More mobiles than humans in 2012, says Cisco
More mobiles than humans in 2012, says Cisco Mobile data has come a long way since the start of the millennium Mobile devices will outnumber humans this year, according to network firm Cisco's latest analysis of global mobile data traffic. By 2016 it predicts that there will be 10 billion mobile connected devices around the world. By the same date networks will be carrying 130 exabytes of data each year, equivalent to 33 billion DVDs. Mobile data traffic in 2011 was eight times the size of the global internet in 2000, according to the report. Gigabyte club The rise in data consumption is likely to cause more problems for mobile operators already struggling to cope with demand. Currently the average smartphone uses 150 megabytes of data per month but this is expected to rise to 2.6 gigabytes by 2016, the report found. "By 2016, 60% of mobile users - three billion people worldwide - will belong to the Gigabyte Club, each generating more than on