Theme: Convergence and data – pushing the limits of the networkand
The growth of data transmission, driven by a host of bandwidth intensive applications and video content, as well as the tendency to funnel more through fewer, converged, networks are, together, largely fuelling the growth of both fixed and wireless broadband networks. Next generation mobile networks also generate many times the traffic – and generally need more base stations – than today’s 2G networks. Although the access networks can handle the traffic, the traffic backhauled to the core network calls for more, substantially upgraded, links to cope with the river of data generated by next generation networks.
Issue: EMEA 2008 Article no.: 12 Topic: The great flat-rate debate Author: Louis Hall…