4G How much does
matter in Africa?
By Steven Ambrose Global mobile data is expected to reach 11 Exabytes, (one billion billion bytes of data) by 2016, according to Cisco Research, with Africa contributing merely 6% of that total. Couple this with the prediction from Cisco that over 70% of that transferred data will be video. There is no question that we can expect huge changes in how we use the Internet. When you mix in the fact that we are being flooded with smart devices, from phones to tablets and more, from all the various manufacturers, a mobile revolution is no longer coming soon, but is already unfolding as we speak.
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