Telecommunications Industry Benefits & Drawbacks of Cloud-Delivered Content: New Opportunities vs. Infrastructure Challenges Kris Alexander Chief Strategist, Connected Devices & Gaming Akamai Technologies
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©2012 AKAMAI | FASTER FORWARD TM Growth of the Connected Device & Shift to Online 1 Gartner 2 IMS Research 3 Intel 4 Computer Industry Almanac, Inc. 5 ITU 6 eTForecasts Connected Devices billion 1 Internet Users 1.08 billion billion billion billion billion 6 1:13:15:1 Devices per User Hong Kong South Korea Romania Japan UAE Portugal Belgium Latvia Netherlands Monaco 40 Mbps 35 Mbps 30 Mbps 25 Mbps 20 Mbps 15 Mbps 10 Mbps 5 Mbps 0 Mbps 309 % 47% 13% 29% 55% 51% 29% 53% 63% Global Peak Connection Speeds
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