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New forecast expects 16 times more mobile data within five years

A new study from iGR predicts that amount of mobile data traffic worldwide will reach 7 million terabytes per month by 2016; a figure that’s 16 times bigger than last year’s mobile data usage. Global mobile data traffic in 2011 averaged 433,000 terabytes per month.

The figures include all mobile data networks, including 3G and 4G LTE, but exclude any WiFi traffic that’s been offloaded by mobile networks.

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Google Glass wearable mobile device will ship in the USA next year

The ‘Google Glass’ wearable mobile computing device will be available to buy early next year - but only to US-based mobile developers. Developers who attended Google’s I/O conference this week have been invited to pre-order the headset, which is expected to sell for $1,500.

Sergey Brin, Google’s CEO, made the announcement today after a Google Glass demonstration that showcased the display and video camera capabilities of the prototype device.

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Google announces Android Jelly Bean mobile OS and Nexus 7 tablet

Google announces Android Jelly Bean mobile OS and Nexus 7 tablet

The Google I/O developer conference has seen the company make a number of major announcements today. It’s confirmed the next version of its Android mobile operating system, it’s expanding the Google Play application store and it’s launching two new Nexus-branded devices.

More than 400 million Android devices have now been activated, with an average of twelve new Android devices now activated every every second.

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Ofcom publishes UK telecoms complaints for the first quarter of 2012

Ofcom publishes UK telecoms complaints for the first quarter of 2012

Fewest mobile complaints about O2, most mobile complaints about Three

Telecoms regulator Ofcom has published details of the complaints it’s received during the first three months of this year. It’s the fifth edition of quarterly data from the regulator; the current publication includes statistics about mobile phone, fixed-line telephone, fixed broadband and Pay TV providers.

As in previous quarters, mobile telephony generates a lower level of complaints than fixed-line voice and broadband services.

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Mobile Device Hardware Security Market will be worth £1.2 billion in five years

The Mobile Device Hardware Security Market - the ‘built-in’ components that protect information on smartphones and other mobile devices - will be worth $1.9 billion (£1.22 billion) in 2017, according to a new report from ABI Research.

That’s more than four times the $430 million value of the market this year.

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