| 03 Jun 2010 |
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Mideast to see fastest growth in mobile data
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Mobile data traffic will be the strongest in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) followed by the Asia-Pacific and North America as revenue from voice gets saturated and operators focus on alternate sources of revenue.
According to Cisco's annual Visual Networking Index (VNI) forecast 2009-2014, the MEA will witness a growth at 133 per cent CAGR followed by the Asia-Pacific of 119 per cent and North America at 117 per cent.
Global mobile data traffic will increase 39 times from 2009 to 2014, as per the latest figures from the networking major. By 2014, annual global mobile data traffic will reach 3.5 exabytes per month (or a run rate of more than 42 exabytes annually).
Wayne Hull, Director and General Manager at Cisco, UAE, said: "The UAE's vision around ICT continues to lead the region. These figures demonstrate the growth of the ICT industry in the Middle East. This growth is fuelled by the government's initiatives to create world-class citizen services, along with the expansion of the telecom industry. On a country perspective, the UAE is positioned to be a regional ICT hub across the Middle East and is already demonstrating market readiness."
IP (internet protocol) traffic is also expected to increase in the region. In the MEA, it will reach one exabyte per month by 2014 at a growth rate of 45 per cent.
The monthly internet traffic in the MEA will generate 182 million DVDs worth of traffic or 727 petabytes per month. The business segment will grow faster than the consumer sector in IP traffic. According to the report, business IP traffic in the MEA will grow at a CAGR of 30 per cent, faster than the global average of 21 per cent.
Regions such as North America, western and central Europe and Japan will have slower growth rates. In volume, North America will have the largest amount of business IP traffic in 2014 at 2.3 exabytes per month.
Western Europe will be a close second to North America at 2.2 exabytes per month. However, on a global scale, consumer IP traffic is expected to grow faster than business.
In 2009, consumer IP traffic represented 79 per cent of monthly total global IP traffic and business IP traffic was 21 per cent of monthly total global IP traffic.
By 2014, consumer IP traffic (web surfing, instant messaging, user-generated videos, etc) will represent 87 per cent of monthly total global IP traffic; while business IP traffic (e-mail, voice, internet, HD and web-based video conferencing, etc) will represent 13 per cent of monthly global IP traffic.
© Emirates Business 24/7 2010
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