China Mobile market growth behind a major driving force

According to the latest Mobility Report released on Tuesday by Ericsson, it is estimated that from now until 2019, total mobile data traffic will increase by 10 with the support of smartphone subscriber growth Times

The report predicts that smartphone subscribers in this time period are expected to increase at a rate of four times the total mobile subscribers' growth and predict that the total global LTE network subscribers will increase 13 times. The key points of the report include: Rapid penetration of global smartphone penetration, rapid expansion of LTE network coverage, and consequent dramatic growth in global mobile data traffic.

According to statistics from Ericsson, the total subscribers of LTE network in the world are about 200 million in 2013, and this figure is expected to reach 2.6 billion by 2019. In the global growth of LTE network subscribers, the proportion of subscribers from China is expected to increase day by day, accounting for more than one quarter by 2019, or about 700 million.

Patrik Cerwall, head of strategic marketing at Ericsson, said China will increasingly dominate the global mobile market. He said: "By 2019, China's LTE network subscribers will create more data than the current global data volume." He also emphasized that, as with many users of other attitudes toward the bandwidth they have While desire is likely to never be met, streaming video streaming services will continue to dominate the use of mobile data.

A major driving force behind the growth of China's mobile market is the rapid growth of China's smartphone users in the past few years. In recent years, Chinese consumers have rapidly shifted from feature phones to smartphones, pushing smartphone penetration in China up to levels comparable to those in many western markets, while at the same time, China has a large population base For the foreseeable future, China should continue to dominate the global mobile market.

The report also shows that in the first quarter of this year, the number of new mobile subscribers in terms of terms, the Indian market occupy the top position, share of up to 23%. India added more than 28 million new mobile subscribers in the quarter, followed by China (more than 19 million), Indonesia (more than 7 million), Thailand (more than 6 million) and Bangladesh (more than 400 Million).

The report states: "The top five global mobile users accounted for more than 50% of all new mobile subscribers in the world in the first quarter of 2014." Overall, the total number of mobile users globally continues to grow at a 7% pace in the first quarter A year-on-year increase, up 2% from the previous quarter; at the same time, global mobile penetration reached 93% during the quarter. The report also said: "The total number of global mobile users will exceed the world population by next year."

In addition, mobile broadband subscribers will also continue to grow, reaching 7.6 billion by the end of 2019, accounting for more than 80% of the total mobile subscribers. By 2016, smart phone subscribers will surpass feature phone subscribers; by 2019, the total number of smart phone subscribers is expected to reach 5.6 billion. Ericsson also said that smartphones accounted for 65% of all mobile phones sold in the first quarter of 2014.

For the European and US LTE network markets, 4G network subscriber penetration in the region will only reach around 30%, although LTE network coverage in the European market is expected to reach 80% by 2019; in contrast, LTE network coverage in North America will be expected to be close to 100% by 2019, and 4G network subscriber penetration will be as high as 85%. (Swiss snow)