Welcome to your roundup of some of the past week’s most interesting surveys, statistics and reports relevant to those involved in the UK tech industry.
This week, we have statistics relating to productivity, 5G, talent retention and more.
5G smartphone sales
The latest CCS Insight mobile phone forecast estimates that 2 billion mobile phones will be sold in 2018, rising to 2.06 billion in 2021.
Next year the company also expects mobile phone shipments to be rise to $375bn, and again to $396bn by 2021.
The research suggests that this increase can partly be explained by the transition from feature phones to smartphones.
Commenting on the forecast, CCS Insight analyst Laura Simeonova said: “Few people will have failed to see the headlines about the $1,000 iPhone. We believe higher average prices reflect the greater perceived value of smartphones in people’s daily lives. They also reflect the commercial reality of phone-makers trying to maintain profit margins while adding more and expensive technology to their products.”...