Vodafone: "Traffic management limiting data volume growth to +31%"

  

Vodafone released Q2 results (see "Interim Management Statement for the Quarter ended 30 June 2011" - here) showing growth in data revenues of 24.5%, to £1.5B. 

• Germany: Mobile internet customer growth and smartphone sales driving data +21.4%
     
• Italy: Data revenue +18.9%; led by mobile internet +66%
   
• Spain: Data revenue growth slowed to +8.9%; mobile broadband price cuts offset strong smartphone sales
   
• UK: Data revenue growth +21.9% led by smartphone sales and data attach 82%
   
• India: Data growth remains strong, +70% led by mobile internet
   
• Vodacom South Africa: Data revenue growth +35%2; data users +37% to 9.6m

At the group level, Vodafone says (here): "Maintaining network quality: Traffic management limiting data volume growth to +31%" (Vodafone uses Allot, Tekelec and others for traffic management; See "Vodafone Uses DPI and Policy Management to Improve QoE" - here).