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Mobile data could become scarce, less affordable

Verizon Wireless senior technician Jim Harper works at

Photo credit: MCT | Verizon Wireless senior technician Jim Harper works at a switching center in Los Angeles. The company and other major cellular providers have spent billions to build 4G networks. (Oct. 18, 2010)

Is access to mobile data the new wealth?

If you look at some of the recent numbers coming out about data use on cell phones and tablets, you might be able to make that case.

A new study by Arieso, a British company that analyzes mobile traffic, said that 1 percent of all users generate 50 percent of all traffic on mobile networks. The top 10 percent of users consumed 90 percent of mobile...

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