- 2019 predictions, were you already wondering?
- Traditional Media predictions for 2019 and beyond
- More Traditional Media Predictions
- 2019 Science Predictions, what are you expecting?
- 2019 Digital Media Ad Spend Forecast
- Digital Advertising predictions for 2019 and beyond
- Sports Marketing Forecast for 2019 and beyond
- Mobile Predictions for 2019
- AR & VR Predictions for 2019
- IoT Predictions for 2019
- Marketing Predictions for 2019 & Beyond
- Content Marketing forecast for 2019 & Beyond
- 2019 Social Media Predictions
- 2019 Data & Analytics Predictions
- 2019 Traditional Ad Spend forecast
- 2019 Business Predictions
- 2019 Technology predictions
- 2019 MarTech predictions
- 2019 Telecom Technology predictions
- 2019 Television Technology predictions
Wondering what’s on the horizon in telecom technology predictions for 2019 and beyond? More specifically, here we will investigate mobile technologies as well as broadband. Many experts have already voiced their predictions and I’ve compiled them for you.
This series of posts is now an annual feature on this blog. However, this year they’ll be shorter and published weekly.
2019 & Beyond Telecom Technology Predictions
This post covers the telecom technology predictions for 2020 through 2025. This post covers technologies related to major Telcos such as broadband, LTE, and 5G.
Please note that some of these predictions are in French. They are indicated with FR – before the prediction.
Internet technology
2019
- Fibre-optic broadband subs to double by 2019, advanced-television.com, May 8, 2014
- Global majority will use internet by 2019, driven by mobile, smartbrief.com, Dec 8, 2017
2020
- Gigabit subs projected to be at least 100m by 2020, advanced-television.com, Feb 4, 2016
- Cisco: Global IP traffic to triple by 2020, advanced-television.com, Jun 8, 2016
2021
- Global fixed broadband lines to hit 1bn by 2021, advanced-television.com, Jun 3, 2015
- By 2021, 80% of the World’s Internet Traffic Will Be Video [Cisco Study], tubularinsights.com by Greg Jarboe Nov 20 2017
2022
- Ultra-broadband 75% of total LatAm connections in 2022, advanced-television.com by Editor Aug 31, 2017
2023
- Average UK household needs 19 Mbps by 2023, advanced-television.com, Nov 7, 2013
Mobile Technology
2019
- Smart card shipments to rise by 2.1bn units by 2019, advanced-television.com, Aug 27, 2014
- Global LTE subs to quadruple by 2019, advanced-television.com, June 17, 2015
- Mobile data equivalent to 10bn Blu-rays by 2019, advanced-television.com, May 20, 2015
2020
- FR – Téléphone mobile: plus de 5 milliards d’abonnés d’ici 2020, infopresse.com by L’équipe de rédaction Feb 28, 2017
2022
- 5.5bn people will use mobile devices by 2022, warc.com by Warc, Aug 1, 2017
2023
- CCS predicts 1bn 5G users by 2023, advanced-television.com, Oct 18, 2017
- Ericsson predicts 1bn 5G subs in 2023, advanced-television.com, Nov 30, 2017
2025
- 5G connections to reach 240m by 2025, advanced-television.com, Sept 8, 2015
- 5G to reach 300m handset shipments by 2025, advanced-television.com, Sep 1, 2016
- LATAM to Reach 2.5bn Mobile Devices by 2025; Mexican Digital Ad Market Grows by 28%, exchangewire.com by Gabriela Stripoli Sep 5, 2017
- 5G connections to reach 1.4bn by 2025, advanced-television.com, Aug 15, 2017
Telecom Technology
2019
- Mobile Internet Subscriptions to Triple by 2019, mashable.com by Zoe Fox Nov 23, 2013
2020
- 2020: The Rise or Demise of Wireless Carriers?, from Mashable | The Social Media GuideMobile by Kolja Reiss
- Verizon aims for 5G in the US by 2020, smartbrief.com, Jan 25
2022
- Iliad plans 20m FTTH connections by 2022, advanced-television.com, Mar 9, 2017
Other 2019+ Predictions
Finally, here are my other 2019 & beyond prediction posts to satisfy your curiosity.
- General predictions for 2020 until 2116
- Science predictions for 2020 until 2100
- Traditional Media Ad Spend Forecast 2019 until 2023
- Traditional Media for 2019 until 2030
- More Traditional Media predictions for 2019 until 2025
- Digital Media Ad Spend Forecast 2019 until 2021
- Digital Advertising predictions for 2019 until 2067
- Sports Marketing Forecast for 2019 until 2032
- Mobile Predictions for 2019 until 2025
- AR & VR Predictions for 2019 until 2035
- IoT Predictions for 2019 until 2030
- Marketing predictions for 2019 until 2025
- Content marketing predictions for 2019 until 2025
- Social Media Predictions for 2019 until 2027
- Data & Analytics Predictions for 2019 until 2022
- Business predictions for 2019 until 2060
- Technology predictions for 2019 until 2050
- MarTech predictions for 2019 until 2027
Did you catch my 2018 PREDICTIONS?
At the end of 2017, I published 7 posts outlining 2018 predictions, available by the time of publishing:
