14 DAY TRIAL // According to the results of the first Mobile Life survey published by UBM TechWeb's Light Reading, use of new technologies like video chat and LTE is overstated, as far as the new iPad is concerned.
Apple's mobile device dominance, however, isn’t, says Light Reading.
Light Reading's 2012 Mobile Life survey has revealed that thirty-four percent people use more than 1GB of mobile data per month.
12 percent say they use over 3GB, while sixty-three percent update their status on a social network at least once a day, according to the paper.
Almost half (41 percent) use up to six mobile apps on a regular basis.
Fifteen percent are planning to buy an LTE tablet this year (the study doesn’t specify which brand) and only 3 percent currently own a tablet computer that boasts 4G networking speeds.
"Light Reading surveyed 550 telecom professionals, including 120 service providers, and found that the average person has a rich mobile life made up of mobile device ownership and daily use of technologies like mobile video, mobile apps and Wi-Fi," says Sarah Reedy, Light Reading senior reporter and the report's author.
Phil Harvey, editor-in-chief of Light Reading, chimed in to say, "We weren't surprised at all to see mobile data usage soaring, but it is interesting that mobile video and LTE aren't yet as popular with consumers as the latest mobile operator ad campaigns would suggest."
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