Economic downturn fails to reduce mobile data demand
3rd March 2010 07:58:17
The economic downturn appears to have had little impact on people's demand for mobile data services, it has been highlighted.
According to Cisco's senior director for service provider marketing Doug Webster, it is not just smartphones that have led to an increase in data traffic in recent times.
He commented: "Rapid consumer adoption of smartphones, netbooks, e-readers and web-ready video cameras as well as machine-to-machine applications like eHealth monitoring ... is continuing to place unprecedented demands on mobile networks."
Mr Webster went on to say that systems that are used for asset tracking purposes may also be having an effect on mobile networks.
Meanwhile, figures published by Cisco have recently predicted that, in four years' time, monthly mobile data traffic might stand at a level of 3.6 exabytes.
The growing demand for mobile broadband services was also recently highlighted in a telecoms.com article by Mike Hibberd.
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