U.S. consumers double their mobile data traffic consumption in six months

rcrwireless.com

With so much talk these days about uninhibited mobile data growth and the impact it's having on wireless carrier networks, you'd think there was no money in mobile broadband. Think again.

Revenues from mobile data in the United States jumped 6% in the second quarter from the previous quarter and climbed 22% from the year-ago period, according to fresh data from Chetan Sharma Consulting. In Q2 alone, revenues for mobile data eclipsed $13.2 billion. No wonder the consultancy is confidently holding firm to its initial estimate of $54 billion for the year.

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Americans spending more time on Internet

Akron Beacon Journal

The Center for Digital Future at the University of Southern California conducted a survey that reported the following:

• Americans are spending more time on the Internet. In 2009, time spent online averaged 19 hours a week, up from 9.4 hours in 2000.

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U.S. Lags OECD Peers in Key Broadband Indicators

SpeedMatters blog

New OECD data shows the U.S. continues to trail many of its industrialized peers in most indicators of broadband penetration, coverage and service.

Among the startling data, the United States has only 26.4 fixed broadband subscribers per 100 inhabitants; ranking 15 among the OECD's 31 member countries, behind France, Canada, Germany and eleven others.

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