GEC NEWS WIRECisco VNI claims that the surge of mobile users, smart devices, 4G networks will increase mobile data eight fold times
Cisco Visual Networking Index Global Mobile Data Traffic forecast (2015 to 2020) predicted that by 2020, there will be 5.5 billion mobile users, representing 70 percent of the global population. The adoption of mobile devices, increased mobile coverage, and demand for mobile content are driving user growth two times faster than the global population over the next five years.
Smart mobile devices and connections are projected to represent 72 percent of total mobile devices and connections by 2020. Smart devices are forecasted to generate 98 percent of mobile data traffic by 2020. The proliferation of mobile phones, including “phablets”, is increasing so rapidly that more people will have mobile phones (5.4 billion) than electricity (5.3 billion), running water (3.5 billion) and cars (2.8 billion) by 2020. 4G connectivity share is projected to surpass 2G by 2018 and 3G by 2020.
“According to the 10th annual Cisco VNI report, the number of mobile users in MEA will grow from 709 million in 2015 to 879 million in 2020. Future mobile innovations in cellular, such as 5G, and Wi-Fi solutions will be needed to further address new scale requirements, security concerns, and user demands.” said Andy MacDonald, Vice President, Global Service Provider, Middle East, Africa & Russia, Cisco.
