According to Cisco Systems’ 2010 Visual Networking Index Forecast, for this year alone, it is now estimated that global wireless traffic has increased an estimated 160 percent to about 91 petabytes per month. This surpasses even the most optimistic predictions that were made at the end of 2009, and now Cisco is saying that the trend for 2011 looks even more compelling. So when will this peak and reach a ceiling you may ask? Not anytime soon it seems.
But it’s certainly challenging for wireless carriers to keep up with all this growth in traffic. Each new generation of mobile networking technology is able to push far more data bits through the same amount of spectrum than its predecessors, and emerging offload techniques such as femtocells and Wi-Fi repeater antennas provide new options for distributing the traffic burden even more.
But there is just so much that even the best technology can do as wireless carriers, just like any ISPs or other service providers are limited by just how much data and voice signals you can squeeze on mobile radio frequencies.
Today's mobile service operators need access to more wireless spectrum not only to just keep up with customer demand, but also to help accelerate innovation. Governments would be hard-pressed to find an industry that’s more ready, willing and able to spend tens of billions of dollars immediately on upgrading mobile networks.
But it’s certainly challenging for wireless carriers to keep up with all this growth in traffic. Each new generation of mobile networking technology is able to push far more data bits through the same amount of spectrum than its predecessors, and emerging offload techniques such as femtocells and Wi-Fi repeater antennas provide new options for distributing the traffic burden even more.
But there is just so much that even the best technology can do as wireless carriers, just like any ISPs or other service providers are limited by just how much data and voice signals you can squeeze on mobile radio frequencies.
Today's mobile service operators need access to more wireless spectrum not only to just keep up with customer demand, but also to help accelerate innovation. Governments would be hard-pressed to find an industry that’s more ready, willing and able to spend tens of billions of dollars immediately on upgrading mobile networks.
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