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.