Asia Pacific will account for one-third of all mobile data traffic by 2013, according to Cisco Visual Networking Index.
As per Cisco's Visual Networking Index (VNI) forecast, the global mobile traffic was projected to increase 66 fold between 2008 and 2013 with a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 131 per cent.
The global mobile traffic will exceed two exabytes per month by 2013. Nearly 64 per cent of the world's mobile traffic would be video by 2013. Mobile video will grow at a CAGR of 150 per cent between 2008 and 2013. Latin America is projected to have the strongest mobile growth at 166 per cent CAGR followed by the Asia-Pacific region at 146 per cent.
Mobile broadband handsets with higher than 3G speed and laptop air or data cards will constitute more than 80 per cent of global mobile traffic by 2013, it said.
"The Cisco VNI mobile forecast findings reflect the trend that consumers will use a variety of services applications, and devices to drive an increase in mobile traffic", said Suraj Shetty, Vice-President of Service Provider Marketing.
"The key to success will be delivering video-rich-and play services to users enabling them to move freely throughout the world while maintaining connectivity," said Kelly Ahuja, Senior VP, Service Provider Routing Technology Group.
