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Huge mobile data growth predicted

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 16:10

In its new Traffic and Market Data report, which provides insights into current trends, Ericsson forecasts a 10-fold increase in mobile data traffic by 2016, mainly driven by video.

The report is based on measurements the company recorded over several years in live networks covering all regions of the world.

Mobile broadband subscriptions grew by 60 percent in one year and are expected to grow from 900 million in 2011 to almost 5 billion in 2016

By 2016, users living on less than 1% of the Earth’s total land area are set to generate around 60 percent of mobile traffic. Total smartphone traffic is expected to triple during 2011.

The report can be accessed on (http://www.ericsson.com)