That 230m more than this year.
Ovum is predicting annual growth of 2.5 per cent over the next five years, continuing the bounce back from recession-hit 2009, and up from the 1.49 billion units shipped last year.
Unsurprisingly, it will all be fuelled by movement in emerging markets, and the switch to smartphones.
The evolution from to 3G and 4G mobile broadband networks will also play a key role, with Ovum predicting a growth in shipments of 15.1 per cent from 2010 to 2016, to reach 962 million units.
The world's mobile population was believed to have passed 5bn in September 2010.
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