Cisco says Mobile data traffic could double annually up to 2012

No, not Simon says, but Cisco says… … and they are saying, that according to their Visual Networking Index (VNI) Forecast there are several IP networking trends we should expect - some highlights below:

• IP traffic will increase at a combined annual growth rate (CAGR) of 46 percent from 2007 to 2012, nearly doubling every two years
• The resulting annual bandwidth demand on the world's IP networks will be approximately 522 exabytes2, or more than half a zettabyte
• Video on demand, IPTV, peer-to-peer (P2P) video, and Internet video are forecast to account for nearly 90 percent of all consumer IP traffic in 2012
• Global IP traffic will reach 44 exabytes per month in 2012, compared to less than seven per month in 2007
• Mobile data traffic will roughly double each year from 2008 through 2012

Note: A zettabyte is equal to: 1 trillion gigabytes; 1,000 exabytes; 250 billion DVDs, while an exabyte is equal to: 1 billion gigabytes; 1,000 petabytes; 250 million DVD Hmm, did you get all that? Nice and clear? Good! [Via: EETimes ] --- Related Articles at IntoMobile:

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