AT&T CTO: Traffic has Grown 5,000% in 3 Years

In an interview to the GSMA show daily, AT&T’s CTO John Donovan explained the challenges AT&T is facing in view of the growing usage of mobile data.


  
Some interesting quotes (full interview - here):

• “Smartphones like the iPhone driving up to 10 times the amount of usage of other devices on average”
   
• “40% of our customer base uses a smartphone today”
   
• “Overall, wireless data traffic on the AT&T network has grown more than 5,000% over the past three years”
• “The key to addressing this is backhaul .. this equipment challenge is an industry-wide issue.”
   
• “We’re also adding roughly 2,000 new cell sites to the network this year”
   
• “we are deploying thousands of new high-speed backhaul connections”
   
• “Eventually, there needs to be a model that addresses the limited spectrum issue and supports continued growth in mobile broadband usage, innovation and investment”