Though operators and vendors will decry the notion, it is becoming abundantly clear that mobile data growth rates are slowing. Consultant and author William Webb explains to Wireless Watch how he saw this coming back in 2016 and what rates will look like at the end of the decade. UK regulator Ofcom’s recent telecoms market report showed that data consumption in the UK grew 24% in 2023, from 7,576 PB to 9,405 PB. A review of the historical figures shows a steady decline in the rate of growth – between 2021 and 2022 it was 26%, between 2020 and 2021 it was 29%, and from 2019-2020 it was 35%. This rate is slowing faster than even Ofcom predicted in 2022,…