JAN PERSPECTIVE: MOBILE USERS vs. CONNECTIONS 2019 COMPARING THE NUMBER OF UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS USING MOBILE PHONES TO THE NUMBER OF MOBILE CONNECTIONS GSMA INTELLIGENCE DATA ERICSSON MOBILITY REPORT DATA TOTAL NUMBER TOTAL NUMBER TOTAL NUMBER TOTAL NUMBER OF MOBILE USERS OF MOBILE OF MOBILE USERS OF MOBILE (UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS) CONNECTIONS (UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS) CONNECTIONS 5.1 8.8 5.6 7.9 BILLION BILLION BILLION BILLION SOURCES: GSMA INTELLIGENCE (JANUARY 2019); ERICSSON MOBILITY REPORT (NOVEMBER 2018); ERICSSON MOBILITY CALCULATOR (JANUARY 2019). NOTE: GSMA INTELLIGENCE TOTAL 156 GLOBAL CONNECTION FIGURES QUOTED HERE ALSO INCLUDE IOT CELLULAR CONNECTIONS. ADVISORY: GSMA INTELLIGENCE HAS REVISED ITS DATA SINCE OUR DIGITAL 2018 REPORTS, SO THE NUMBERS MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE TO THOSE WE PUBLISHED IN LAST YEAR’S REPORTS.