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November 7, 2011 02:26 pm GMT

Ericsson Forecasts 5 Billion Mobile Broadband Subscribers, Data Traffic To Grow Tenfold, By 2016

Baby with telephone, isolated on a white background.Ericsson, which provides technology and services to telecom operators around the globe, is forecasting a tenfold increase in mobile data traffic over the next five years, mainly driven by video. By 2016, Ericsson also predicts mobile broadband subscriptions to exceed 5 billion in its latest Traffic and Market Data report (PDF). The company earlier predicted that number to surpass 1 billion in 2011, but now forecasts 900 million subscribers by year's end.According to the report, mobile data traffic will double this year, mainly due to surging sales of smartphones, tablets and other portable devices. Total smartphone traffic is expected to triple during 2011.

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