07-02-2017 18:32 via telecoms.com

More smartphone users than people with running water in 2021 – Cisco

Cisco has released its annual report predicting the growth of global mobile data traffic will increase seven-fold over the next five years.
The Mobile Visual Networking Index forecast set out some interesting, surprising and occasionally damning predictions for the next couple of years. For example, by 2021 more members of the global population will be using smart phones (5.5 billion) than have bank accounts (5.4 billion) and running water (5.3 billion).
The growth itself will be fuelled mobile
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