This interim update to the Ericsson Mobility Report highlights the continued rapid growth of smartphones and connectivity.

1. INTERIM UPDATE
ERICSSON
MOBILITY
REPORT
ON THE PULSE OF THE NETWORKED SOCIETY
This document is a scheduled update to some sections of
the Ericsson Mobility Report, released in November 2013.
To view or download a copy of the original report, please visit:
www.ericsson.com/ericsson-mobility-report
We will continue to share traffic and market data, along with
our analysis, on a regular basis.
SUBSCRIPTIONS
LTE subscriptions
reached 200 million
in Q4 2013.
40 million new LTE
subscriptions added
during Q4 2013.
TRAFFIC
February 2014
70% growth in mobile
data traffic between
Q4 2012 and Q4 2013.

2. Mobile subscriptions
Q4 2013
Total mobile subscriptions up to and including
Q4 2013 were around 6.7 billion. Of these, 109 million
new subscriptions were added during Q4. However,
the actual number of subscribers is around 4.5 billion,
since many have several subscriptions.
Global mobile penetration was 92 percent in Q4 2013.
Other interesting developments include:
hina and India each accounted for around
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20 percent of net additions, adding approximately
20 million subscriptions.
obile subscriptions have grown around 6 percent
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year-on-year and 1.5 percent quarter-on-quarter.
Q4 2013, mobile broadband subscriptions grew by
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around 150 million to 2.1 billion, reflecting a 40 percent
year-on-year increase.
6.7 billion
CDMA HSPA subscriptions grew by around
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70 million and LTE subscriptions increased by
approximately 40 million, reaching 200 million.
The total number of subscriptions capable of
using GSM grew by 100 million, while GSM-only
subscriptions were flat.
here is continued strong growth in smartphone
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subscriptions globally, despite a moderating rate
of growth in regions such as North America.
round 1 billion smartphones were sold in 2013.
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This device represented close to 60 percent of all mobile
phones sold in Q4 2013, compared to around 45 percent
in Q4 2012. Of all mobile phone subscriptions, around
30 percent are associated with smartphones, leaving
considerable room for further uptake.
1,344
mobile subscriptions
globally in Q4 2013
1,224
802
762
705
Mobile subscriptions (million)
Indian subscriptions include active VLR subscriptions.
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India
Africa
China
362
North
America
Middle
East
Latin
America
355
APAC (excluding
China and India)
529
Western
Europe
Central and
Eastern Europe
582

3. Western
Europe
3
million
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7
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million
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million
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109 million
new mobile subscriptions
globally in Q4 2013
Middle
East
3
21
million
22
million
million
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a
ia
Top 5 countries
by net additions:
India +22 million
China +21 million
Indonesia +6 million
USA +5 million
Bangladesh +3 million
143%
127%
115%
104%
105%
102%
92%
90%
Global penetration
India
Africa
China
59%
North
America
APAC (excluding
China and India)
Middle
East
Latin
America
Western
Europe
Central and
Eastern Europe
72%
Penetration
Note that Turkey has been included as part of the Middle East instead of Central Eastern Europe since Ericsson Mobility Report November 2013.
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4. Mobile Traffic
Q4 2013
Global traffic in mobile networks
It should be noted that there are large differences in
traffic levels between markets, regions and operators.
The graph below shows total global monthly data
and voice traffic. It depicts a strong increase in data
traffic with a moderating rate of growth and flat voice
traffic development. The number of mobile data
subscriptions is increasing rapidly, and driving growth
in data traffic along with a continuous increase in the
average data volume per subscription. Data traffic grew
around 15 percent between Q3 and Q4 2013.
These measurements have been collected by Ericsson
over several years using a large base of commercial
networks that together cover all regions of the world.
They form a representative base for calculating world
total traffic in mobile networks.1
2,000
Total (uplink + downlink) monthly traffic (PetaBytes)
70%
1,000
Voice
Data
500
0
1
growth in data traffic
between Q4 2012
and Q4 2013
1,500
Q3
2009
Q4
Q1
2010
Q2
Q3
Q4
Q1
2011
Q2
Q3
Q4
Q1
2012
Q2
Q3
Q4
Q1
2013
Q2
Q3
Q4
Traffic does not include DVB-H, Wi-Fi, or Mobile WiMax. Voice does not include VoIP.
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