The boom in usage of mobile broadband and mobile computing
applications will continue for the foreseeable future according to
the results of Cisco’s Visual Networking Index (VNI) Mobile
Forecast for 2008-2013.
The survey aimed to discover key findings on a variety of
Internet Protocol (IP) networking trends and Cisco predicts that
global mobile data traffic will increase 66-fold between 2008 and
2013 with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 131% over that
same period.
Cisco believes that these projections reflect a transformation
in the fourth-generation, or 4G, mobile Internet that will enable
consumers to access an increased range of mobile broadband services
including applications such as mobile video as used in
teleconferencing applications.
The VNI Mobile Forecast also calculated that global mobile data
traffic reached one Exabyte per month in half the time that fixed
data traffic and will exceed two Exabyte per month by 2013.
Asia-Pacific will account for one-third of all mobile data traffic
by 2013.
“The findings reflect the trend that consumers will use a
variety of services, applications and devices to drive an increase
in mobile traffic we’re predicting,” commented Suraj Shetty, vice
president of service provider marketing, Cisco. “The evolving 4G
mobile Internet transformation is further diversifying how people
access and experience the Internet and is causing an undeniable
surge in bandwidth growth. The projected increase in mobile rich
media points to the inevitable transition to 4G. This will shift
the industry’s focus toward all-IP networks.”
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