The Leaders Of The Mobile Data Pack
ABI Research has released a report that indicates Verizon and Sprint were the big mobile traffic carriers in 2009. AT&T spent much of 2009 under fire for network congestion around the country and specifically in New York and San Francisco. The report claims that 63 percent of mobile data was transferred by Verizon and Sprint. Verizon carried the most data, followed by Sprint and AT&T.
According to the press release, AT&T connected more devices in 2009 than any other carrier but added that it is mobile data via laptops that drive the most daily traffic on the networks. “Mobile broadband laptop connections to Verizon and Sprint each far exceed AT&T’s laptop connections,” said Dan Shey, practice director for ABI.
ABI Research projects that Verizon will take the top spot in total data transferred over the next five years and that AT&T will move into second place by 2012, with all carriers expecting to see traffic increase eightfold in the next four years.
Shey believes all carriers will glean different, but positive, results from the research. “Verizon Wireless and Sprint can claim that data network coverage is as important as data network speed,” he said. “But AT&T can claim that it makes the most money per MB!”
Netbooks and laptops tend to pull down many times more data than smartphones, even the iPhone.
So possibly an indicator that the majority of mobile laptop users are going with Sprint and Verizon over AT&T?
“According to the press release, AT&T connected more devices in 2009 than any other carrier but added that it is mobile data via laptops that drive the most daily traffic on the networks”
Based on that press release, I guess it means Verizon and Sprint have more laptop users but AT&T connects more devices overall (meaning mostly smartphones).
So long and short of it is the other networks are pulling way more data even if they have less smart phones. So why all the congestion on AT&T?
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