Until recently, global backbone traffic was driven by voice. Then email, Web browsing and peer to peer traffic became significant traffic contributors. Clearly, though, high definition and other television-based traffic will be the dominant driver of global bandwidth demand, argue researchers at Information Gatekeepers. By 2010, as much as 94 percent of global traffic will be HDTV or IPTV content, IGI predicts.
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
WAN Will Be Driven by Video, Obviously
Until recently, global backbone traffic was driven by voice. Then email, Web browsing and peer to peer traffic became significant traffic contributors. Clearly, though, high definition and other television-based traffic will be the dominant driver of global bandwidth demand, argue researchers at Information Gatekeepers. By 2010, as much as 94 percent of global traffic will be HDTV or IPTV content, IGI predicts.
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Gary Kim was cited as a global "Power Mobile Influencer" by Forbes, ranked second in the world for coverage of the mobile business, and as a "top 10" telecom analyst. He is a member of Mensa, the international organization for people with IQs in the top two percent.
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