HELSINKI - Global mobile data traffic continued to surge in October, growing at the fastest pace in seven months, Internet browser company Opera Software said on Wednesday.
Data traffic through Opera's mobile browserwhich packages up to 90 percent of the data to save network bandwidthrose 16 percent in October from September, the company said.
Tech-savvy consumers have used cellphones to access Internet on the go for long, but the mobile Internet market has really boomed since 2007 introduction of Apple's iPhone.
“When things really started to get off was when Steve Jobs stood up and said: Now you can get Internet in your pocket," said Opera's chief financial officer, Erik Harrell.
“The iPhone has opened the eyes of operators for revenue potential of Web browsers and I think Google has done the same."
Wireless operators are eager to increase revenue from Internet browsing and the social networking boom as revenue from traditional voice calls is declining, but they are facing increasingly congested networks.
Data traffic through Opera's mobile browserwhich packages up to 90 percent of the data to save network bandwidthrose 16 percent in October from September, the company said.
Tech-savvy consumers have used cellphones to access Internet on the go for long, but the mobile Internet market has really boomed since 2007 introduction of Apple's iPhone.
“When things really started to get off was when Steve Jobs stood up and said: Now you can get Internet in your pocket," said Opera's chief financial officer, Erik Harrell.
“The iPhone has opened the eyes of operators for revenue potential of Web browsers and I think Google has done the same."
Wireless operators are eager to increase revenue from Internet browsing and the social networking boom as revenue from traditional voice calls is declining, but they are facing increasingly congested networks.
