American users to consume 2.6 GB of mobile data per month

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By 2016 U.S. end users will, on average, consume about 2.6 GB of mobile data per month, according to iGR research.

The research claims that mobile/cellular data usage will greatly increase over the next few years, driven by ongoing LTE rollouts and the increasing adoption of mobile devices.

iGR's new report presented a model, localized U.S. Bandwidth Demand Forecast, 2011-2016 that considers data consumption by time of day and geographic location, forecasting the severity of the problem that mobile operators face today and moving forward.

The model indicates that bandwidth consumption exceeds the average of what the macro network can currently handle and indicates, despite the availability of LTE, that the problem will only get worse.

"Exceeding bandwidth demand is a multi-dimensional problem that can be evaluated by both time and geography. How much bandwidth -- over and above what is already planned -- might an operator have to deliver per kilometer squared (KM2) per hour to meet the bandwidth demand that their macro network cannot deliver," said iGR President Iain Gillott.

News Source telecomlead