German mobile data set to grow five-fold in five years

Mobile data traffic in Germany is set to grow rapidly over the next five years due to take up of data-heavy apps.

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Data traffic is expected to increase from 901 petabytes in 2016 to 4,866 petabytes in 2022.

The highest increase will come from video, with traffic increasing nearly seven-fold as mobile video use in the country catches up with its international peers.