Research and Markets: It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad 4G World
DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/0924cd/its_a_mad_mad_mad) has announced the addition of the “It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad [4G] World” report to their offering.
In the last few weeks the operator with the largest installed base of HSPA subscribers in the world announced that it was moving directly to LTE while relegating HSPA+ to the backburners – a complete reversal of its earlier stated strategy. Telefonica also stated that it would probably not be deploying HSPA+ in many of its markets, seemingly providing further evidence that HSPA+ will be relegated to isolated markets. Meanwhile, if rumors about various operator mergers pan out it could have important implications for the infrastructure community, not to mention the future of certain wireless technologies.
In this week’s issue of Signals Ahead the publisher shed some light on why AT&T made its decision and why the strategies of AT&T and Telefonica should not be misinterpreted as the inevitable downfall of HSPA+. By looking strictly at the spectrum holdings of the operators, they can determine which potential mergers or partnerships make sense and which operators need spectrum to fulfill their network evolution strategy.
Specifically, the report discusses the following topics:
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