Cisco: data traffic can be tripled within a few years

Earth’s Internet data traffic can be tripled to 3.3 zetabytes, ie nearly 3,000 billion gigabytes by 2021, and the world wide web will have more than 4.5 billion users, so the majority of humans can become net users in a few years, according to Cisco’s forecast.

The internet networking equipment company, expects a significant growth especially in the field of video traffic. According to the forecast, a five-fold increase may occur in the volume of such content. According to Cisco, by 2021, IoT technologies (networked smart devices) and M2M connections (Internet connectivity between machines) will be decisive, along with the acceleration of broadband networks and further mobile devices. (MTI)