90% of the global population of six years will have a mobile … – The Newspaper

Tuesday, November 18, 2014 – 13.41 h

90% of the population over six years will Mobile 2020 , according to the latest edition of Ericsson Mobility Report, which estimates for the year 9500 million mobile users, up from 7.100 million in 2014 and 6.700 million 2013. According to the study, smartphone subscriptions in 2020 to reach 6,100 million worldwide, compared to 2,700 million in 2014 and 1.900 million in 2013. Thus, while the number of mobile subscriptions grows at a rate of 5% per year from 2014 to 2020 in the case of subscriptions smartphone growth will be 15% per year over this period.

The study of Ericsson reveals that smartphones now account for 37% of all mobile phone subscriptions, having added 800 million new subscriptions in 2014. In terms of mobile broadband subscribers will grow at a rate of 20% annually from 2014 to 2010 from 2,900 million in 2014 8,400 million for 2020, and LTE will rise from 400 million to 3,500 million in six years.

The senior vice president, Strategy and Mergers and Acquisitions Ericsson, Rima Qureshi , has indicated that the cost of the devices, dwindling, coupled with increased use and increased network coverage, are making technology to become a “phenomenon” that will soon be accessible to most of the world population, irrespective of age or location.

The study also shows that the video continues to dominate the mobile networks . Thus in fourth generation mobile services (4G) this currently constitutes between 45% and 55% of mobile traffic, especially by increased video streaming and improved video experience in the Mobile.

Ericsson estimates that mobile video traffic will be multiplied by 10 in 2020 and will constitute nearly 55% of mobile data traffic by then.

COMMERCIAL DEPLOYMENT 5G

As for the development of new technologies, is expected to be commercially deployed 5G in 2020. While this technology include evolved versions of existing wireless access (like 3G and 4G), and cloud core technologies to supply thousands of new ways in which to use mobile technology.

According to the report, the growth of 5G will have a broad scope, as new modes of use, especially communications between machines.