Telecom Insights

Worldwide Telecoms - Key Industry Statistics and Insights

2013-05-07T11:47:00.000+03:00

Despite economic and financial upheavals, the telecoms industry is moving ahead at a fast pace. As a matter of fact our industry is one of the least affected by this turmoil; however the telecoms industry does continue to be involved in a massive transformation.

Since the arrival of the internet, the focus of the industry has moved from providing defined end-products to becoming a facilitator in the development of a range of new products, companies, and indeed new industries.

In recent years we have seen the emergence of digital media and observed the enormous changes to both the industry and society as a result of mobile and mobile broadband.

The next phase of development revolves around the digital economy. Trans-sector services such as e-health, tele-education, e-government, smart grids and the Internet of Things (IoT), incorporating M2M.

In particular, the IoT is the next inflection point after connecting homes (fixed lines) and people (mobile). It will increase telecoms connections to billions of devices. The telcos have an opportunity to show leadership in the developments - but this could equally become another internet-like development, driven by users and the internet industry.

There are many opportunities for the telcos if they are prepared to embrace change. Embracing the OTT model is one option as it opens the way for telcos to start offering certain services internationally. An OTT business model allows the world to become their marketplace.

Perhaps the best option for the telcos is to concentrate on the enormous demand for bandwidth. This needs to be managed, moved around the networks and made available at the edges - using converging wireless and fixed high-speed broadband infrastructure. IoT requires massive data processing through data centres and server farms, linked to an enormous requirement for real-time analytics.

It has become acknowledged that the amount of spectrum needed to satisfy people’s demand from mobile phones, tablets and soon a range of other smart devices is going to be limitless. Mobile carriers are scrambling for spectrum, but it is already known that the spectrum that will become available from the digital dividend (i.e. reuse of broadcast spectrum) will not be enough.

The telco market will remain in transition for at least the next 10 years and during this period new businesses and new industries will develop that will be similar to those we have seen emerging around the internet and mobile broadband.

BuddeComm’s annual publication "Global Telecoms – Key Industry Statistics and Insights" provides a valuable overview of trends and developments for the global telecoms sector with a focus on Internet, mobile and mobile broadband. The report analyses these key market segments and the future of the telecoms sector as a whole. It provides key global statistics and insights.

It explores the growing concern that many of the social, economic and financial structures have outlived their usefulness and there is no longer a linear way forward. As a result we will have to come up with new solutions and in many ways ICT will be the game-changer. The report can be bought at Worldwide Telecoms - Key Industry Statistics and Insights

Subjects include:

The future of the telecoms industry;
Opportunities for the telcos;
Fundamental changes in the mobile sector;
Key global telecoms statistics;
Ranking of global telecom and broadband leaders;
Key global mobile statistics;
Key global mobile handset and touchscreen tablet statistics;
Global mobile broadband and mobile app statistics and insights;
Global Internet statistics and usage;
Global VoIP statistics and insights

South Korea - Telecoms, Mobile, Broadband and Forecasts - Strong LTE and FttX growth continues as data use surges across fixed and mobile networks

2013-05-06T11:05:00.000+03:00

South Korea has one of the world’s most active telecommunications and Information Technology markets backed by strong support from the government. Spending on ICT and high-technology equipment helped lead a transformation of the economy to one that is more progressively knowledge based. Having invested significantly in ‘basic’ telecommunications infrastructure over past decades, the country has well developed submarine cable and satellite infrastructure as well as solid internet resources to support the growing demand for national and international communications. The government aims to transform the country into a knowledge-based information society in a ‘smart-age’.

The South Korean Government committed to transitioning the country to digital terrestrial, digital cable and digital satellite TV broadcasting by 2012. The pressure created by convergence had South Korea rewrite its regulatory arrangements for the broadcasting and communications sector. The operators continue to invest heavily in fibre based broadband deployments and IPTV subscriptions have passed the 6 million mark as more content is available and the operators are able to compete more effectively with their own live broadcasts.

South Korea continues to be a booming mobile market as it innovatively explores the options for value-added services. The market passed the 110% penetration rate mark into 2013 with many individuals carrying at least one mobile phone. Having launched 3G networks in 2003, these accounted for over 75% of all subscriptions. New investments are intended to drive revenue and gain market share and the year has seen strong growth in LTE after launching in 2011 and a rapid increase in smartphone adoption.

South Korea has the world’s highest number of broadband services per capita. Into 2013 over 37% of the population and 90% of households were broadband subscribers. FttX accounted for over 60% of total subscriptions. Since 2006, Korea’s policy emphasis has been on completing a BcN with wireline speeds of 50-100Mb/s per household and 1-2Mb/s on wireless connections. The plan moving forward is for a UBcN (Ultra Broadband convergence Network) with 1Gb/s speeds on fixed lines or 10Mb/s on wireless by 2012/13. In addition to upgrades to the backbone network a plan was established to link the public sector to a sensor network in 2012.

The drive towards a ‘new economy’ has seen significant investments in Smart Infrastructure including Cloud Computing, Smart Grids and Smart Cities. The emergence of a National Strategy for Green IT has seen government promotion of new industry creation into 2018 such as 4G broadcasts and 3D and Smart television.

A detailed report that covers trends and developments in telecommunications, mobile, internet, broadband, digital TV and IPTV in south korea can be purchased at: "South Korea - Telecoms, Mobile, Broadband and Forecasts" Subjects include:

ü Market and industry analyses, trends and developments;

ü Facts, figures and statistics;

ü Industry and regulatory issues;

ü Infrastructure;

ü Major players, revenues, subscribers, ARPU;

ü Internet, VoIP, IPTV;

ü Mobile voice and data markets;

ü Broadband (FttH, DSL, cable TV, WiBro);

ü Convergence and digital media;

ü Smart Grids and Smart cities;

ü Forecasts to 2017 in fixed-line, mobile, internet and broadband subscribers.

Greening Cellular Networks via Multicell Cooperation

2013-04-29T14:27:00.000+03:00

Greening is not merely a trendy concept, but is becoming a necessity to bolster social, environmental, and economic sustainability. Naturally, green communications has received much attention recently. As cellular network infrastructures and mobile devices proliferate, an increasing number of users rely on cellular networks in their daily lives. As a result, the energy consumption of cellular networks keeps

increasing.

Therefore, greening cellular networks is attracting tremendous research efforts in both academia and industry. Meanwhile, it has been shown that, with the aid of multicell cooperation, the performance of a cellular network in terms of throughput and coverage can be enhanced significantly. However, the potential of multicell cooperation on improving the energy efficiency of cellular networks remains to be unlocked. This article overviews the multicell cooperation solutions for improving the energy efficiency of cellular networks.

Ieee whitepaper - greening cellular from Alex wanda

Neighborhood Small Cells & UltraSON Open For LTE

2013-04-25T15:39:00.005+03:00

A Qualcomm Research on small cells and UltraSONs. READ ON..................

Neighborhood Small Cells & UltraSON Open For LTE

Understanding Mobile Terminated Call Failures

2013-04-22T10:50:00.003+03:00

Have you ever missed a call on your mobile device even though you were in an area with sufficient network coverage? Failed mobile terminated calls (MTC) often lead to customer complaints because a subscriber’s device appears to have sufficient signal strength, yet they have problems receiving incoming calls.

This presentation explains how a MTC is typically established and outlines a process for collecting and analyzing data to better understand why these calls can sometimes fail. Results from collecting data on a commercial network implementation are presented and explained in detail.

Wireless network operators can use the methods described in this paper to guide them through the process of collecting and analyzing data around MTC failures, ultimately helping them to improve quality of service for their subscribers.

Telecom Insights

Worldwide Telecoms - Key Industry Statistics and Insights

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Understanding Mobile Terminated Call Failures

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