2017 Global mobile data traffic will increase three times times

Analysis says 2017 global mobile data traffic will grow three times times (Tencent Science and Technology map) Tencent Science and Technology (sugar) Beijing time July 4 News, according to foreign media reports, the latest analysis shows that with the constant popularity of smartphones, 2017 global mobile data traffic will be three times times more than the current growth. Interestingly, the overwhelming application and gaming are not large traffic. Smartphones and tablets will gradually replace PCs as the consumer's most important computing device. As a result, the vast majority of data traffic will shift from fixed to wireless networks. Analysts at Strategy Analytics, a market research agency, say wireless network data traffic will soar as more people use mobile devices and users spend more time on mobile devices. Global wireless network traffic will rise from today's 5-byte (Exabyte, 16-second-byte) to the 2017 's 21-byte. Interestingly, the increase in traffic consumption is not the application, but the video. David Macqueen, director of Strategy Analytics applications and media, says the continued growth in smartphone penetration has led to "a doubling of network traffic". However, as the market matures, the growth rate of smartphone penetration will slow. McQueen points out that they have counted the data traffic of various mobile phones around the world. There is no doubt that the vast majority of traffic is created by smartphones rather than functional handsets. Other low-end traffic services, such as SMS, are counted to smaller "other" categories. On mobile devices, the application is overwhelming and the tide is raging. 2012, the United States market ushered in a major turning point: the application has exceeded the use of web pages. However, traffic usage is another matter. As the following illustration shows, data-intensive services, such as video, will strongly drive mobile data usage. Video traffic will grow by 47% in 2017. Although Web pages are not as popular as applications, the former consumes more network traffic. Therefore, the Web browsing traffic is the bulk of mobile data traffic. Web browsing traffic will grow by 30% by 2017. This is why applications are becoming more popular because applications are more efficient and use less traffic. Applications are more efficient and use less traffic. Video and web browsing is a large flow of traffic (Tencent technology map) generally believe that the game on mobile devices are very popular. Interestingly, Strategy analytics the game and application traffic together. Because, compared to video and web browsing, games and applications generate relatively few traffic. While online music is increasingly popular, the service consumes only a fraction of the traffic. The big challenge for operators is to find ways to turn these huge data flows into profits. Operators worry that growing competition and rising consumer movements will make mobile networks cheaper. On the other hand, worry too much.Internet service charges will discourage consumers from switching to WiFi. "Smartphone users often watch video via 3G, 4G and WiFi, and telecoms operators are increasingly concerned about the cost-effectiveness of providing video services," said Susan Welsh de Grimaldo, director of Strategy Analytics's wireless network and Platform Services Division. More importantly, after investing in LTE and other infrastructure networks, operators desperately need to find a viable profit-making model in the growing video traffic. ”