1.4bn smartphones will be sold by end of 2015–ITU

This will exceed the sales of the PC, television, tablet and game console sectors combined, in terms of both units and revenues, according to ITU.The ITU, in its latest edition of Trends in Telecommunication Reform 2015, also reveals that one billion different kinds of wireless devices are expected to be shipped in 2015, up 60 […]

This will exceed the sales of the PC, television, tablet and game console sectors combined, in terms of both units and revenues, according to ITU.
The ITU, in its latest edition of Trends in Telecommunication Reform 2015, also reveals that one billion different kinds of wireless devices are expected to be shipped in 2015, up 60 per cent from 2014 figures to reach a predicted installed base of 2.8 billion connected devices by end 2015.
It said demand for tablets is expected to reach 234.5 million units in 2015. And while global shipments of PCs and laptops will to go into chronic global decline, the report says analysts predict worldwide sales of up to 1.4 billion smartphones in 2015.
Wearable devices are estimated to have reached 109 million by the beginning of 2015, according to the report.  
The report also predicts a fast-evolving ICT landscape, as devices and services proliferate, broadband connectivity becomes increasingly pervasive, and the hyper-connected world of the ‘Internet of Everything’ starts to become a reality.
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