By Emeka Aginam

As Spain welcomed the global community on Monday for the 2016 Mobile World Congress 2016, Ericsson  launched the Mobile World Congress Edition of the Mobility Report with 68 million mobile subscriptions added in Q4 2015.

Nigeria, according to the latest Ericsson Mobility Report is among five top countries that increased the number of global mobile subscriptions.

According to the report, India added 21 million, followed by China, 6 million, the US , 5 million, Myanmar , 5 million and Nigeria ,  3 million.

Launched recently, the Mobile World Congress edition of the Ericsson Mobility Report revealed the impact of different levels of network performance on smartphone users and their perceptions of mobile operators and digital content providers.

From the report, Neuroscience technology was used to objectively measure emotional responses to varied smartphone experiences.

Delays in loading web pages and videos under time pressure, the report indicated caused mobile users’ heart rates to rise an average of 38 percent.

Six-second delays to video streaming, the report said caused stress levels to increase by a third.