12 Amazing Facts About Mobility
Major Influence
67% of CIOs and IT professionals believe mobility will impact their organizations as much—or more—than the Internet did in the 1990s.
Vision Void
85% of enterprises still have no plans to employ a single leader for mobility, despite mobile’s anticipated impact upon their organizations.
Well Populated
The number of worldwide business and consumer mobile users will increase to 6.2 billion by the end of 2018—accounting for 84% of people on Earth—up from 5.6 billion today.
Gadget Growth
The number of devices will grow from 7.7 billion in 2014 to 12.1 billion by the conclusion of 2018.
BYOD-Mania
One-half of companies will require employees to use their own device for work by 2017.
OMG!
The mobile IM market will grow to more than 3.8 billion accounts by the end of 2018, up from 1.4 billion now.
App Explosion
4.4 billion people will use mobile apps by the conclusion of 2017, growing by nearly 30% every year.
App Inventory
The Apple App Store and Google Play together offer more than 1.6 million apps.
Robust Market, Part I
The current app world market—now estimated between $20 billion to $25 billion—will triple by 2017.
Robust Market, Part II
Global mobile ad spending is forecast to reach $18 billion this year, up from just over $13 billion in 2013.
Prime Opportunity
64% of users with smartphones have made a mobile purchase after seeing a mobile ad.
Top Mobile Activities for U.S. Users
Social networking: 76%, Obtaining local information: 73%, Getting news updates: 68%, Playing music: 63%, Playing games: 61%