Mobile Telecom Network News

Some interesting items on the web regarding mobile the past few days:

Dead-on roundup of Smartphone users and their perceptions from the folks at C-Section Comics

According to CNet, Netflix is responsible for a full 20% of fixed downstream traffic during peak time. This 8 P.M. to 10 P.M. prime-time number not only shows just how much consumers are adopting mobile technology, but also the threat facing the traditional broadcast/advertising revenue model.Why the networks don't simply break away from the cable providers and shift to a streaming-advertising model is still unanswered...

Chetan Sharma, whose knowledge of the telecom industry rivals that of Alexander Graham Bell, states that mobile data traffic will top one billion gigabytes (an exabyte!) by the end of 2010. The folks at Phandroid saved me the fast math and determined that this is equal to 50,000 years of DVD video. Further, Sharma predicts that in 2013 the carriers should be looking at a 50%/50% split of data and voice in their revenue pie. I'm personally very interested to see how the carriers adjust to this changing model-- reminds me of the old "are rail companies in the business of rails or transportation?" debate from 75 years ago.

Finally, I am told that we Samsung Galaxy S users will be receiving the Froyo update by the end of this month (November.) Finally indeed...

Stay tuned...