IDC is forecasting a steady growth in smartphone sales

The US International Data Corporation (IDC) IT and telecommunications market research firm predicts a moderate growth in smartphone sales for the next five years.

According to IDC’s projections, the number of smartphones sold worldwide on the global market will rise to 1.73 billion by 2021 from 1.47 billion of 2016. The rate of increase in traffic has fallen from 2015 to 2016 for the first time in a single digit, to 2.5 percent. (MTI)