Carrier Ethernet rides rising tide of mobile data

摘要

A flood of mobile data from smart-phones is accelerating adoption of Ethernet technology in cellular networks.rnAT&T, the first carrier for the Apple iPhone, said mobile data traffic has grown a whopping 7,000 percent in the last 13 quarters, leading to reports of bandwidth-choked networks.rn"We've seen exploding demand for mobile broadband as our customers adopt smartphones," said an AT&T spokeswoman.