By 2035, AI-related activities are expected to account for 44% of global traffic.
Original headline2035년 세계 트래픽 44% AI 관련 활동이 차지할 전망
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Nokia’s Global Network Traffic Report, released November 4, 2026, projects that AI-related activity will account for 44% of worldwide network traffic by 2035, with total monthly traffic reaching 3,789 exabytes—roughly four times the 2026 level. The report, based on analysis of consumer, enterprise and AI traffic including app usage, connected-device activity and AI-agent workflows, forecasts agentic AI traffic will grow 160-fold and physical AI traffic 105-fold over the same period. The findings point to AI workloads becoming the dominant driver of network capacity demand, a shift that matters for telecom equipment vendors and operators planning infrastructure investment. Watch for follow-up data on how quickly agentic and physical AI deployments scale, and whether carrier capex guidance begins to reflect the projected traffic multiples.
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