Mobile data traffic to rise 13-fold by 2022 in Mena


  • TECH
  • Monday, 28 Nov 2016

A man speaks on his mobile phone outside Maaden Aluminium in Ras Al Khair, Saudi Arabia November 23, 2016. Picture taken November 23, 2016. REUTERS/Zuhair Al-Traifi

DUBAI: Mobile data traffic will increase 13-fold by 2022 in the Middle East and North East Africa and help boost 5G subscriptions to 20 million, a report says. 

The latest Ericsson Mobility Report for the Middle East and North East Africa forecasts that smartphones will account for 56% of total subscriptions by 2022 across the region. 

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