ABI Research: In terms of mobile data traffic, a month in 2014 will be more than whole 2008
By Dusan Belic on Wednesday, August 12th, 2009 at 11:53 PM PST In Research
A new study by ABI Research says that in 2014, the volume of mobile data sent and received every month by users around the world will exceed by a significant amount the total data traffic for all of 2008.
And here are some other findings:
- Global mobile data traffic surpassed 1.3 Exabytes transferred during 2008. By 2014, an average of 1.6 Exabytes will be sent and received monthly.
- Nearly 74% of the world’s mobile data traffic will be from web and Internet access by 2014. By the same time, 26% will come from audio and video streaming. Peer-to-peer file sharing and VoIP contribution to overall mobile data traffic will be less than 1%.
- Video streaming will experience the fastest growth at a CAGR of 62% between 2008 and 2014.
- Western Europe accounted for nearly 31% of mobile data traffic in 2008, but the region will yield to Asia-Pacific, which will account for over 28%, by 2014.
More information about ABI’s “Mobile Data Traffic Analysis” is available from their website.
[...] In Terms of Mobile Data Traffic, a Month in 2014 Will be More Than Whole 2008 [IntoMobile] ABI Research has found that mobile data usage is going to increase so much that by 2014 there will be more data transfers in a one month than in all of 2008. [...]