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Mobile data traffic to rise 10-folds in five years

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BANGALORE, INDIA: Mobile data traffic 10-fold increase by 2016, predicts networking company Ericsson in its new 'Traffic and Market Data' report.

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According to the report, mobile broadband subscriptions will reach almost 5 billion in 2016, up from the expected 900 million by the end of 2011. That would represent 60 per cent year-on-year growth, at the same time as the data consumed by smartphone users is surging. Total smartphone traffic is expected to triple during 2011.

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Johan Wibergh, head, Ericsson Business Unit Networks, said: "Ericsson performs a broad range of measurements in order to monitor the pulse of the Networked Society - measurements that we use to efficiently design our products and plan networks. This report offers snapshots that, together, show how a growing number of people and businesses benefit from mobility, broadband and the cloud."

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Across all devices, internet access will continue to drive mobile traffic development and mobile data traffic is expected to grow by nearly 60 per cent per year between 2011 and 2016, mainly driven by video.

Moreover, by 2016 more than 30 per cent of the world's population will live in metropolitan and urban areas with a density of more than 1,000 people per square kilometer. These areas represent less than one per cent of the Earth's total land area, yet they are set to generate around 60 per cent of total mobile traffic.

Mobile broadband, new smartphone launches and applications uptake will continue to drive data consumption. At the same time, there is strong momentum for smartphone uptake in all regions. Ericsson expects traffic generated by advanced smartphones to increase 12-fold to roughly equal mobile PC-generated traffic by 2016.

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