No surprise, mobile Internet usage is more informational -- search, online news and sports, e-mail and instant messaging -- and where recreational, downloading music and videos.
Besides, the mobile Internet forecast, IDC also offered up a plethora of other information about Internet usage:
-China has more Internet users than any other country -- 359 million growing to 566 million in 2013.
-The number of U.S. Internet users will grow from 261 million in 2009 to 280 million in 2013.
-As measured by percentage of population with Internet access, the United States hugely leads China.
-The United States leads the world with the most Internet connected devices, but China ranks tops for mobile Internet-connected devices -- 85 million, or nearly 20 percent of the worldwide total.
-Global Internet advertising will reach $61 billion this year, growing to over $100 billion in 2013. The 2009 figure represents 10 percent of advertising spending across all media categories. IDC forecasts 15 percent by 2013.
Source: http://www.betanews.com/joewilcox/article/Mobile-Internet-is-450-million-users-strong-and-doubling-in-four-years/1260413839
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