[bjornsing]

"Intucell estimates these techniques can [...] boost overall data capacity throughout the network anywhere from 30 percent to 50 percent."

That's the equivalent of a few months normal growth in mobile data demand...

[kfitchard]

Ha! Maybe an exaggeration, but not much of one. Then again there's the problem of whenever operators create new capacity their customers just fill it.

[bjornsing]

A quick google for "compound annual growth rate mobile data" turns up numbers around 100%, so 30% would take 4 or 5 months and 50% might be 7 or so. You're right, an exaggeration to call 4-7 "a few", but certainly not much of one.