The Economic Impact of Mobile IP
The economic impact of Mobile IP, the standard that allows IP sessions to be maintained even when switching between different cells or networks, has been nothing short of staggering in terms of both scale and acceleration. As noted, the first smartphones appeared around 2007. Their success quickly led to a proliferation of smart devices. Industry analysts estimate that over 1.4 billion smartphones have been purchased each year for the past 5 years and smartphone users in 2020 is estimated at 3.8 billion.
As remarkable as this growth is, it’s dwarfed by the growth in data usage. According to studies, data usage grew by an average of 400 percent per year between 2007 and 2010, and with the emergence of 5G, data ...
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