Wireless traffic easy as 1-2-3 percent
Friday, April 13th, 2012 Karen Ambrose Hickey, EditorAccording to the CTIA semi-annual survey, U.S. wireless data traffic grew by 123 percent from 2010 to 2011, from 388 billion megabytes to 866.7 billion MB, according to CTIA-The Wireless Association.
The wireless lobbying group’s survey found a 43 percent increase in the number of active smartphones and other wireless personal devices, from 78 million in 2010 to 111.5 million last year, 2011.
Other tidbits:
- Mobile providers reported a 2% increase in infrastructure spending
- Average local monthly wireless bill (includes voice and data service) dropped 21 cents to $47.00;
- Americans like their devices and definitely have more than one with 105 percent penetration of mobile devices
Talk time is steady, yet data access continues to grow from more devices.
Tags: mobile device, wi-fi access
And the trend continues to grow! The short term solutions don’t seem to be working.
Since more and more people are using the internet, it is only right the mobile providers should spend additional cost for their infrastructure in order to give better service to consumers.