Allot has released its MobileTrends Report on global bandwidth and application growth, and there's a whole lot of video going on. Video is the top data user, followed by file sharing, web browsing, VoIP/IM and other apps. Apple offers the top app store, and Twitter grew 378%.
Here are some of the top facts from the free Allot report.
- Global mobile data bandwidth usage grew 73%.
- Video streaming accounts for 37% of mobile bandwidth growth, and YouTube accounts for 45% of total video-streaming traffic.
- Apple's App Store is responsible for 89%, and Google's Android Market is responsible for 9% of overall app store download traffic.
- YouTube remains the single most important website for video streaming and sharing and is
responsible for 17% of overall global mobile data bandwidth.
- Twitter grew with a breathtaking 378% increase in global mobile data
bandwidth. During 2010, Twitter's annual increase was an astounding
1800%. - File sharing represents a significant 30% of mobile bandwidth.
Voice over IP (VoIP) and Instant Messaging (IM) application types remain the second fastest
growing application worldwide with an 87% increase in global mobile data bandwidth.
Skype continues its dominance of the mobile VoIP market, accounting for 87% of global mobile
VoIP bandwidth.
Allot drew its conclusions based on anonymous data that was collected over the second half of 2010 - from leading mobile operators worldwide, with a combined user base of more than 210 million subscribers.