Video Streaming Held 42% Share of Global Mobile Bandwidth in H2 ’11

Video streaming traffic continues to dominate mobile broadband, holding a 42% share of all global bandwidth in H2 2011, up from 35% in H1, according to [download page] a February 2012 report from Allot Communications. File sharing followed at 26% share, down from 31% in H1, while the share of bandwidth held by web browsing also dropped, from 29% to 24%. VoIP and IM accounted for just 3% of bandwidth in H2. Overall, global mobile broadband traffic grew by 83% in the second half of the year, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 234% during the year.
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