On worldwide scale, video streaming services used 39% of mobile bandwidth

PanARMENIAN.Net - During the ArmTech Congress 2011 on October 11 Orange Armenia CEO Bruno Duthoit made a presentation on the topic “Global Trends in Telecommunications”.

The report presented the ecosystem of the rapidly developing sector with its global players and alliances as well as the customer data in Armenia and worldwide, Orange Armenia press office said.

Mr. Duthoit presented the continuing trend of increased mobile usage: the mobile data bandwidth developed with 77% growth in the first half of 2011. On worldwide scale, video streaming services used 39% of mobile bandwidth, YouTube on its own representing 22% of this bandwidth. The global average of monthly usage for each customer downloading/uploading with a 3G modem is 2GB. It’s noteworthy that the internet usage by Orange customers in Armenia is almost 4 times higher - 67,000 internet customers use traffic of 7-8GB per month each with their Internet Now modems.

Explosion of data traffic will also impact the business mix of the operators - it is estimated that in only three years, 44% of an operator’s mobile revenues will be generated from mobile data, vs 22% in 2006.