According to a new research by Strategy Analytics, there will be around 165 million tablets on mobile data plans by 2017, an eight-fold increase from the number of tablets on data plans in 2012, contributing nearly US$20 billion to operator service revenues in 2017 and generating almost 3 and a half million Terabytes of mobile data traffic for that year. S
"Mobile broadband tablets represent an important incremental growth opportunity for wireless operators. While direct mobile broadband subscriptions on tablets represent less than 10 percent of the total tablet installed base in 2012, they were a key driver of positive postpaid net additions at leading operators AT&T and Verizon Wireless in Q1 2013," notes Susan Welsh de Grimaldo director of wireless operators and networks at Strategy Analytics.
Phil Kendall , Director, Wireless Operator Strategies, adds, “US, China, Japan and UK will be leading markets for tablet subscriptions, but we also anticipate strong growth in emerging markets of Brazil and India where video content and network upgrades will drive demand for wide-area connectivity on tablets.”
