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4G, mobile broadband and emerging devices key at CTIA Wireless 2010
4G, mobile broadband and emerging devices were the key themes at CTIA Wireless 2010, held April 23-25 in Las Vegas, US.
Although LTE and Mobile WiMAX may not be true 4G, as defined by the ITU, they are close enough as far as most in the mobile industry are concerned. In any case the US is leading the charge and will be the dominant 4G market through 2014, when it will account for 31% of the world’s 4G subscribers, far ahead of the next-largest markets of Japan and China.
WiMAX volumes may finally be coming as major deployments get underway
The WiMAX industry continues to suffer from delays and a lack of scale, but can now point to signs that volumes may finally be on the way due a growing number of significant deployments by operators such as Packet One in Malaysia, Yota and Comstar in Russia, Cleawire and its MVNO Time Warner Cable in the US, and UQ Communications in Japan.
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Verizon Wireless netbook flags sky-high US mobile broadband prices
Verizon Wireless is the latest US mobile operator to move into mobile broadband netbooks, following AT&T Mobility, but its sky-high prices don’t match the penny-pinching ethos of the netbook segment. In fact the Verizon deal costs $583 more than a similar deal in the UK, and highlights that the US has some of the highest mobile broadband prices in the world.
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China brings cheer to gloomy mobile networks vendors
The long-awaited 3G capex boom in China is like a warm fire on a cold night for mobile networks vendors, many of which are struggling with everything from slack sales and falling margins to lingering integration problems.
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CTIA attendees try to look past economy to new networks, devices & applications – and the environment
The shift to next-generation networks and devices was one of the dominant themes at CTIA 2009 held April 1-3 in Las Vegas. Attendance at the show may have been down by around 15% from the 40,000 attendees last year, according to CTIA, but with the punch-drunk economy now a given, many operators and vendors chose to look forward and focus on the opportunities and challenges of rolling out new mobile networks, devices and applications.
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NSN integrates the way to LTE but will downturn delay rollouts?
A release and webinar today by Nokia Siemens Networks suggests LTE equipment schedules are largely on track, but the economic downturn will play a more decisive role in operator deployment plans.
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Super Bowl, Awful Cable – and a reason LTE will be about data not voice
I’m watching the fourth quarter of Super Bowl 43 and the excitement is building, with the Arizona Cardinals coming back through a great drive and touchdown – and then my cable box crashes. Screams, disbelief, anger, incomprehension – how could such a mature service crash at such a critical time?
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Tough times for WiMAX as Nortel exits - market coming full circle?
Nortel is exiting the WiMAX market, the latest in a string of bad news for the technology. The move comes after Nortel declared bankruptcy earlier this month, forcing it to make harsh decisions about emerging or marginal product lines.
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Verizon and AT&T Wireless unveil femtocells – and more coming
Verizon Wireless launched its Network Extender yesterday and a link appeared on the AT&T Wireless website for its new 3G Microcell. The operators weren’t the first out of the blocks given earlier launches by Sprint and Starhub, but the moves show that 2009 will be a year for femtocell launches despite the economic downturn.
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Mike Roberts
Mike is a principal analyst with a focus on mobile networks including mobile broadband, LTE, WiMAX and convergence.
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