Cisco released the complete VNI Global IP Traffic Forecast

Global highlights from the updated study include the following projections:

By 2018, there will be nearly four billion global Internet users (more than 51 percent of the world’s population), up from 2.5 billion in 2013

By 2018, there will be 21 billion networked devices and connections globally, up from 12 billion in 2013

Globally, the average fixed broadband connection speed will increase 2.6-fold, from 16 Mbps in 2013 to 42 Mbps by 2018

Globally, IP video will represent 79% of all traffic by 2018, up from 66 percent in 2013.