[The biggest shift in technology since the advent of the Internet is still only just beginning.]

Kevin Kelleher -- "A report from Swedish telecom giant Ericsson (ERIXF) this week showed that mobile traffic on data networks have been doubling for the past two years. In a more comprehensive report, Cisco (CSCO) said earlier this month that global traffic on data networks grew by 70% last year. Cisco offered a comparison that suggests how big mobile has become: The traffic on mobile data networks in 2012—885 petabytes—was nearly 12 times greater than total Internet traffic around the world in 2000, back when the web was taking off."

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"Annual growth in data traffic will be significantly higher on smartphones (81%) and even higher on tablets (113%). However, smartphones will continue to be the biggest eaters of mobile-network data: In 2012, they made up 16% of devices connected to wireless networks and 44% of total traffic. In 2017, they will be 27% of connected devices and consume 68% of data."

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