Mobility Revolution: 8 Shocking Stats From Cisco's 2014 Mobile Traffic Forecast

Of all the shocking projections in Cisco's mobile traffic report, this one is the hardest to get your head around: By the end of 2014, there will be more mobile-connected devices on earth than there are people.

Specifically, Cisco expects there to be 10 billion mobile and connected devices by 2018, including those used for M2M, compared with the approximately 7.6 billion people expected to be on earth that year.