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Latest strategic report from Informa Telecoms & Media called “Future Mobile Broadband: Revenue Opportunities for HSPA to LTE, EV-DO to UMB & WiMAX” suggests that mobile broadband is set to explode. According to Informa’s researchers, mobile broadband will represent close to half of total mobile service revenues in 2012. Or to put in other words, sooner or later carriers WILL become dumb pipes…
Highlights:
- Revenues from mobile broadband services will generate more than $400 billion globally by 2012.
- In 2011, there will be more mobile than fixed broadband subscribers.
- Although EV-DO is the top mobile broadband system at the moment, HSPA will overtake it in 2009.
- LTE will be the leading next-generation system but will trail WiMAX in 2012.
- TD-SCDMA will also become a significant force in the mobile broadband market with close to 50 million subscribers in China by 2012.
More information is available on Informa’s website.
About The Author
Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
