Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) Internet Access

Now that LTE deployment is increasing, significant differences are emerging in the marketing approaches being followed by mobile network operators. At one extreme, Vodafone Germany is targeting LTE at competing with fixed broadband services. LTE provides mobile network operators with the ability to support significantly higher usage than possible with HSPA networks, by reducing the… Read more

The ability of HSPA, HSPA+ and LTE to deliver high spectrum efficiency is dependent upon them being able to reach the instantaneous peak data rates from each technology. To achieve high overall average throughputs from a base station, the base station must be able to achieve the maximum data rate possible in excellent radio conditions.… Read more

It seems that mobile equipment vendors are facing an uncertain future, according to two reports, Network Evolution from 2007 to 2012: HSPA+, LTE, WiMAX and femtocells and 3G Infrastructure Sharing: the future for mobile networks, written by Unwired Insight. “Mobile equipment vendors may be depending on 3G enhancements such as Long Term Evolution (LTE) to… Read more

The move by Vodafone to purchase Tele2’s fixed network assets in Italy and Spain for EUR775 million demonstrates the increasing importance of fixed broadband services in the mobile operator service portfolio. Some mobile operators have considered offering a complete set of fixed and mobile services using wireless technologies (such as HSDPA and WiMAX), but operators… Read more

With many operators desperately searching for ways to increase non-voice revenue, the world’s top ten non-voice services have been identified in the report, The World’s Top Ten Non-voice Services for Mobile Operators, written by Unwired Insight. “With falling voice ARPUs, mobile operators now need to drive non-voice services”, says co-author Dr Alastair Brydon. “From a… Read more

Indoor base stations (often referred to as femtocells) could substantially improve indoor 3G coverage and avoid the need for further investment in macrocellular networks by mobile operators, according to a report written by Unwired Insight, Picocells and Femtocells: will indoor base stations transform the telecoms industry? “3G network in-building coverage is significantly worse than that… Read more

The provision of fixed broadband is becoming essential for mobile operators and they could quickly recoup the substantial investment necessary to offer their own unbundled DSL services if they achieved strong service uptake, says Unwired Insight. “DSL services can generate nine times the ARPU earned by many mobile operators today from mobile data services. However,… Read more

Bundling fixed broadband with existing mobile services offers an immediate source of revenue growth, and a number of additional benefits, for mobile operators faced with diminishing voice revenues and a failure to achieve significant growth in non-voice revenue, according to the report, Mobile Operator Strategies for Fixed Broadband, written by Unwired Insight. Key findings from… Read more

Early business cases from the WiMAX community show attractive financial returns in a variety of deployment environments, but modelling with more realistic assumptions shows that there may be very few situations in which WiMAX has a secure long-term business case, according to the report, The Business Case for WiMAX , written by Unwired Insight. According… Read more