FIXED NETWORK DATA TRAFFIC WORLDWIDE: FORECASTS AND ANALYSIS 2014–2019

The relationship between demand for data volume and demand for data bandwidth is not linear – as TV and the Internet converge, emerging traffic patterns will require different types of network.
Fixed networksAbout 96% of all IP data worldwide is associated with fixed access networks. This report assesses traffic trends and the complexities of how these will relate to bandwidth requirements in the access and aggregation layers of fixed broadband networks. It focuses on fixed-line data traffic and bandwidth trends, and includes a set of forecasts to 2019.

This report pulls together evidence on the scale of data traffic and assesses:
the key drivers of change in the shape of traffic as the TV and Internet worlds converge, and as fixed networks soak up large volumes of traffic from mobile devices
the relationship between data volume, access bandwidth and aggregation layer bandwidth
key demographic factors associated with types of usage.
The key outputs of the forecast are:
fixed IP data for 8 regions and 17 countries worldwide
split by Internet, on-net and IP multicast
average data per connection
peak and average throughputs per connection
mean and median usage per connection
downstream:upstream splits
smartphone and tablet share of fixed-line data traffic.

GEOGRAPHICAL COVERAGE

The report provides forecasts for the following eight geographical regions.
Central and Eastern Europe (CEE)
Developed Asia–Pacific (DVAP)
Emerging Asia–Pacific (EMAP)
Latin America (LATAM)
Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
North America (NA)
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)
Western Europe (WE)
The report provides forecasts for the Nordic region and the following 17 countries.
Australia
China
France
Germany
Hong Kong
India
Italy
Japan
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
South Korea
Spain
Turkey
UK
USA

DATA COVERAGE

This report provides forecasts for the following KPIs.
Total annual data traffic (Internet, on-net IP and multicast)
Mean and median data traffic per connection (Internet and on-net)

Mean upstream and downstream data traffic per connection
Peak (busy-hour) bandwidth per connection

Fixed data traffic from mobile devices (handsets and tablets)
Total fixed broadband connections
Total next-generation access connections (>30Mbps access downstream)