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<\/a>Mobile data and voice traffic<\/p><\/div>\n
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Akamai has released its Q1 2015 State of the Internet report, which shows a massive increase in mobile data traffic over the last few years.<\/p>\n
The Akamai report uses insight from mobile vendor Ericsson, which has a presence in more than 180 countries and a customer base representing more than 1,000 networks.<\/p>\n
The Ericsson voice and data traffic chart below shows a strong increase in data traffic, with voice traffic showing nearly no growth.<\/p>\n
The number of mobile data subscriptions is increasing – driving growth in data traffic – along with an increase in\u00a0the average data volume per subscription.<\/p>\n
Global data traffic grew around 12 percent between the fourth quarter of 2014 and the first quarter of 2015.<\/p>\n
Ericsson explained that in mobile networks, the access medium \u2013 spectrum – is being shared by different users in the same cell.<\/p>\n
It is therefore important to understand traffic volumes and usage patterns in order to enable a good customer experience.<\/p>\n