by Elisabeth Tweedie
Los Angeles, Calif., April 4, 2011--There were 5.3 Billion mobile phones in use at the end of 2010. Mobile phones if we can really still call them “phones” have a myriad of uses beyond making a mere phone call. They’re used for email, web browsing, gaming, reading books, listening to and downloading music and watching and downloading video. Total global mobile data traffic is growing rapidly; in 2010 it was 2.6 times greater than in 2009. Video is becoming the major component of that data.
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