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Live @ MWC: Smartphone account for half of all mobile connections

There are now more smartphones connected to mobile networks than feature phones – but smartphone adoption is peaking in many markets and manufactureres are swithcing focus to growth opportunities in markets such as India.

Smartphones accounted for 45% of global mobile connections in Q4 2015 srging past basic and feature phone for the first time. Basic and feature phones accounted for 42% of total connections with data terminals making up the remaining 13%.

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