Ericsson’s Middle East head details industry’s mega trends

Forecasts quoted by Ericsson’s president of the Middle East, Rafiah Ibrahim, suggest that the number of mobile broadband subscriptions globally will rise from 2.2 billion in 2013 to 7.6 billion in 2019. Mobile subscribers are set to rise to 9.2 billion from 6.8 billion over the same period, with the number of PC, tablets and routers rising from 300 million and 700 million.

Speaking from the Ericsson stand at Gitex in Dubai, Ibrahim stated that 40 per cent of all mobile traffic globally is routed over networks supplied by Ericsson.

“We are number one in mobile infrastructure, OSS/BSS, services, and media delivery and TV, and we remain committed to being the ICT transformation partner of choice, bringing the Networked Society to life.”

Ibrahim also described that there are a number of mega trends that the global telecom industry is currently following, which are that the customer experience is in focus; superior network performance is a key differentiator; LTE is a reality; and mobile video traffic is a high growth area.