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CTIA reports 2018 U.S. wireless data usage up 82% over 2017

CTIA’s 2019 Annual Survey highlights an astonishing 82% increase in mobile data usage in 2018, which represents a 73X increase since 2010!  While this is excellent news for wireless carriers and content providers, it is a warning shot to company executives tasked with managing mobility expenses.  

Graphic courtesy of CTIA

In other research, it has been reported that as much as 70 percent of business mobile data usage stems from social media, audio, and video streaming, which means that entertainment use on business-liable devices is exploding, and that has a direct impact on the bottom line.  Does your company have a strategy to meet this challenge?

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Up to 70% of Mobile Data Usage is Non-business

Studies show as much as 70% of business data consumption is comprised of social media, audio, and video streaming. Studies also project data use to quadruple by the year 2021. Does your company have a plan to address this expense challenge? If not, your mobile budget may see increases as much as 20-30% a year.

Enterprises who assign corporate-owned devices need to become more assertive in identifying, understanding and controlling the data consumption of its employees.

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How Companies use Text Alerts to Control Employee Data Usage

Being able to inspect and report data usage in real-time can significantly reduce how much data your employees are using.  When one CIO became concerned about the rising cost of her company’s data use, she found real-time alerts not only significantly reduced mobile data usage, but a byproduct she wasn’t expecting was productivity increased overall.

As this company learned, all it took to significantly reduce mobile expense cost was to identify policy thresholds and send alerts when data usage reached these thresholds. No company today should be paying for the out-of-control data usage habits of its employees especially when education and alerts can be this effective. With the help of MobilSentry™ Real-time, now you don’t have to.

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