With more consumers accessing the Web from their phones, industry experts have expressed concern over whether the networks will be able to handle the load, but a report released today suggests that consumers are more than willing to switch over to Wi-Fi when its available, which should help carriers better manage capacity. The information was gathered and released by AdMob, which came to these conclusions after tallying up the number of ads being requested by phones on Wi-Fi networks. In the U.S., it found that 8 percent of total requests in November were on Wi-Fi networks, up from 3 percent. Of course, one of the big drivers of this trend is that more phones have Wi-Fi, and perhaps the most notable example being the iPhone, which is seeing 42 percent of requests made over Wi-Fi networks. That is higher than other Wi-Fi enabled phones, which average between 10 and 20 percent. The U.K. saw a similar increase in November, with requests over Wi-Fi totaling 8 percent, up from 4 percent in August. After the iPhone and iPod Touch, the Nokia (NYSE: NOK) N95 and other N series phones are the leading Wi-Fi devices in the UK. Report.
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