So far we've seen one successful application of Wimax - seemingly with 3G HSPA broadband coming on strong behind - will that be about it? Femtocells, however, are designed to improve 3G mobile-broadband coverage by rerouting data use off the operators' cellular networks and onto wired DSL connections where possible.
As mobile-Internet usage grows in popularity, such an approach has great appeal for operators worrying about the strain on their 3G network capacity.
Broadband connections to homes and businesses, like DSL and cable modems, are responsible for generating most of the load, which also goes a long way toward Holliday's discovery that 75 percent of all traffic on the Internet is due to file sharing, with 59 percent of that file sharing attributed to people swapping video files.
Music tracks account for 33 percent of the file-sharing traffic.
Retail broadband customers will continue to pay the same monthly fee, but will receive the speed upgrades.
A recent telecom survey by The Economist noted, "Only 20 years ago, there was little reason to think that mobile phones were about to become the most popular communications devices on the planet.
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But now, "a mere two decades later, in 2002, the number of mobile phones overtook the number of fixed-line ones (globally).
"With only 50% penetration today, the United States lags behind Europe and Asia, where roughly 80% of the population carries a wireless phone.
While many incumbent wireline operators say they are ready for the wireless onslaught since they have their own wireless affiliate, behind closed doors they probably acknowledge that a customer lost to wireless-even their own wireless unit-is a serious setback since wireless subscribers are harder to retain and probably not as profitable as an old wireline subscriber over the long haul.
Despite signing up mobile subscribers at a current rate of about 8 million a month, operators today count fewer than one in five Indians as customers.
Vast swathes of the countryside remain unserved.
Telecom expense management (TEM), or total telecom cost management, usually refers to software applications which can include mobile expense management software and telecom billing software.
These electronic tools determine a company?s telecom expense management status.
With the move from GMS to IMS-based networks, subscribers will be able to buy multimedia content, search for location based information, make payments from their mobile phone and much more, generating enormous amounts of data that needs to exchanged and update continuously in real-time.
Telecoms are turning to COTS (Commercial Off The Shelf) components in order to lower the cost of acquiring and maintaining infrastructure equipment.
As mobile-Internet usage grows in popularity, such an approach has great appeal for operators worrying about the strain on their 3G network capacity.
Broadband connections to homes and businesses, like DSL and cable modems, are responsible for generating most of the load, which also goes a long way toward Holliday's discovery that 75 percent of all traffic on the Internet is due to file sharing, with 59 percent of that file sharing attributed to people swapping video files.
Music tracks account for 33 percent of the file-sharing traffic.
Retail broadband customers will continue to pay the same monthly fee, but will receive the speed upgrades.
A recent telecom survey by The Economist noted, "Only 20 years ago, there was little reason to think that mobile phones were about to become the most popular communications devices on the planet.
".
But now, "a mere two decades later, in 2002, the number of mobile phones overtook the number of fixed-line ones (globally).
"With only 50% penetration today, the United States lags behind Europe and Asia, where roughly 80% of the population carries a wireless phone.
While many incumbent wireline operators say they are ready for the wireless onslaught since they have their own wireless affiliate, behind closed doors they probably acknowledge that a customer lost to wireless-even their own wireless unit-is a serious setback since wireless subscribers are harder to retain and probably not as profitable as an old wireline subscriber over the long haul.
Despite signing up mobile subscribers at a current rate of about 8 million a month, operators today count fewer than one in five Indians as customers.
Vast swathes of the countryside remain unserved.
Telecom expense management (TEM), or total telecom cost management, usually refers to software applications which can include mobile expense management software and telecom billing software.
These electronic tools determine a company?s telecom expense management status.
With the move from GMS to IMS-based networks, subscribers will be able to buy multimedia content, search for location based information, make payments from their mobile phone and much more, generating enormous amounts of data that needs to exchanged and update continuously in real-time.
Telecoms are turning to COTS (Commercial Off The Shelf) components in order to lower the cost of acquiring and maintaining infrastructure equipment.