Video Will Make Up 79% of All Mobile Traffic By 2022, Says Cisco
Cisco released a global mobile traffic update to its Visual Networking Index (VNI) yesterday, forecasting growth in the global mobile market through 2022, and it sees mobile traffic nearing a zettabyte by the end of that period. At that time, mobile will make up almost 20% of global IP traffic.
As a comparison, that's 113 times more than the total mobile traffic in 2012.
In 2017, video made up 59% of all mobile data traffic. By 2022, that number will jump to 79%. Because of the amount of data video requires, it will increase rapidly as a percentage of total traffic. Video traffic is highest in prime time, leading to spikes in those hours.
By 2022, there will be 5.5 billion mobile users, representing 71% of the total population. Connected devices will grow enormously, as there will be 12 billion mobile-ready devices and IoT connections by 2022, an increase from 9 billion in 2017. That breaks down to 8 billion personal devices and 4 billion IoT connections.
Look for the 5G era to begin slowly, with 3% of all mobile connections on 5G by 2022. They'll make up nearly 12% of all mobile data traffic, however.
Average mobile speeds will increase greatly in the coming years, rising from 8.7 Mbps in 2017 to 28.5 Mbps in 2022.
“The next 5 years are projected to provide unabated mobile video adoption. Backhaul capacity and efficiency must increase so mobile broadband, data access, and video services can effectively support consumer usage trends and keep mobile infrastructure costs in check," the report's conclusion notes.
View the full report for free (no registration required).
Related Articles
The mobile-only short form video network announced it has already taken in $100 million in upfront ad sales by selling category exclusives to major advertisers.
19 Jun 2019
A report from Penthera shows that people expect instant start up and no buffering from mobile video. If they experience problems, most of them will leave.
19 Mar 2019
Video is taking up an increasingly large share of mobile traffic. The reason is HD video using more data. So how will operators manage the shift to 4K?
27 Feb 2019
Total global internet traffic will grow to 4.8 zettabytes by 2022, and various types of video will comprise the majority of that information.
27 Nov 2018
In a sign of how competitive the video solutions market has become, Cisco exits the pay TV area by dumping assets at a bargain price.
01 May 2018
Cord cutting households use far more data than their pay TV peers, and the number of households using 1 TB of bandwidth per month is rising.
08 Jun 2017