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Annual mobile data usage worldwide 2015-2021
Annual mobile data usage worldwide from 2015 to 2021 (in thousand petabytes)
by Arne Holst,
last edited
Jun 21, 2019
This statistic shows the annual mobile data usage worldwide from 2015 to 2021. It is estimated that global mobile data usage will reach 242 thousand petabytes in 2018.
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by Arne Holst,
last edited
Jun 21, 2019
This statistic shows the annual mobile data usage worldwide from 2015 to 2021. It is estimated that global mobile data usage will reach 242 thousand petabytes in 2018.
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