Mobiles Directly Drive 9% of Fixed Network Bandwidth Consumptiion

Mobile devices roaming at home on Wi-Fi connections now account for nine percent of monthly data on North America’s fixed access networks, according to Sandvine.

Mobiles roaming on Wi-Fi also represent 15.6 percent of real-time entertainment consumed on fixed networks and 27.8 percent of all YouTube traffic.

Those statistics illustrate the growing role played by fixed networks in supporting mobile data applications.