India to have the highest IP traffic growth rate from 2012-2017: Cisco

The Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI) Forecast (2012-2017), says that India IP traffict will grow 6 times from 2012- 2017 with a 44% CAGR, which is the highest growth rate across the globe.
The global Internet protocol (IP) traffic will grow three-fold between 2012 and 2017. India IP traffic (Fixed and Mobile) is expected to reach an annual run rate of 33.5 exabytes in 2017 which is equivalent to 8 billion DVDs per year! On a monthly basis, India IP traffic is expected to reach nearly 2.8 exabytes per month by 2017, up from about 454 petabytes per month in 2012. (Indian IP traffic will be equivalent to 8 billion DVDs per year, 698 million DVDs per month, or 956,488 DVDs per hour!)
Global IP traffic (fixed and mobile) is expected to reach an annual run rate of 1.4 zettabytes, more than a trillion gigabytes per year, by 2017. This updated study includes global fixed IP traffic growth and service adoption trends, complementing the VNI Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast released earlier this year.
It says that by 2017, there will be about 3.6 billion Internet users, more than 48% of the world’s projected population (7.6 billion). In India, there will be 348 million total Internet users in 2017, up from 138 million in 2012. It further states that in 2012, there were 2.3 billion Internet users, about 32% of the world’s population (7.2 billion).
The study reveals that by 2017, there will be more than 19 billion global network connections (fixed/mobile personal devices, M2M connections, et al.), up from about 12 billion connections in 2012.  In India, there will be 2 billion networked devices by 2017 up from 1 billion in 2012
Globally, the average fixed broadband speed will increase 3.5-fold from 2012 – 2017, from 11.3 Mbps to 39 Mbps.  In India, the average broadband speed will grow 3.5-fold from 2012 to 2017, to reach 7 Mbps from 1.9 Mbps in 2012.  Globally, the average fixed broadband speed grew 30% from 2011 – 2012, from 8.7 Mbps to 11.3 Mbps.
Dr Robert Pepper, Vice President, Global Technology Policy, Cisco said, “ In today’s world, connectivity is imperative for a country’s economic growth and social development. The good news is, Internet traffic growth in India, is the fastest globally. While there is great willingness from the government and industry to drive broadband penetration and ensure internet access, there is a lot more that needs to be done. As people, devices and data get connected, the possibilities it opens up are immense.