology in history
· Total traffic in mobile networks grew 70 percent between end of Q1, 2016
and end of Q1, 2017
Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) foresees continued rapid growth of mobile connectivity
as global mobile data traffic increases to eight times its current level by
2022.
This traffic is the equivalent of:
* The population of Spain streaming HD video 24 hours per day for a month
* A single subscriber streaming HD video continuously for 3.55 million years
* 31 billion hours of continuous HD video streaming
For the next six years, nearly 2.6 billion new subscribers will be added to
mobile broadband networks - enough to fill a European championship soccer
stadium (with capacity of 50,000) 20 times each day. As many people went to
Times Square in New York to welcome in the new year for 2017.
The latest collection of statistics about the growth of subscribers and data
traffic in mobile networks is presented in the June edition of the Ericsson
Mobility Report. It shows the highest year-on-year mobile data growth globally
since 2013, led by massive growth in India, and highlights the underlying need
for mobile data.
The use of smartphones and easy access to mobile internet services comprise a
major part of the traffic numbers. Ericsson analyzes "smartphone mobile data
traffic" within "mobile data traffic" to illustrate this trend more clearly. By
the end of 2022, total smartphone mobile data traffic will have increased 9X,
reaching 66 ExaBytes per month.
Niklas Heuveldop, Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Technology and Emerging
Business, Ericsson, says: "Based on measurements made in hundreds of mobile
networks, the Ericsson Mobility Report data truly illustrates the tremendous
underlying growth in the industry. 4G subscriptions are increasing faster than
ever, Voice over LTE uptake is accelerating and traffic growth has reached
levels we have not seen since 2013.
"I am particularly excited to see the industry's major steps to progress network
evolution, including the approval of the Non-Standalone 5G New Radio (NR) that
will enable early 5G deployments. According to our forecast, we anticipate that
this will lead to more than half a billion 5G subscriptions and a population
coverage of 15 percent by 2022."
On industry trends, the Mobility Report features articles on Internet for all,
massive IoT coverage in cities and remote operation of vehicles with 5G.
LTE BECOMING MOST PERVASIVE TECHNOLOGY IN HISTORY
In 2018, LTE (4G) will overtake GSM as the largest access technology by number
of subscriptions. The speed with which this technology has been rolled out and
adopted is unprecedented. It has taken only five years for LTE to cover 2.5
billion people, compared to eight years for WCDMA/HSPA, or 3G. In the first
quarter of this year alone, 250 million new LTE subscriptions were added.
While LTE uptake is driven by demand for improved user experience and faster
networks, 5G deployment will also be driven by the need for enhanced mobile
broadband capabilities as well as industry solutions for efficiency and
automation. 5G will be the one network to support a diversity of use cases. More
than half a billion 5G subscriptions are expected to be activated by 2022, not
including IoT connections. 5G is then expected to cover around 15 percent of the
world's population.
Register for our webinar today, June 13, to get into the details. See the full
report including the Traffic Exploration Tool to create your own graphs.
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111,000 experts who provide customers in 180 countries with innovative solutions
and services. Together we are building a more connected future where anyone and
any industry is empowered to reach their full potential. Net sales in 2016 were
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Smartphone subscriptions by technology:
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Global mobile traffic exabytes:
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