According to Strategy Analytics, the number of tablets bundled with 3G and long term evolution (LTE) subscriptions will increase from 45 million in 2013 to 247 million in 2018.
Further, LTE-enabled tablets will account for 92.4 per cent of the total tablet subscriptions by the end of 2018, overtaking 3G-enabled tablets. The research firm states that 45 per cent of tablets with embedded mobile connectivity had a data plan in 2013, and only 10 per cent of all the tablets had a mobile broadband connection excluding Wi-Fi connectivity via tethering.
Strategy Analytics concludes that tablets will contribute $26 billion to operator service revenues and generate over five million terabytes of mobile data traffic in 2018.
