The ongoing improvements in
infrastructure have driven the continuing uptake of mobility and broadband
around the world and in 2014 mobile broadband is the fastest growth area
overall for the global telecoms sector. But increased usage has caused data
traffic jams on the 3G networks because this infrastructure cannot cope with
the rapid increase in traffic over the last couple of years.
The release of 4G/LTE mobile
broadband will certainly ease the issue in the short term and anticipation of
this growing demand has resulted in LTE becoming the fastest developing mobile
technology to date.
The global mobile industry has been
busy developing amazing applications and services for smart phones and devices
over the past few years - but it is important to remember that if the
infrastructure cannot handle the capacity then this market will quickly stall.
The developed markets are already eating up new spectrum with a voracious
appetite and it is expected that the current new spectrum allocations for LTE
will start to run out in 3-5 years’ time - and at this stage there is no clear
technical solution ahead for the industry. Many see heterogeneous
infrastructure as the way forward– in other words, a conglomeration of
technology all tied together – and while this will work; the overall quality
and reliability of the network is bound to suffer.
The interest in the VoLTE market is
expected to accelerate as LTE networks become more mass market. Cellular
operators in the US have gone to great lengths to expand LTE availability
across the country. As a result, the US will become a key market for VoLTE
services in coming years, with operators and consumers alike benefiting from
the scale of LTE and LTE-A network footprints. In South Korea in 2013, KT
reported that it was also making significant progress in expanding the
coverage of its LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) network.
The increasingly important WiFi
market is slowly but surely seeing more sophisticated WiFi products emerge.
This level of sophistication is occurring in enterprise and carrier markets
and also finding its way into the hotspot market - where it will become the
critical hub for the rapidly increasing home network market. It must be
recognised that WiFi plays a key role in the telecoms environment of the
future. The use of WiFi hotspots continues to rise due to increasing
popularity from smart phone and mobile device users.
Mobile data traffic is experiencing
tremendous growth - with over an 80% increase in global mobile data traffic in
2013 compared to 2012. Led mainly by an increase in mobile video traffic; it
is really no surprise that the industry is now beginning to float the idea of
5G infrastructure in order to cope with the increasing demand. While it is not
yet clear what form 5G technology will take, there are plenty of industry
players expressing an interest in developing this concept further, including
companies like Samsung and Ntt DoCoMo.
BuddeComm’s new report, Global
Mobile Broadband – Insights and Statistics for a Game Changing Industry,
provides important insights into the worldwide mobile broadband industry and
includes trends, analyses, statistics and case studies. It provides insights
into the fast growing LTE network deployment and the subsequent emerging VoLTE
sector. It explores the popular OTT mobile VoIP industry and the growing
importance of WiFi to the telecoms sector. Supported by insights and
statistics on mobile broadband apps this report also provides valuable
information at a regional level including North America, Europe, Middle East,
Latin America, Africa and Asia Pacific, written by BuddeComm’s Senior
Analysts. Please note: Mobile communications is covered in detail in a
separate annual publication.
Examples of key insights:
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