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In what year are mobile devices projected to outnumber the number of people on Earth?

In what year are mobile devices projected to outnumber the number of people on Earth?

Answer: 2012

The surprising finding was revealed in Cisco's annual forecast of worldwide mobile data traffic. Four years from now, there will be 1.4 mobile devices per capita. "There will be over 10 billion mobile-connected devices in 2016, including machine-to-machine modules — exceeding the world's population at that time (7.3 billion)," according to the report.