The number of smartphone subscriptions worldwide will rise...
The number of smartphone subscriptions worldwide will rise to 4.5 billion by the end of 2018 -- up from 1.2 billion in 2012, Ericsson said Monday. That growth will result in a 12-fold increase in data traffic by 2018 as…
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smartphone users increase their mobile video use. Video is already the largest driver of network data traffic, and is set to grow 60 percent annually through the end of 2018, Ericsson said. LTE subscriptions will surpass 1 billion by 2018, while LTE services will be available to 60 percent of the world’s population by that time. Growth in LTE will continue to be driven by the demand for more data-intensive services, Ericsson said (http://bit.ly/11QJdT8).