Asia Will Represent 50% of Global Smartphone Traffic in 2021

Posted November 17, 2015

In Business Model, Internet Access, Mobile, News, Spectrum

The Asia Pacific region will have the largest share of total smartphone traffic in 2021, driven by the sheer number of mobile subscriptions. In 2021, the region will represent half of all global mobile phone accounts.

In the next five years, monthly smartphone data consumption per active subscription in North America (22 GB) will be 1.2 times that of Western Europe (18 GB) and three times that of Asia Pacific (7 GB).

Asia Pacific will have the largest share of mobile data traffic in 2021, due to it being the most populous region and a rapid growth in subscriptions. China alone will add 260 million mobile subscriptions by 2021.

Gary Kim

Gary Kim is a communications industry analyst of 30 years, ranked second globally among power influencers in mobile and among the top 10 telecom thought leaders. He currently works as a telecom/Internet conference content developer and speaker. He recently founded the Spectrum Futures conference for the Pacific Telecommunications Council, and acts as a conference advisor for PTC. He is a member of Mensa, the international organization for people with IQs in the top 2 percent.