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Global mobile subscriptions market share by technology 2013-2018
Global mobile broadband market share by technology from 2013 to 2018
by Arne Holst,
last edited
Aug 7, 2019
The statistic shows the distribution of mobile cellular connections worldwide broken down by technology from the third quarter of 2013 to the fourth quarter of 2018. As of December 2018, 25 percent of all mobile connections used GSM technology, while 26 percent of all connections were HSPA.
Global mobile broadband market share by technology from 2013 to 2018
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by Arne Holst,
last edited
Aug 7, 2019
The statistic shows the distribution of mobile cellular connections worldwide broken down by technology from the third quarter of 2013 to the fourth quarter of 2018. As of December 2018, 25 percent of all mobile connections used GSM technology, while 26 percent of all connections were HSPA.
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