The number of connections to the Internet from mobile devices worldwide is expected to reach 5.6 billion in 2011, up 11% over 2010, according to a study by Gartner, Thursday, Aug. 4. By 2015, Gartner expects 7.4 billion mobile connections from shelves.
This sharp increase in mobile connections should also be accompanied by a significant increase in data traffic. The market for data terminals and should generate a turnover up 23% this year, according to research firm Gartner. The mobile data services should reap 314.7 billion dollars (222.7 billion euros) this year, says Gartner, which sees the market reaching an overall annual turnover of 552 billion (390.7 billion of euros) in four years.
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Mobile operators have relied heavily on the jump of this market data, but they struggled for hours to take advantage of high demand. "The income data will continue to grow, albeit more slowly," warns Jessica Ekholm, an analyst at Gartner. "This creates a gap between revenues and data traffic," said she, operators saw the cost of maintaining and developing networks jump.
They are facing the risk of overloading the network, thus slowing or complete blockage of the service. At the same time, they will not be lowered to the ranks of "pipes" or pay only the investment grade, while application providers or other services such as Google, Apple and Facebook derive significant benefits. Several operators have given up and offers internet access with unlimited turn to packages with a small stream.
