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  • Annual global mobile data traffic will increase at a compound annual growth rate of 92% from 2010 to 2015, reaching 6.3 exabytes per month.
  • In 2015, there will be nearly one mobile device per capita, or more than 7.1 billion mobile-connected devices, including machine-to-machine (M2M) modules.
  • Mobile network connection speeds will increase at a compound annual growth rate of 60% from 2010 to 2015, rising from 215 kbps to 2.2 Mbps.
  • Mobile video will generate 66% of all mobile data traffic in 2015, after doubling every year from 2010 until then.
  • The average smartphone will produce 1.3 GB of traffic per month in 2015, representing a 16-fold increase over 2010.
  • In 2015, mobile-connected tablets will generate more traffic (248 petabytes per month) than the entire global mobile network in 2010 (242 petabytes per month). In 2015, mobile-connected tablets will generate more traffic (248 petabytes per month) than the entire global mobile network in 2010 (242 petabytes per month).
  • There will be 788 million mobile-only internet users in 2015, having grown 56-fold from 14 million in 2010.
  • In 2015, 40 countries will have more people with access to a mobile network than with access to electricity in their homes, reaching a total of 138 million worldwide.
  • Nearly 40% of mobile subscribers in the U.S. and 30% globally now own smartphones.
  • Smartphones represent 60% of all new devices purchased by subscribers of the world's leading tier-one carriers - AT&T, Verizon, Vodafone, T-Mobile, et al.
  • The market penetration of these devices - combined with faster networks and richer multimedia content - has caused the explosive growth in data traffic on mobile networks noted above.
  • In 2010, Bytemobile saw video reach 40% of all mobile data traffic for the larger tier-one carriers in its global customer base - a figure corroborated by Cisco's VNI Forecast, which estimates 50% by 2012.
  • With certain customers, Bytemobile is already seeing video traffic at 60%.
  • Improving the resolution quality of the device - from 240 to 480 pixels or from 480 to 720 pixels - for 10-15% of a carrier's subscriber base will increase network capacity consumption by 30-40%.
  • Bytemobile is the leader in mobile video optimization for carriers, with 43 contractual commitments and 25 live deployments across Europe, the U.S. and Asia.

Sources: Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI) Forecast and Methodology, 2010-2015 (June 1, 2011); Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI) Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast Update, 2010-2015 (February 1, 2011); Bytemobile

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