Internet Browsing from Mobile Phones Could Cause Data Blockades

Internet browsing on the mobile phones is the order of the day, as smart-phone users love every second of their constant online connectivity with a gadget that keeps them connected to the world wide web. However, according to a survey report by Strategy Analytics, the growing mobile browsing would soon be causing data jams and blockades.

This was forecasted by Strategy Analytics in their report titled “Global Handset Data Traffic Forecast for 2001-2013”. As per the forecast, the mobile phones would cause no less than a colossal 2.2 Exabytes, 84% of which will only be attributed to internet browsing, and which does not account for browsing from wireless PC cards and other wireless devices. To gather an idea of the kind of data amount that we are talking about here, it is equivalent to a mind-blowing 120,000 year time of movies with DVD picture quality.

According to Nitesh Patel, the senior analyst at the Strategic Analytics, the data traffic growth contributed by mobile phones is expected to increase significantly, as the use of smartphones and other cellular devices with features that allow users to engage in social networking activities and web browsing is gaining more popularity and finding access with more and more people. This would be significantly larger than the kind of increased traffic intensity currently caused by a scattered strength of laptops and notebooks.

Strategic Analytics have warned mobile phone operators of the possible consequences of the mighty traffic surge. As per David MacQueen, the director of the Wireless Media Strategies service, the mobile phone customers who like to engage in heavy data-oriented activities such as downloading, streaming audio and video, using various web applications and social networking services can potentially affect the performance of mobile phone networks.

Another director of the service, Phil Kendall remarked that it is up to mobile phone network operators to overcome the problem by managing the data traffic through tools like data compression, particularly of streaming audio and video, and to use the Wi-Fi capabilities effectively for the purpose. He also expressed that the pricing could also be used to relieve some pressure off the peak hours of data traffic activity.