A report from Ericsson released Tuesday (Nov. 18) shows some startling growth of Internet-connected devices in the U.S., with 90 percent of U.S. households having three or more such devices, while almost half have five or more such devices and almost 25 percent have seven or more such devices. The report, as reported by Recode, said the average number of Internet devices per household was 5.2.
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“The falling cost of handsets, coupled with improved usability and increasing network coverage, are factors that are making mobile technology a global phenomenon that will soon be available to the vast majority of the world’s population, regardless of age or location,” said Rima Qureshi, Senior Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer and Head of M&A, Ericsson. “In 2020, the world will be connected like never before.”
The report said that smartphone growth is continuing, with 65-70 percent of all phones sold in the third quarter of 2014 being smartphones, compared with 55 percent in the same quarter for 2013. “Despite this increased rate of sales, which will see the addition of an estimated 800 million new smartphone subscriptions by the end of 2014, the report finds there is still plenty of room for growth in the sector. Smartphones currently account for just 37 percent of all mobile phone subscriptions, meaning that many users have yet to make the switch to the more feature-rich, internet-friendly option,” Ericsson said.
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