- 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
For media kits, backgrounders and high-resolution
photos, please visit www.ericsson.com/press
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behind the Networked Society - a world leader in communications
technology and services. Our long-term relationships with every
major telecom operator in the world allow people, business and
society to fulfill their potential and create a more sustainable
future.
Our services, software and
infrastructure - especially in mobility, broadband and the
cloud - are enabling the telecom industry and
other sectors to do better business, increase efficiency, improve
the user experience and capture new opportunities.
With approximately 115,000
professionals and customers in 180 countries, we combine global scale with technology and services
leadership. We support networks that connect more than 2.5 billion
subscribers. Forty percent of the world's mobile traffic is carried
over Ericsson networks. And our investments in research and
development ensure that our solutions - and our customers - stay in
front.
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headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden. Net sales in 2014 were SEK 228.0
billion (USD 33.1 billion). Ericsson is listed on NASDAQ OMX stock
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