Author: Alan Weissberger
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LTE Market Forecasts Up as Operators Announce Deployment Plans
Introduction There's no doubt that LTE (3GPP Release-8) is gaining traction among many wireless network operators. Two market research firms increased their LTE forecasts this week, while U.S. Cellular announced its LTE roll out plans. This December, Telia Sonera will turn on LTE data service in Finland, while NTT DoComo will make its LTE data…
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Highlights of Sprint Developers Conference: Oct 26-28, 2010 Santa Clara, CA
Disclaimer: Unlike all other Viodi View articles, this one will refrain from the analysis, insight, inferences and comments that this author is noted for. Instead, that content is being provided exclusively on the IEEE ComSocSCV Discussion mail list. Instructions for IEEE members to join are at the bottom of www.comsocscv.org. We will not offer opinions here or…
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ITU-R Progresses LTE Advanced and WiMax 2.0 as 4G RAN standards
Introduction: Did you think the version of LTE being deployed this year and next (3GPP Release-8) and Mobile WiMAX (IEEE 802.16e-2005) were 4G technologies? They're actually both 3G technologies which are included in ITU-R M.1457-9 Detailed specifications of the terrestrial radio interfaces of International Mobile Telecommunications-2000 (IMT-2000). In reality, it's the ITU-R's IMT Advanced family of recommendations that…
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Ethernet Mobile Backhaul Equipment Predicted to Spike in 2010 and Continue Growing (Infonetics and ABI Research)
Introduction: Mobile backhaul refers to the link(s) between the base station and the network carrier point of presence (POP). This can include a variety of Radio Access Networks (RANs), microwave, fiber or even bonded copper subnetworks. With bandwidth increasing exponentially to support many more mobile users and mobile broadband apps, the need for carriers to…
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Exponential Growth in M2M Market Dependent on Important Network Enhancements
Introduction IEEE ComSocSCV and NATEA held a very successful workshop on M2M and Smart Grids at SCU on Sept 25th. Attendees heard presentations about standards for Smart Devices, open M2M platforms from AT&T and Sprint, and mitigating noise in the "connected home" network (the new end point of residential M2M connections that extends beyond "the last mile"). …
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Telecom Carriers Discuss Innovation Needs With Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs
Everyone is aware of the carriers' dilemma: To meet the exponential growth in data traffic, mobile carriers must spend ever more money to finance the build out of their wireless networks (both access and backhaul). Yet this spending and plant upgrade must be done while carrier data revenues are growing much more slowly (estimated at…