Mashable for Open Market

January 5, 2015

What will the next year hold for mobile tech?
As developers march toward a 5G moment — analysts suggest the next-level network milestone will arrive as soon as 2018–2020 — the size, shape, and functionality of our now ever-present portable devices are evolving in numerous and different directions.
Here’s some of what we know: the number of mobile devices has now “surpassed the global human population,” according to Steve French, global vice president at Amdocs’ OpenMarket, “with nearly 90% of consumers owning a mobile phone and 30% a tablet.”