The wireless data industry is experiencing a tremendous
amount of growth driven by the following key market influences:
• Smartphones and tablets with cellular/Wi-Fi connectivity
• Extensive application ecosystems for smart mobile devices
• The surge of video enabled internet applications
• HD video moving into the mainstream
• The emerging “always on” broadband wireless user culture
Mobile service providers continue to offer increasingly innovative
and cost competitive wireless data services to capture the demanding smartphone
and tablet user markets. The increasing popularity of video enabled
applications like Netflix, Apple FaceTime, and Facebook’s Video Chat (Skype),
plus streaming and downloading of music/video content will continue to drive
users’ desire for lower cost wireless data consumption. One Gbyte of broadband
data usage averages $10 in North America and Europe, with continued downward
price pressure. Mobile service providers must look to alternate wireless broadband
solutions to maintain competitive and profitable mobile broadband service offerings.
Carrier Wi-Fi solutions offer broadband data services at a small fraction of the
cost of 3G/ LTE macro solutions, enabling a new low cost dimension of mobile broadband
data services.
Apple, Android and RIM have created significant application
ecosystems to drive smartphone and tablet sales, which in turn drives more
wireless data usage. The iPhone has created a huge surge in wireless data
traffic since its introduction. The next significant surge in data traffic will
result from the introduction of tablets and new smartphones by numerous
suppliers. Smartphones data usage are now at par with laptop usage just 2-3 years
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Small Cell Networks for Mobile Network Offload
Small Cell Networks for Mobile Network Offload
