Ben
12th October 2007, 11:29 AM
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/12/mobile_broadband_research/
Mobile broadband is expected to become the dominant broadband platform worldwide in 2011, according to a new report.
The research, which was carried out by Informa Telecoms & Media, indicates there will be more than one billion broadband subscribers worldwide in 2011, with the majority using mobile rather than fixed systems.
Increased adoption will also lead to bigger revenues, with Informa estimating that more than $400bn in service revenues will be generated by mobile broadband in 2012.
HSDPA (High-Speed Downlink Packet Access) is expected to be the leading mobile broadband technology by then in terms of number of subscribers, followed by EV-DO and mobile WiMAX.
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I'm going to say that, IMHO, this is highly speculative and wishful thinking. However, for those of us who have used 'immature' HSDPA mobile broadband I think it's clear that there is massive potential. Technically the connections are currently unfriendly, but secure. The mobile networks will have to consider allocating publicly accessible IP addresses to their mobile broadband customers if they want to provide 'The Internet', as-is. Transfer rates and latency are both acceptable.
If only Intel had integrated HSDPA. Will they really go against the market and insist on only WiMAX? Hopefully laptop vendors themselves will make integration the rule rather than the exception, and HSDPA modem vendors will come up with even more ingenious designs than we have already.
Mobile broadband is expected to become the dominant broadband platform worldwide in 2011, according to a new report.
The research, which was carried out by Informa Telecoms & Media, indicates there will be more than one billion broadband subscribers worldwide in 2011, with the majority using mobile rather than fixed systems.
Increased adoption will also lead to bigger revenues, with Informa estimating that more than $400bn in service revenues will be generated by mobile broadband in 2012.
HSDPA (High-Speed Downlink Packet Access) is expected to be the leading mobile broadband technology by then in terms of number of subscribers, followed by EV-DO and mobile WiMAX.
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I'm going to say that, IMHO, this is highly speculative and wishful thinking. However, for those of us who have used 'immature' HSDPA mobile broadband I think it's clear that there is massive potential. Technically the connections are currently unfriendly, but secure. The mobile networks will have to consider allocating publicly accessible IP addresses to their mobile broadband customers if they want to provide 'The Internet', as-is. Transfer rates and latency are both acceptable.
If only Intel had integrated HSDPA. Will they really go against the market and insist on only WiMAX? Hopefully laptop vendors themselves will make integration the rule rather than the exception, and HSDPA modem vendors will come up with even more ingenious designs than we have already.