Internet access to ‘spike’ in SA
This article is taken from www.fin24.com
South Africa is forecast to see a massive jump in internet traffic as more people switch to smartphones and other smart devices.
This is according to the Cisco Visual Networking Index 2015, which predicts that there will be 27 million internet users in SA by 2019, up from just 15 million in 2014. Internet protocol (IP) traffic is also forecast to grow six-fold, representing an annual growth rate of 44%.
Cisco said that a significant percentage of that growth will centre on internet video consumption, with South Africans expected to download 43 billion minutes of video content by 2019.
“South Africans are well on their way to adopt video and by 2019 the citizens would have streamed 43 billion minutes of video content. This stat highlights that consumers and businesses alike are using rich media clips as they head towards the digital era with the Internet of Everything,” said Vernon Thaver, chief technology officer at Cisco South Africa.
Mobile video traffic in SA is also expected to grow at 73% as people increasingly stream video content to smartphones. Click here to read more.