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CTIA 2010: US mobile data revs hit $25bn in 1H2010

Tim Green
CTIA 2010: US mobile data revs hit $25bn in 1H2010

That's a quarter of all operator income, says CTIA.

In the keynote of the CTIA Enterprise and Applications 2010 event, CTIA president Steve Largent said the networks delivered more than 161 billion megabytes of data over the first half of the year, compared to 108 billion megabytes during the second half of 2009.

Is this a cause for celebration? Depends.

It certainly indicates consumer enthusiasm, but is it for dongles or genuine rich mobile content? A

nd what effects is it having on network performance? Not good in many metro areas, we hear.

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