Mobile devices are winning the battle: their proliferation in the world has been such that in 2020 the number of people who have at least one of them will be greater than that will have electricity, potable water and automobiles, according to the latest forecasts the technology company Cisco.
Users of mobile devices, including "phablets" (a hybrid between phone and tablet), arrive in that year to 5.400 million, 70% of the estimated population for that year indicated ensures The study "Visual Networking Index - Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast, "published this week by the company in California (USA).
The figure is higher than international projections on access to some public services, such as electricity (5,300 million) and drinking water (3.500 million), or other consumer goods such as automobiles (2.800 million), according to the company.
Cisco estimates there will be 11,600 million phones, devices and connections lists in five years, including about 8,500 million personal phone, compared to 7,900 million in 2015.
Of these, 67% will be "smart", compared to 36% in 2015.
No one imagined that since the arrival in 2000 of the first camera phone, the impulse came to the point that, as predicted Cisco be in five years primarily responsible for the largest amount of Internet traffic, with 72% from the total.
By region, North America will continue to lead in 2020 the largest number of connections through mobile (with 95% of records), followed closely by Eastern Europe (86%), Western Europe and Central (84%), Asia and Pacific (72%), Latin America (70%) and Middle East and Africa (52%).
This increase in mobile coverage and demand for content on these platforms will also drive growth users two times faster than the world population will by 2020, according to the company.
"Mobility is the predominant medium that is enabling global digital transformation," he said in a statement Doug Webster, vice president of Marketing for Service Providers US company.
To this we must add that, indicated in the report, "smartphones", laptops, tablets and "phablets" are those that dominate with 98% the eventual mobile internet traffic.
A digital exchange that will grow to new levels with many mobile, 120 times more than in 2010 and reach 366.8 exabytes, equivalent to 81 billion Instagram photos or 7 billion YouTube videos, compared to 44.2 2015 exabytes.
It also implies that in five years the mobile traffic will grow twice faster than fixed IP, still extended on the planet.
What will not happen so quickly is a multiplication of mobile traffic equally in all regions of the world, as it depends on economic capacity and effective to house networks.
Those who will be leading Middle East and Africa, according to forecasts, to increase by 15 times the size of its data stream.
Will be followed by Asia and the Pacific, with 9 times; East Central Europe and Latin America, with 8; and Western Europe and North America, with 6.
Speed also be an element that will present an exponential explosion in mobile networks, because, according to the study, 3.2 times increase from 2015 (2.0 Megabits per second) to (6.5 Mbps) in 2020, thanks to the 4G networks whose traffic will grow 13 times in that period.
The same case is starring activity videotaping with the help of mobile phones, which have a higher rate of progress than any other application and which provides that in five years center 75% of world traffic data.
Experts also predict a "significant" medium-term impact of the convergence of technologies, such as the trend towards network connection of all devices that surround the human being and accessories like smart watches or special glasses, plus sensors or advancement of robotics.
Before them, Webster asked face them with the assurance that these "advances 'Internet of Things' -red of interconectados- will continue transforming everyday objects into tangible benefits for the people, businesses and societies".
Users are increasingly demanding high-resolution videos, more bandwidth and faster processors, which also require increased use of devices with technologies of fourth generation (4G), according to Cisco.
Thus, this wave of mobile users, smart devices, video and 4G networks will increase eight times the volume of mobile data traffic in the next five years. In short, technological another explosion.