IDC: 30 Million US Mobile Broadband Users by 2014

  

IDC predicts that "the U.S. mobile broadband market will grow from 6.5 million subscribers in 2009 to 30.2 million in 2014, which accounts for a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 36.1% over the forecast period." 


See "IDC Says Market for U.S. Mobile Broadband About to Speed Up"  here and "U.S. Mobile Broadband 2010–2014 Forecast: Consumers Join Business Users to Spur Growth" - here.

"Mobile broadband is growing in importance for both consumers adopting the service and the operators offering connectivity," says Carrie MacGillivray, program manager, Mobility Services. "Diversity in pricing plans, new computing devices capable of mobile broadband connections, and the promise of a 4G world with faster speeds are a tempting proposition for customers looking to be ubiquitously connected regardless of location, anytime."

Hopefully, the US mobile operators will be able to offer enough capacity and/or traffic management control in order to cope with the expected growth of over 360% in 4 years (see more below).

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• AT&T: Times Square needs a Wifi Boost to cope with 3G Traffic - here
   
• FCC Annual Wireless Report: Mobile Internet Usage Information  - here