Measurable 5G impact on mobile growth expected to begin by 2020: Cisco

SAN JOSE, CA – Five years from now, more members of the global population will use mobile phones (5.5 billion) than bank accounts (5.4 billion), running water (5.3 billion), or landlines (2.9 billion), predicts a new report from Cisco.According to the Cisco Visual Networking Index Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast (2016 to 2021), mobile data traffic will increase seven-fold by 2021, driven by strong growth in mobile users, smartphones and Internet of Things (IoT) connections as well as network speed improvements and mobile video consumption.The explosion of mobile applications and adoption of mobile connectivity by end users is fueling the...