Reuters has reported an increase in mobile data use for the month of September. Using the Opera browser as a barometer web traffic increased by 8.7 percent over the previous month and over three times as much data was used over the same month last year. Opera with 35.6 million users – the largest user base worldwide – is an excellent indicator of the overall state of the mobile web.
In North America the web browsing leader is clearly the iPhone as the graph by StatCounter indicates, followed by the BlackBerry and Android browsers. According to AT&T’s CEO, iPhone users consume 13 times as much data as the average smartphone user. Apple reported strong iPhone sales from July – September with 7.4 million sold, an increase of half million devices over the same period a year earlier. New BlackBerry and Android devices should also translate into strong smartphone sales and increased mobile web use.
Source: StatCounter Global Stats – Mobile Browser Market Share
