A slightly old slide that I found while looking for some information but worth putting up here.
As we can see, Cisco predicts (and I agree) that the mobile data consumption will increase from 0.6 exabytes per month to 10.6 exabytes per month by 2016. What is really debatable is what actually is a mobile device and how much of this data will go through the operators network.
If for example a tablet contains SIM card but you use your own home/work WiFi. Does this qualify as a mobile device and is this data included. What if its exactly the same scenario and the device does not have a SIM card then would you say this is a mobile device? What happens when the operator allows you to use an Operator WiFi which is secured via login/password and you use the tablet without SIM card on an operator WiFi. Would you count this data, is the device considered as a mobile device.
The bottom line is that data usage will continue to grow but probably not on the mobile networks. WiFi would be a prime candidate for offloading, due to it being mostly free (or costing much less - except in the hotels). Some of the recent pricing by the operators make me feel that they do not want the users to use their network for every day use, only for important work.
See Also:
- Operators strategy for supporting the ‘Mobile Data Explosion’
- Cellular or WiFi: Which is the preferred network access?
- Data Consumed by Different Streaming Applications
- A Twitter discussion on 'Data Tsunami' myth
- How Mobile Broadband users use their data allowance
- Understanding smartphone traffic
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