Forecast: AI Nearly Half of Global Network Traffic in 2035

Forecast: AI nearly half of global network traffic in 2035

Nokia has published its Global Network Traffic Report, forecasting that AI will drive nearly half of global network traffic in 2035. The findings show networks will increasingly need to serve connected machines as well as people, with AI driving greater uplink demand, faster response times and more processing closer to users and devices. By 2035, […]

Nokia tips AI to generate almost half of traffic by 2035

A Nokia report forecast AI will account for 44% of global network traffic over the next decade, as the growing use of autonomous agents and connected machines drives demand for faster, more uplink-heavy networks. The Finnish vendor’s Global Network Traffic Report predicted total network traffic will nearly quadruple from 2026 levels to 3,789 exabytes a month over the next decade. It expects physical AI applications, including robots and vehicles…

Nokia Forecasts Global Network Traffic to Reach 3,789 EB per Month by 2035 as AI Drives 44 Percent of Demand: 10 Key Findings

Global network traffic is projected to increase nearly fourfold to 3,789 exabytes (EB) per month by 2035, with artificial intelligence accounting for 44 percent of total traffic, according to Nokia’s Global Network Traffic Report 2026. The report identifies generative AI, agentic AI, autonomous vehicles, industrial robots, connected cameras and fixed wireless access (FWA) as major […]

Nokia Global Network Traffic Report forecasts AI will drive nearly half of global traffic in 2035 - PressReach

Press Release Nokia Global Network Traffic Report forecasts AI will drive nearly half of global traffic in 2035 AI traffic behaves differently than traditional application traffic, reshaping network requirements. Physical and agentic AI will be among the fastest growing network traffic categories increasing demand for uplink capacity, low latency and distributed infrastructure. 4 November 2026 … Continue reading "Nokia Global Network Traffic Rep…