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UMTS Forum Predicts a Billion Connected Devices by 2016

  • Posted on: 24 January 2011
  • By: chw staff

The UMTS FORUM has released a new report that predicts the global existence of one billion Consumer Electronics (CE) devices connected to mobile broadband networks by 2016. Titled “Two Worlds Connected: Consumer Electronics Meets Mobile Broadband”, the report explores the relationships between the CE and Cellular industries.  It predicts that CE device connectivity will outstrip overall wireless market growth over the next five years.