

Globally, the top 1 percent of mobile users generated 5 percent of mobile data in 2019. The usage per month of the average top 1 percent of mobile users is steadily decreasing. Globally, the average Wi-Fi speeds will grow from 30.3 Mbps in 2018 to 92 Mbps by 2023. Wi-Fi speeds from mobile devices will triple by 2023. The average 5G connection speed will reach 575 Mbps by 2023. The average mobile network connection speed was 13.2 Mbps in 2018 and will be 43.9 Mbps by 2023.ĥG speeds will be 13 times higher than the average mobile connection by 2023. Mobile (cellular) speeds will more than triple by 2023. By 2023, global fixed broadband speeds will reach 110.4 Mbps, up from 45.9 Mbps in 2018. Smartphones will grow at a 7 percent CAGR within the same period.įixed broadband speeds will more than double by 2023. The mobile M2M category is projected to grow at a 30 percent CAGR from 2018 to 2023. The fastest growing mobile device category is M2M followed by smartphones. By 2023, global mobile devices will grow from 8.8 billion in 2018 to 13.1 billion by 2023 – 1.4 billion of those will be 5G capable. The total number of global mobile subscribers will grow from 5.1 billion (66 percent of population) in 2018 to 5.7 billion (71 percent of population) by 2023.ĥG devices and connections will be over 10 percent of global mobile devices and connections by 2023. Over 70 percent of the global population will have mobile connectivity by 2023. Connected home applications will have nearly half or 48 percent of M2M share by 2023 and Connected car applications will grow the fastest at 30 percent CAGR over the forecast period (2018–2023). Within the M2M connections category (which is also referred to as IoT), connected home applications will have the largest share and connected car will be the fastest growing application type. Globally, consumer segment’s share of total devices and connections will be 74 percent, with the business segment claiming the remaining 26 percent. The consumer segment will have nearly three-fourths share of total devices and connections by 2023. There will be 14.7 billion M2M connections by 2023. The share of Machine-To-Machine (M2M) connections will grow from 33 percent in 2018 to 50 percent by 2023. M2M connections will be half of the global connected devices and connections by 2023. There will be 29.3 billion networked devices by 2023, up from 18.4 billion in 2018. There will be 3.6 networked devices per capita by 2023, up from 2.4 networked devices per capita in 2018. The number of devices connected to IP networks will be more than three times the global population by 2023. There will be 5.3 billion total Internet users (66 percent of global population) by 2023, up from 3.9 billion (51 percent of global population) in 2018. Nearly two-thirds of the global population will have Internet access by 2023. Global Internet adoption and devices and connection Qualitative analyses and assessments are also provided in four strategic areas: applications, security, infrastructure transformation, and empowering employees and teams.

Quantitative projections are provided on the growth of Internet users, devices and connections as well as network performance and new application requirements. The report covers fixed broadband, Wi-Fi, and mobile (3G, 4G, 5G) networking. The Cisco Annual Internet Report is a global forecast/analysis that assesses digital transformation across various business segments (enterprise, small-to-medium business, public sector, and service provider).
