Courtesy : Erricson Report

Data traffic doubled over one year

The total monthly

traffic split for voice and data. It

depicts a stable trend of traffic growth

with some seasonal variations.

However, there are large differences

in traffic levels between markets,

regions and operators due to differing

customer profiles.

Mobile data surpassed voice in Q4

2009 and was double that of voice for

the first time in Q1 2011. Data traffic

grew by 100 percent between Q2

2010 and Q2 2011. The comparatively

smaller quarterly growth of 8 percent

between Q1 and Q2 2011 is likely to

be related to seasonal variations in

traffic levels, similar to those

observed in the past.

Mobile voice traffic has doubled

over the last four years and continues

to grow at a steady rate. The growth

is especially high in regions with a

strong increase in subscriptions,

such as developing nations in Asia.

These measurements have been

performed by Ericsson over several

years using a large base of live

networks that together cover all

regions of the world. They form a

representative base for calculating

world total traffic in mobile networks

(not including DVB-H, WiFi, and

Mobile WiMax).

MOBiLE pC daTa

The mobile PC data

traffic produced by the

average subscription per

month varies. The overall

trend is positive and

average usage is now

between 1-2GB on the

networks measured.

1-2GB.