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With more and more people getting smartphones and tablets, networks are facing problem how to handle all that traffic. At the moment, smartphones represent 12% of total global handsets in use, while making for over 82% of total global handset traffic. And it’s just going to be worse:
- Aggregate smartphone traffic in 2016 will be 50 times greater than it was in 2011.
- Tablets generate 3.4x more mobile traffic than smartphones.
- Mobile connected tablets will generate almost as much traffic in 2016 as the entire global mobile network in 2012.
- There will be 8.6x more mobile data traffic in 2016 compared to 2012 – an astounding 71% CAGR.
The key to solve this problem is optimization, as you’re about to find out from the following infographic prepared by the good folks of Dialogic. Here comes…
About The Author
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.
