Total IoT connections (wide-area, cellular and short-range)
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Global · 2025
Total IoT connections (wide-area, cellular and short-range) were 22.3 billion in 2025 (Ericsson).
- Publisher
- Ericsson
- Authority tier
- T3 Research
- Locator
- Figure 5: IoT connections (billion)
- Retrieved
- 14 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
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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APA
Ericsson. (2026). Ericsson Mobility Report June 2026 - IoT connections outlook. Retrieved September 14, 2026, from https://www.ericsson.com/en/reports-and-papers/mobility-report/dataforecasts/iot-connections-outlook. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_VS186J1JR39QGRTMNH64CN27F9
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- MLA
- 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 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_VS186J1JR39QGRTMNH64CN27F9.
- Chicago
- 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 September 14, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_VS186J1JR39QGRTMNH64CN27F9.
- BibTeX
- @misc{ericsson2026connectionscn27f9, author = {{Ericsson}}, title = {Ericsson Mobility Report June 2026 - IoT connections outlook}, year = {2026}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_VS186J1JR39QGRTMNH64CN27F9}, note = {Original source: https://www.ericsson.com/en/reports-and-papers/mobility-report/dataforecasts/iot-connections-outlook. Accessed September 14, 2026.} }
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Primary source
- Publisher
- Ericsson · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 3 · Research and companies
- 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
- Link status
- Reachable (HTTP 200)
- Report licence
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Verification
- Status
- Verified
- Review protocol
- migration:0029-publish-pending-actuals
- Checked on
- 24 September 2026
- Last revision
- 24 September 2026
- Permanent URL
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