Interviews
Getting Ready for LTE
3GGP Long Term Evolution (LTE) is promising to blow 3G out of the water – with speeds as high as 100/50Mbps. Not to mention more services, lower latency, better QoE, simpler architecture and a network optimized for data traffic without the burden of a separate circuit-switched voice channel.
Putting all that power in the users’ hands could mean phenomenal uptake on the new technology – is this what we’ve all been waiting for? But that in itself poses a problem: will the infrastructure support the new demand? More generally are we, the industry and users, ready for LTE?
Articles
Facebook is killing the mobile operators’ SMS traffic and revenue
The golden days where SMS traffic and revenue simply continued to grow are almost over, as customers are now moving part of their mobile communication traffic over to Facebook
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Spain: Smartphones and tablets heat up telecommunication and IT industries
The latest GfK retail data from Spain highlights the extent to which smartphone and tablet devices outsell other Telecommunication and IT products more