Mobile New Entrants

Despite the current economic environment, there may be significant opportunities for new entrants with LTE. New entrants have played an important role in stimulating the market for mobile broadband services, and could be equally important in developing the market for LTE services. New entrants have already played a vital part in driving the market for… Read more

In order to provide high quality of service to their customers, 3G operators must have sufficient network capacity per user, or 3G device, to support our forecast traffic volumes per 3G device. Following the launch of 3G services by a 3G operator, the total available 3G network capacity has only to be shared among a… Read more

Mobile data pricing for traffic-intensive services is becoming more affordable for consumers, with a proliferation of flat-rate tariffs for smartphones and flat-rate mobile broadband bundles, with generous monthly usage allocations (for example, 5GB or more). Flat-rate pricing for smartphones is becoming increasingly prevalent, to give mobile users the freedom to access a broadening range of… Read more

While 3G operators have been reporting annual increases of 300 to 700% in 3G data traffic volumes, they have not needed to be unduly concerned because volumes have increased from very low levels. However, a new report published today by Unwired Insight, entitled ‘Will 3G Networks Cope?’, shows that 3G traffic volumes will continue to… Read more

While total network capacity is an important metric for 3G operators, they should be more interested in the network capacity per 3G device, which indicates the total average monthly traffic per 3G device that their networks can realistically support. 3G operators with relatively small customer bases (for example, new-entrant 3G operators) will generally be able… Read more