EN: Mobile subscriptions hit 5 billion mark
- 2 million additions per day
- More than 500 million 3G subscriptions
- 50 billion connected devices by 2020
Ericsson announces very interesting statistic data today. The company revealed that another milestone in the internet becoming mobile when the 5 billionth mobile subscription added to the count, largely thanks to emerging markets like India and China.
According to Ericsson estimates based on industry information, the 5 billionth subscription was added Thursday, July 8. In the year 2000, about 720 million people had had mobile subscriptions, less than the amount of users China alone has today.
Mobile broadband subscriptions are growing at similar pace and are expected to amount to more than 3.4 billion by 2015 (from 360 million in 2009). Studies show that soon 80% of all people accessing the internet will be doing so using their mobile device. In more mature markets, connected devices rather than people, are driving the increase in network traffic. According to Ericsson's vision we will reach 50 billion connections within this decade.
In December 2009, another milestone was reached when the amount of data traffic carried over mobile networks exceeded the amount of traffic generated from voice calls.
Machine-to-machine communications, or M2M, will be a key component in the future growth of the mobile industry. For energy companies it could be smart meters that read themselves, increase business efficiency and cut operational expenses. In transportation - tracking solutions improve route optimization and safety for vehicles on the road. Digital signs that can be updated remotely, cameras that can send pictures halfway around the world and even a soda machine that requests restocking when needed are other examples that machine-to-machine technology make possible.
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