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If you love your smartphone, chances are you’ve gone over your data limit at least once – or have been in charge of employees who’ve done so. The cost can be very steep. According to this infographic by Xigo<\/a>, the reason overages occur so often is because smartphone users don’t understand how gigabytes relate to the actions they perform on their phones. For an enterprise plan manager, this kind of misunderstanding can be a nightmare.\n<\/p>\n

What to do? Check out the infographic below for some insight into what eats up the typical data plan and what actions will help prevent expensive overages.\n<\/p>\n

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