The document is Cisco's Visual Networking Index forecast of global mobile data traffic. It predicts that by 2016, global mobile data traffic will reach 130 exabytes per year, a 78% annual increase from 2011-2016. This growth is driven by more mobile users, connections, faster speeds and increasing mobile video usage. Asia Pacific will account for the largest share of traffic at 40.1% by 2016. In 2011, global mobile data traffic doubled for the fourth year in a row despite economic challenges. By 2016, 71% of total mobile data traffic will be cloud traffic versus local and on-device non-cloud traffic.