Mobile Data Offloading

In his wireless blog, Alastair Brydon compares Vodafone’s Sure Signal UK femtocell offering with T-Mobile’s US smartphone WiFi applications, with some surprising findings. Offloading to femtocells or WiFi allows a mobile operator to bypass its expensive radio network infrastructure and should allow a mobile customer to freely use intensive applications, such as video streaming. However,… Read more

Mark Heath looks forward to 2011 and the continued progress of LTE and femtocells. He comments on the launch of 4G services by NTT DoCoMo and AT&T, and discusses SK Telecom’s deployment of femtocells, specifically to solve congestion issues. As 2011 starts, I would like to wish all our readers a great New Year! This… Read more

Mark Heath, of telecom consultancy Unwired Insight, discusses the latest femtocell news. It’s a hopeful time for femtocell vendors, following a lengthy period between femtocells being declared as the ‘next big thing’ and the point at which a significant number are being deployed. Vendors have been buoyed by the latest quarterly market status report by… Read more

Mark Heath of Unwired Insight discusses how 3G offloading will be needed to protect 3G capacity as 3G traffic levels continue to rise. With widespread deployment of LTE networks many years away, and with wireless traffic volumes continuing to increase, 3G offloading is becoming a necessity for mobile operators, to protect 3G capacity. Dedicated broadcasting… Read more

Not all services and content consumed via 3G devices have to be delivered by 3G macrocell networks. There are a number of complementary delivery methods for the delivery of some, or all, services and content, particularly for users with access to a fixed broadband service. Dedicated mobile broadcasting technologies, such as DVB-H, DMB and MediaFLO,… Read more

3G operators may choose to use dedicated broadcasting networks, or 3G broadcasting solutions, to deliver mobile TV and radio services. Some 3G operators could build their own networks, while others could share. In Europe, some 3G operators are interested in DVB-H, particularly now that mainstream mobile handset vendors such as Nokia are planning to offer a… Read more

Sideloading content to 3G devices with onboard storage could provide highly attractive services for consumers. While sideloading is only suited to the delivery of non-time-critical multimedia content, this content could meet an important part of the service requirements of many mobile users. If a mobile phone has a significant amount of storage, a wide variety… Read more

With the imminent launch of its 3G iPhone, Apple has a window of opportunity to have a significant impact on the mobile TV market, according to a report written by Unwired Insight. There is of course considerable speculation about what next to expect from Apple’s iPhone ahead of CEO Steve Jobs’ keynote at the annual… Read more