Global total IoT connections (wide-area, cellular and short-range)
22.3 billion
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IoT 2025 2031 CAGR 2025-2031 Wide-area IoT 4.9 8.3 9% Cellular IoT 4.5 7.8 10% Short-range IoT 17.5 38.8 14% Total 22.3 47.1 13%
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- Ericsson · homepage ↗
- Report
- Ericsson Mobility Report June 2026 - IoT connections outlook
- Type
- Report
- Published
- 16 June 2026
- Locator
- Figure 5: IoT connections (billion)
- Retrieved
- 14 September 2026
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- 15 September 2026
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- 15 September 2026
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- Ericsson. (2026). Ericsson Mobility Report June 2026 - IoT connections outlook. Retrieved 14 September 2026, from StatOrigin: https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2HY9T64ZTD2K066E4BAY4SW
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- Ericsson. "Ericsson Mobility Report June 2026 - IoT connections outlook." 2026, https://www.ericsson.com/en/reports-and-papers/mobility-report/dataforecasts/iot-connections-outlook. Accessed 14 September 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2HY9T64ZTD2K066E4BAY4SW.
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- Ericsson. "Ericsson Mobility Report June 2026 - IoT connections outlook." 2026. https://www.ericsson.com/en/reports-and-papers/mobility-report/dataforecasts/iot-connections-outlook. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2HY9T64ZTD2K066E4BAY4SW.
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- @misc{ericsson2026connections, author = {{Ericsson}}, title = {Ericsson Mobility Report June 2026 - IoT connections outlook}, year = {2026}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2HY9T64ZTD2K066E4BAY4SW}, note = {Original source: https://www.ericsson.com/en/reports-and-papers/mobility-report/dataforecasts/iot-connections-outlook. Accessed 14 September 2026.} }
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