The current telco market is dominated by discussions surrounding 5G and geopolitical competition as countries strive to dominate in future technologies and cellular generations. However, these discussions fail to focus on the fact that most of the data being delivered through mobile networks utilize 4G networks, which will continue to dominate mobile traffic for many years. According to ABI Research estimates and forecasts, 4G will consist of nearly 3.8 billion subscriptions at the end of 2020, a figure that 5G will not reach until long after 2026. In terms of mobile traffic, ABI Research estimates that 4G will drive approximately 466 exabytes of traffic worldwide in 2020, the equivalent of transferring 23 billion 4G full-featured movies.
