Summary
The more memory is available on portable devices the less the need to download from the wireless network Wireless Operators continue to increase BB capabilities but this will not result in increased revenues in the area of pricing bytes. Pricing structure will rapidly evolve towards all you can eat.
Analysis
The huge capacity of today portable storage (cards, portable disks) is going to be multiplied 10 times in the coming years. Rather than stimulating the use of wireless network for download on cell phones, thus increasing revenues for Wireless Operators this is going to depress them.
People will synchronize more and more the information downloading it on their PC (flat rate ADSL/VDSL/Fiber) and swapping what matters on their portable device. With hundreds f GB on the move the likeliness to need more decreases. Operators are seeing their data demand not on the increase in terms of revenues as much as was expected. First signs are available with offer of basic flat rate in wireless data like H3G in Italy that has started to offer 5GB a week for 19 euros a month. Compare with the offer of Vodaphone in Italy of 125 MB download per month for over 20 euros. And the situation will be getting worse in terms of revenue. Most revenues in perspective will derive from tiny transactions not from BB
