SFR, a French telecom provider, has found that a laptop user connected through mobile broadband uses 450 times more bandwidth as compared to a person talking over his cell phone. This data reveals the sheer amount of data that networks have to handle. Ensuring smooth mobile internet services is becoming difficult for operators with the ever increasing number of customers and congestion in traffic due to the large volume of signals.

By the year 2012, it is expected that the number of mobile broadband users in the world will exceed one billion. At present, the UK has three million homes using this service. With new applications being invented, this service is bound to become popular in the near future, thereby putting more burden on the existing networks.

With the increasing difficulty with traffic levels, there has also been a decrease in the profit margin. Although the volume of business has increased, profit has not grown significantly because customers are now demanding more connectivity at the benefit of flat-fee structure. Some people have raised doubts about the capability of the industry to sustain this continuous growth.

However, the overall view is optimistic. The telecom providers will soon be able to improve their networks to cater to the needs of the ever-increasing number of users.

This industry has already been recognised as a promising one. There is no dearth of people willing to invest money for better networks and better services. Latest technological advancements, though presently at a trial stage, will soon be used commercially. This will definitely help in better quality of transmission and higher speeds. Thus, mobile broadband services will experience exponential growth and better quality of service in the near future.

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