Florence Ion Worldwide mobile data traffic doubled over the past year and is expected to continue growing at a similar rate due to expanding smartphone sales and video traffic, telecom equipment maker Ericsson said in research released today. By the end of 2012, global data traffic on mobile networks (not including Wi-Fi) hit around 1,300 petabytes per month, twice as much as in the previous year, Ericsson said. Ericsson The chart shows an approximate doubling each year for the past few years. We’ve asked Ericsson for the raw data behind the report and will provide that if we get it. Ericsson’s measurements come from “a large base of commercial networks that together cover all regions of the world,” the report states. “They form a representative base for calculating world total traffic in mobile networks.” Read 10 remaining paragraphs | Comments
