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In pics: Ericsson mobility report 2016

Analysing the mobile internet devt. the report describes IoT and smartphone trends

By Soumya Smita Prajna  
In pics: Ericsson mobility report 2016
Mobile subscriptions are growing around 3 percent year-on-year globally and reached 7.4 billion in Q1 2016. The number of mobile subscriptions exceeds the population in many countries. This is largely due to inactive subscriptions, multiple device ownership or optimisation of subscriptions for different types of calls.Today there are aroun

In 2019, LTE will be the dominant mobile access technology. GSM/EDGE-only subscriptions presently represent the largest share of mobile subscriptions, but in 2021, both LTE and WCDMA/HSPA subscription numbers will be more than double GSM/EDGE-only subscriptions.

Smartphone subscriptions set to almost double by 2021. In the MEA market, sma