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Articles tagged with: Mobile Broadband and Play
Emerging markets need a practical approach for mobile broadband to succeed
Although low fixed-line and PC penetration in developing markets provides an opportunity for mobile broadband to become a viable fixed-line alternative, for operators to succeed, 'pragmatism' must be the watchword in terms of access technology, devices, deployment and market approach. more
Mobile broadband via laptop users to reach 418m worldwide in 2017
Newly released forecasts show that portable laptop and netbook users accessing the internet via mobile broadband will produce US$48bn in operator revenues in 2017, will number 418m worldwide, and will generate and consume an immense 1.8 exabytes of traffic per month - a forty fold increase over 2009. more
Related Tags: lte, long-term-evolution, laptop
Cell Phones Are Helping Kids Learn in the Classroom
Educators, policymakers and wireless industry leaders joined together last week at the Mobile Learning Conference 2009 (MLC09) in Washington, D.C. to discuss the promising future of educational technology in America and the key role the application of cellular technology and devices can play in helping kids learn in the classroom. more
Related Tags: social-networking, smartphone, qualcomm, smartphones, north-carolina, university-of-michigan, USA
China's 3G Buildout to Drive a Telecom Capex Increase in Asia/Pacific
Despite an overall economic contraction, network operator spending on telecom equipment in the Asia/Pacific region will rise slightly over the next 24 months, driven primarily by deployment of 3G networks in China, according to a new report from Pyramid Research. more
Related Tags: 3g, china-unicom, rural, huawei, zte, capex, china-mobile, pyramid-research, 4g, China
Vodafone Trialling Microwave Ethernet for 3G Backhaul
Vodafone is trialling new microwave technology that it expects to quadruple current backhaul capacity in channelling voice and data traffic away from base stations. Vodafone has carried out a series of trials investigating the potential of Ethernet microwave which is capable of greatly enhancing the performance of existing microwave backhaul technology. more
Related Tags: ethernet, base-station, vodafone, microwave, base-stations, radio-access-network, backhaul
Mobile Communications Is Uniquely Placed to Drive Economic Growth
At the GSMA's Leadership Summit, bringing together 400 CEOs, government ministers and officials, industry leaders today stressed the unique role that broadband, specifically mobile broadband, can play as an economic stimulus. Those leaders called for governments to support the rollout of mobile broadband services to drive economic growth. more
Related Tags: 3g, sim, rural, itu, china-mobile, telenor, ericsson, telecom-italia, gsma, 700mhz
Time to invest in mobile messaging, say operators worldwide
Airwide Solutions, has published the results of a study - which was conducted by the independent analyst house, Direct2Mobile - which found that mobile operators believe SMS will become the enabler that underpins next generation advanced services with all the operators surveyed claiming that they are seeking to use the investment they have made in developing their mobile messaging infrastructure in order to introduce new value-added services. more
Related Tags: sim, mms, mobile-messaging, sms, social-networking, arpu, location-based-services, mobile-internet, wap
Ericsson CEO - Economic growth to come from telecoms investments
Ericsson President and CEO Carl-Henric Svanberg said today at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona that 2008 was a year of establishing mobile broadband, and that investments in telecom infrastructure can drive growth across societies. more
Related Tags: ict, ericsson, zain, carl-henric-svanberg
Ericsson Expands 3G Netowork Management Contract in the UK
Mobile Broadband Network Limited (MBNL), the 50:50 joint venture formed by 3 UK and T-Mobile UK to integrate and manage their 3G radio access networks (RAN), has selected Ericsson to provide managed services to complete the consolidation of their 3G infrastructure. Under the terms of the contract, about 220 T-Mobile staff have transferred to Ericsson. more
Related Tags: t-mobile, 3g, nokia, base-station, 3-uk, rsa, ericsson, t-mobile-uk, ran, 3, backhaul, infrastructure-sharing, UK