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In its latest report tiled “Laptops and Netbooks: Mobile Broadband Traffic Across Regions 2009-2017,” technology and media specialist Coda Research Consultancy forecasts that portable laptop and netbook users will access 1.3 exabytes of video content per month by 2017. That’s a sixty fold increase over 2009!
This figure will account for nearly three quarters of all global traffic via mobile broadband. Unsurprising, the top region for video consumption will be Asia Pacific (53%), followed by Europe (26%) and North America (14%). Coda’s report goes on suggesting that of overall mobile broadband traffic consumption, 46% will be consumed in Asia Pacific, 26% in Europe, 15% in North America, 5% in Middle East and Africa, and 8% in Central and South America.
Moreover, two thirds of global traffic via portables will be via LTE. Of all LTE users, those living in Asia Pacific will consume just under half (45%). As for the Western world, North America and Europe may grab a smaller share on a global scale, but in Europe 80% of traffic via portables will be via LTE, whereas in North America it’s 75% of users who will access mobile broadband via LTE…
More information about Coda Research’s report is available from their website.
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
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