ericsson/ mobility-report Ericsson Mobility Report June 20222 Introduction Ericsson Mobility Report | June 2022 Letter from the publisher At the crossroads of change Resilient networks are the foundation for continued digitalization of societies and industries. Continuous network modernization and coverage build-out has led to several hundred million people becoming new mobile broadband Global mobile network data traffic has 5G technologies playa keyrole in doubled in the last two years, driven by continuing growth in smartphone usage, mobile broadband and now the modernization, providing multiples of capacity while becoming more energy efficient. Innovative network technologies enable service providers to introduce new digitalization of societies and industries. But traffic is not the only thing that grows. services that in turn support societies subscribers every year. 5G is scaling faster than any previous mobile generation and we expect 5G subscriptions to reach 1 billion by the end of 2022. In several regions, deployment of 5G standalone networks is also picking up pace, as communications service providers prepare for innovation t