Mobile data traffic in Southeast Asia and Oceania will climb seven-fold from 2.3 exabytes last year to 16 exabytes per month by 2024, with growth fuelled by “rapid early momentum and enthusiasm” for 5G. In fact, the next-generation mobile technology will account for almost 12 percent of subscriptions in the region by 2024, according to Ericsson’s latest edition of its mobility report.
Data traffic per smartphone, per month, for the region would increase from 3.6GB to 17GB between 2018 and 2024, at a compound annual growth rate of 29 percent.
In Singapore, specifically, heavy usage smartphone subscribers would consume up to 200GB of data a month on a 5G device by 2024, predicted the report, which assessed responses from 1,500 smartphone users aged 15 to 69 in Singapore.