Source GSMA Intelligence
GSMA Intelligence reports the percentage of mobile subscriptions which use smart phones Vrs feature and basic phones and data terminals (USB and WiFi dongles) in the graph right..
In the Ericsson Mobility Report November 2014 the company reported that 38% (2.7 Bn out of the total world’s 7.1Bn sunscriptions) where on smart phones. Ericsson projected this to grow to 64% (6.1Bn out of a total of 9.5Bn total phones) by 2020 and for smartphone data to go from an average of 900MB to 2.9GB per month in the same period. This increase in smartphones combined with the increase in average data usage Ericsson say will increase world mobile data use by 8X from 2014 to 2020.
Telstra’s CFO Andy Penn stated on 13th February following Telstra’s half year results announcement that 80% of mobiles in Australia were smart phones. This places Australia a little ahead of the smart phone takeup reported by GSMA Intelligence for the developed world.