In the face of continued exponential growth in mobile Internet traffic, these networks just need a lot more raw capacity to keep up.

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The potential absolutely exists for an exponential benefit from the networking of all these diverse networks.

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The exponential growth of Facebook, in particular, has opened the door for campaigns to recruit from social networks, Sullivan explains.

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