Wireless Blog posts referring to T-Mobile.
Unwired Insight
Wireless Blog posts referring to T-Mobile.
In the quest for substantial increases to the capacity and throughput of mobile networks, unlicensed radio spectrum is expected to have an important role in 5G systems from 2020. However, work is already underway in 3GPP to allow 4G LTE-Advanced networks to take advantage of unlicensed spectrum much sooner. The Licensed Assisted Access (LAA) feature will… Read more
It doesn’t seem long ago that I remember looking across the Atlantic with pride as Europe forged ahead with the deployment of GSM systems, while the USA struggled to keep up with a disparate array of mobile network standards. Not anymore. Last week T-Mobile became the last of the four US national mobile operators to… Read more
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
In his mobile blog, Mark Heath discusses T-Mobile’s recent reductions in smartphone data allowances. As a further sign that 3G operators need to constrain mobile traffic growth, T-Mobile UK announced, in January 2011, a substantial reduction in mobile data allowances. The announcement caused an outcry from some smartphone customers. The move, which is clearly aimed… Read more
In his wireless blog, Mark Heath, of Unwired Insight calls on Ofcom and the UK government to do more. Industry regulators will not escape budget cuts as the UK government attempts to control spending. The government announced last week that it will merge the telecommunications regulator (Ofcom) with the postal regulator (Postcomm) and several Ofcom… Read more
In his mobile blog, Mark Heath, of Unwired Insight, discusses the latest developments with Orange and T-Mobile in the UK. Consolidation of mobile networks in the UK is long overdue and I’m relieved to see that the combination of Orange UK and T-Mobile UK, known as Everything Everywhere, is rapidly moving into implementation. In an… Read more
In his wireless blog, Alastair Brydon of Unwired Insight worries that mobile users will become increasingly dissatisfied with their mobile broadband services. The latest twist in the long-running saga of UK spectrum modernisation came this week, as the Competition Appeal Tribunal upheld a decision by Ofcom, that Telefónica O2 and Vodafone must wait to refarm… 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
The greater sophistication of smartphones compared with basic mobile phones (for example, in terms of display, processing power and storage) is better suited to usage-intensive data services (such as video), thereby generating higher 3G traffic volumes. As shown in the figure below, the number of smartphones has been increasing significantly year-on-year, and this growth is… 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
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