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Small cells challenge the macronetwork model at the MWC
The fragile economic climate and continued downward pressure on operator spending probably helped ensure that this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona was a more grounded and businesslike affair than has been the case in some previous years. It’s clear that the explosion in mobile data traffic, coupled with the squeeze on operators’ capex and opex, is prompting some radical thinking about the future shape and structure of the network. Increasing network capacity will be critical, but until operators start to see data traffic turning into revenues, they need to focus on optimizing network performance and lowering costs.
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Operators urged to prepare for LTE whatever their deployment plans
Preparations for LTE could help operators get the most out of their current networks while putting them in a good position to profit from next-generation technology, even if large-scale LTE rollout isn’t on their radar just yet.
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LTE aims for cost-reduction while WiMAX goes back to its roots at MWC 2009
Attendance may have been significantly down on 2008, but there was still enough industry news and technology buzz at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona to dispel the economic gloom, at least for a couple of days.
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It’s time operators got a handle on mobile data traffic
A leading vendor says that as much as 90% of mobile broadband capacity on HSPA networks is being swallowed up by just 5% of high-volume users, who are on flat rate data plans tied to data cards and USB dongles.
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Julian Bright
Julian is editor of 3G Wireless Broadband and writes about a range of technology topics including broadband wireless access, fixed-mobile convergence, broadcast technologies, next generation networks and IMS.
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