Monthly Archives: January 2010

When will LTE reach the important milestones?

TeliaSonera kicked off LTE in 2.6 GHz just before Christmas 2009, and is now rolling out a network in the 25 major cities in Sweden. But when will get multimode dongles for both HSPA and LTE? When is it realistic … Continue reading

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Lower cost and spectrum in order to bridge the revenue gap

The mobile industry has stagnated, although traffic is growing tremendously, revenue growth has come down significantly, illustrated by the fact that European mobile revenues dropped 3.5% y-o-y during Q309. On the back of the break through for mobile data, both … Continue reading

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Are telecom vendors solving both network operation and head count problems for operators?

In addition to offering network solutions the major telecom vendors also offer managed services including O&M of the operator network. In many of the O&M deals operator staff is moved to the vendor company. Does anyone know about cases where … Continue reading

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Will price erosion on radio equipment close the revenue gap?

Recently a number of deals for “4G” networks  have been announced, e.g. Huawei and Telenor (Norway), Huawai and Tele2 &Telenor (Sweden) and Ericsson&NSN and Telia (Sweden), see e.g.  http://www.telenor.com/en/news-and-media/news/2009/telenor-to-replace-its-infrastructure-for-mobile-services-in-norway Although the network upgrades include multi-base stations for 2G, 3G/UMTS and 4G/LTE with capabilities … Continue reading

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Beware of Internet addiction.

I am sharing Wi-Fi with my landlord. He allowed me to connect to his AP. The Wi-Fi AP occasionally becomes off because his son puts the LAN cable directly to his computer when he plays online shooting game. This absence … Continue reading

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Bing will keep your personal data for 6 months

Microsoft admitted European privacy laws and has claimed that they will make some changes in Bing, an Internet searching engine, by discarding user data. Read more Google as an Internet integrator and a powerful search engine all in one, has … Continue reading

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“Virtuous Cycle”

Only if there is SPECTRUM available, the industry will continue to invest in networks to handle more capacity and develop new applications and capabilities for handsets, which benefits the consumers who always expect more and more from their mobiles devices. … Continue reading

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3G in China

Current statistics up till last November: There are three mobile operators in China nowadays after the major re-organization of Chinese telecom market in 2008. 3G networks started commercial operation in China in 2009. China Mobile–the largest one, has around 515 … Continue reading

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WSN moving to sub-1GHz?

We all know that low power sensor networks operating in the 2.4 GHz ISM band might be subject to severe interference due to transmissions of other devices (mainly WiFi terminals). To address this issue DASH7 is advertising a shift toward … Continue reading

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Mobile trends 2020

Following writing contains interesting comments about mobile technology trend in 2020 http://www.slideshare.net/rudydw/mobile-trends-2020?src=embed There are many predictions in it,  however some of them are really amazing like 1)   Implanted Bluetooth ear and Microphone 2)   Some (rich) people will pay to be disconneted 3)  … Continue reading

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