The mobile broadband subscriptions will reach 7,600 million … – RTVE

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The number of mobile lines overtake the world population in 2015 – is currently 7.046 million people-with a predicted end of 2019 7,600 million broadband subscriptions and explosion of data traffic especially due to consumption of video and television from phones and tablets .

This is reflected in the latest report Mobility Report of the multinational Ericsson, whose networks now circulating for more than 40% of mobile traffic in the world, which was presented Wednesday at a press conference in Madrid.

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first quarter of this year have been registered 120 million new mobile subscriptions ; plus 65% of all phones sold in the three months were smartphones.

Forecasts smartphones subscription

In 2016, these latest phones will exceed the basic phones. By 2019, the number of smartphone subscriptions will be 5,600 million ; only in Europe, the figure will be around 765 million.

mobile lines increasing at a rate of 7% each year

The report reveals that mobile lines increasing at a rate of 7% each year, and subscriptions mobile broadband account for over 80% of total worldwide .

To this date, LTE/4G coverage in Europe will be around 80% and the number of subscriptions that technology is 30%, versus 85% in the U.S., and mobile traffic in Europe in 2019 will exceed about eight . sometimes 2013

The report notes that Europe is the region with the highest level of mobile penetration in the world. most countries reached that milestone two or three years ago

Increased consumption of video

The increased use of mobile data should be especially c ONSUMPTION video on mobile devices both from home and on the move , which will represent 50% of the total; machine-to-machine connections are multiplied by 4 in 2019.

The wireless device for video is playing a very significant role in Europe, although it is still in the number one spot.

62% of Germans use electronic tablet, laptop or smartphone to watch TV or video. The habit is common in Western Europe and especially in Sweden; in France, one in four respondents see home video on a smartphone more than three hours per week.

In Italy and Spain, the video with smartphone consumers do more than four hours per week.