With everyone who is anyone in the mobile world (108,00 in all) gathered last week at Fira Gran Via in Barcelona there were numbers a plenty on the progress and predictions for the future for the industry.
Some of the big numbers mentioned at WMC by some of the eminent industry people there include:
- At the end of 2016 there were 7.9Bn total mobile subscriptions
- 51% of theses subscriptions are for a smart phones
- These 7.9Bn subscriptions were used by 4.8Bn unique subscribers
- Average subscriber penetration in the developed world is 84%
- In the developed markets penetration in the 16-64 age bracket is 97% i.e. it is saturated
- In the developing markets penetration is 62%
- There is growth in the developing world with 900 million new subscribers expected by 2025
- There are expected to be 5Bn mobile subscribers by the end of 2017
- The industry has spent $1,000Bn on capital from 2010 to 2016
- It is expected that a further $700Bn in capital will be spent from now up to 2020
- $1,230Bn is expected to be spent in capital on 5G by 2026
- There are expected to be 1.1 billion 5G mobiles in service by 2025
- World revenue from mobile service in 2016 was $1,050Bn
- Average data consumed by smartphone users is currently 1.6GB per month
- This will increase to 7GBÂ by 2021
- Video over mobile traffic will increase by 50% each year
- By 2022 video will comprise 75% of traffic on mobile networks