The document summarizes key projections from Ericsson's Mobility Report. It projects that by 2018 there will be over 9 billion mobile subscriptions globally, with LTE subscriptions growing strongly. It also projects that smartphone subscriptions will reach 3.3 billion by 2018, and mobile data traffic will increase 12 times by 2018 with monthly consumption per device ranging from 450 MB to 11 GB depending on device type. Mobile networks are expected to cover 85% of the world's population by WCDMA/HSPA in 2017 and 50% by LTE.

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November 2012

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› It includes analyses based on Ericsson network
measurements and other relevant studies to provide
insights into the current traffic and market trends.
› Ericsson has performed measurements since the early
days of mobile broadband from a large base of live
networks covering all regions of the world.
› For the full report and more information visit
www.ericsson.com/ericsson-mobility-report
About the report

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9.3 billion Mobile
subscriptions end 2018
Q3 2012
M2M subscriptions not included
› LTE is now growing strongly, with 13 million new subscriptions added in Q3 2012.
› GSM/EDGE added around 20 million new subscribers
› WCDMA/HSPA around 65 million new subscribers.
Note: Number of subscribers around 4.3 billions
Mobile subscriptions by region, 2009-2018

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Smartphone, PC, mobile routers and tablet subscriptions with cellular connection 2009-2018
3.3 Billion smartphone
Subscriptions end 2018

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population Coverage
› 85% of world´s population covered by WCDMA/HSPA in 2017
› 50% of world’s population covered by LTE in 2017
› 60% of traffic to be generated from metro and urban areas where 30%
of population resides, representing less than 1% of the Earth’s total
land area

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Mobile Traffic Update
DVB-H, Wi-Fi, and Mobile WiMax.not included
Note: Based on actual measurements
Global total traffic in mobile networks, 2007-2012
› Mobile data traffic doubled
between Q3 2011 and Q3
2012
› Voice increase due to new
subscriptions

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12 times Mobile data
Traffic by end of 2018
3 GB
0.6 GB
0.45 GB
Monthly consumption per device type Global mobile traffic: voice and data 2010-2018
11 GB
2.7 GB
1.9 GB
2012 2018

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Data Consumption per
device and month
11 GB
2.7 GB
1.9 GB
2018
3 GB
600 MB
450 MB
2012