Smartphones are the new PCs: they’re fast, they’re powerful, they’re always online and they’re always with you. But with the advent of 4G network speeds, sophisticated operating systems and apps looms the threat of piracy via file sharing: will BitTorrent data come to represent more than half of all mobile traffic, as it has done for ISPs the world over? We’ve scoured the murkiest corners of the web, crunched numbers and spoken to those involved – read on to find out where we’re headed.








