Ericsson Mobility Report has disclosed that advanced mobile technology will be globally ubiquitous by 2020 with 70 per cent of people using smartphones and 90 percent covered by mobile broadband networks.
According to the report, smartphone subscriptions will more than double by 2020, reaching 6.1 billion. Almost 80 per cent of these new subscriptions will come from Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa.
"By 2020 80 per cent of all mobile data traffic will come from smartphones. North America and Europe will continue to have highest data usage per smartphone. Video traffic to grow 55 per cent per year until 2020, driven by video streaming services and increasing prevalence of video in online content," the report said.
Findings from the latest edition of the Ericsson Mobility Report, published recently, show that the total number of mobile subscriptions in Q1 2015 was around 910 million for all of Africa, including 21 million new subscriptions. The report further shows that by 2020 advanced mobile technology will be commonplace around the globe: smartphone subscriptions will more than double, reaching 6.1 billion, and 70 per cent of the world’s population will be using smartphones, and 90 per cent will be covered by mobile broadband networks.
The report, which is a comprehensive update on mobile trends, shows that growth in mature markets comes from an increasing number of devices per individual.
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