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| This report identifies and analyzes key issues affecting M2M adoption of LTE through 2015. It explores the major drivers of and barriers to adoption, such as bandwidth requirements, as well as industry strategies for reducing hardware premiums at a faster rate than volumes alone would enable. | |||||||||||||||
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| Wi-Fi technology is a very attractive offload option for MNOs building high-capacity wireless networks. This report defines seamless Wi-Fi offload, exploring its drivers and threats. It compares Wi-Fi to 4G/LTE and discusses how standards groups currently support Wi-Fi offload. Finally, the report profiles 11 leading vendors in this burgeoning market. | |||||||||||||||
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| This report identifies and analyzes key issues affecting the market for cognitive radio. It explores a variety of potential applications, including cellular offload, small cell backhaul, fixed broadband and self-organizing/self-optimizing LTE networks. | |||||||||||||||
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| TV White Space Spectrum for LTE: It's Free, but Not Cheap | |||||||||||||||
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| Vol. 3, No. 4, July 2012 | |||||||||||||||
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| This report identifies and analyzes key issues affecting the TV white spaces (TVWS) market. It includes preliminary results from Huawei's lab tests of LTE in TVWS spectrum, and highlights from the Cambridge, U.K., field tests, as part of the discussion about performance. | |||||||||||||||
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| The New 4G/LTE Radio: Small Cells & New Architectures | |||||||||||||||
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| This report examines the small cell market, focusing on how small cells and new network architectures will affect 4G/LTE offerings. It analyzes the mobile landscape, explores drivers and threats in the market, and evaluates new solutions available. Finally, the report profiles 11 leading vendors in the 4G/LTE small cell market. | |||||||||||||||
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| This report identifies and analyzes key issues affecting the LTE-Advanced market, including a look at how LTE-A fits in with other technologies and trends, such as small cells, Wi-Fi offloading and cloud RAN. The report draws on input from operators, infrastructure vendors, silicon suppliers, trade associations and other ecosystem members. | |||||||||||||||
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| This report examines the MAM market and analyzes its most lucrative features, most powerful drivers and most difficult challenges. The report compares available solutions from 11 leading vendors and examines the geographic landscape of the market, as well as trends that are likely to occur over the next 18-24 months. | |||||||||||||||
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| The Mobile Video Crunch: IMB & eMBMS to the Rescue? | |||||||||||||||
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| This report analyzes key issues that will affect the global market for eMBMS and IMB through the end of 2012. It also examines the various ways that carriers and their business partners could use eMBMS and IMB to mitigate the video problem and turn it into a market-differentiation and revenue opportunity. | |||||||||||||||
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| This report identifies and analyzes the key issues driving the market for self-organizing network (SON) technology. It discusses SON market drivers, architecture debates, challenges and the business case for SON deployment, among other issues. The report also profiles 10 leading developers and providers of SON technology. | |||||||||||||||
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| This report analyzes key issues driving the market for policy control and other RAN congestion solutions. It analyzes the impact of RAN congestion on revenue and service quality and details the options available to mobile operators. It is based on input from mobile operators and vendors that address RAN congestion. | |||||||||||||||
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| LTE networks must be tested to ensure the highest level of QoE and QoS, or customers will not trust their data-heavy services and applications to operators. This report discusses the need for LTE testing, including the benefits of testing and challenges the market faces. It also profiles 11 leading vendors. | |||||||||||||||
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| This report identifies and analyzes key issues that will affect the global LTE device market through the end of 2012. It discusses carrier and vendor strategies for LTE devices, including options for reducing their cost and complexity to the point that they can be successful in price-sensitive applications and markets. | |||||||||||||||
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| Vol. 1, No. 5, November 2010 | |||||||||||||||
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| This report analyzes the technology and market factors that will influence LTE TDD deployments. It identifies the key drivers for LTE TDD, including the use of the technology as an evolutionary growth path for mobile WiMax. It addresses market and revenue opportunities, and profiles nine leading suppliers of LTE TDD products. | |||||||||||||||
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| This report examines the options LTE operators will have for delivering voice services and explores the dynamics that will shape LTE operators' moves toward delivering voice services. It also surveys key vendors' LTE product offerings, customer wins, and evaluations of how IMS and LTE will roll out in the future. | |||||||||||||||
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| This report identifies and analyzes key issues that affect the market for 4G antennas and related products. It discusses the advantages and disadvantages of various antennas technologies and designs, such as DAS, broadband antennas, and RRH. Finally, the report profiles 11 leading companies in this market. | |||||||||||||||
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| Mobile Payments: Opportunity in the Run-Up to 4G | |||||||||||||||
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| This report evaluates mobile payment systems, including their adoption rate, supported applications, and major components. It analyzes companies that offer technologies and/or platforms targeting customers wanting to implement "mobile payment" systems. The report also evaluates current offerings and discusses the challenges companies face as mobile networks progress toward 4G implementation. | |||||||||||||||
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| Components Makers Scramble to Develop LTE Strategies | |||||||||||||||
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| This report analyzes LTE chips and technologies, identifying the key advantages they hold for equipment manufacturers on the network and end-terminal side. It surveys component availability and reviews features, performance, and flexibility. The report covers solutions from 11 vendors that have announced they will pursue LTE, profiling their go-to-market strategies. | |||||||||||||||
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| Mobile Backhaul in China: Sizing the Market Opportunity | |||||||||||||||
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| Vol. 8, No. 11 November 2009 | |||||||||||||||
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| This report outlines and forecasts the backhaul market in mainland China, and explores and analyzes the current backhaul arrangements and future plans of China's three major operators: China Mobile, China Unicom, and China Telecom. It also presents a comprehensive analysis of 10 backhaul technology suppliers in mainland China. | |||||||||||||||
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| Voice Over LTE: Many Questions, No Easy Answers | |||||||||||||||
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| Vol. 8, No. 10 October 2009 | |||||||||||||||
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| This report analyzes scenarios envisioned by the mobile industry for providing voice over LTE. It examines the options vendors propose and the choices facing mobile operators that view voice as essential to the successful launch of next-generation networks. The report also profiles 11 companies, exploring their voice over LTE strategies. | |||||||||||||||
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| Vol. 8, No. 9 September 2009 | |||||||||||||||
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| This report identifies and analyzes issues that will affect femtocell deployment in consumer and enterprise markets through early 2011. It examines how femtocells will affect the competitive landscape among wireless carriers, telcos, and MSOs. The report profiles 14 femtocell vendors, offering insight into which are likely to be key players. | |||||||||||||||
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| Vol. 8, No. 8, August 2009 | |||||||||||||||
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| This report analyzes the mobile VoIP market, examining technology issues and solutions and exploring the commercial and technical challenges and opportunities facing startups and incumbent mobile operators and handset makers. It also profiles 12 providers of mobile VoIP applications and services, exploring their strategies for tapping into this burgeoning market. | |||||||||||||||
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| Vol. 8, No. 7, July 2009 | |||||||||||||||
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| This report examines developments in microwave, millimeter wave, and satellite technologies for mobile backhaul. It discusses market opportunities and shows how vendors are responding to specific customer needs, especially concerning increasing demand for cost-effective bandwidth and flexible deployment. The report also profiles ten market-leading vendors and compares their offerings. | |||||||||||||||
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| Vol. 8, No. 5, May 2009 | |||||||||||||||
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| This report analyzes the infrastructure sharing market, focusing on the various types of sharing, as well as managed services and network outsourcing. It examines the opportunities and challenges for operators and vendors, along with primary technical and regulatory issues. The report also explores 11 companies' strategies for sharing and outsourcing. | |||||||||||||||
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| Mobile Collaboration: The Final Piece of the UC Puzzle | |||||||||||||||
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| Vol. 8, No. 4, April 2009 | |||||||||||||||
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| This report examines applications in the mobile collaboration market, including a comparative analysis of solutions and the most promising applications. It also examines target market sizes, vertical market strengths, and how vendors recommend achieving operational savings. The report also provides a competitive analysis of 11 of the industry's top vendors. | |||||||||||||||
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| Dial M for Commerce: Mobile Payment Market Gains Traction | |||||||||||||||
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| Vol. 8, No. 3, March 2009 | |||||||||||||||
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| This report examines m-commerce, including how m-commerce works and how various solutions are developing. It also looks at vertical markets and areas of interest for m-commerce, and examines what to expect for the next 12 to 18 months. The report also provides a comparative analysis of nine leading m-commerce vendors. | |||||||||||||||
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| Vol. 8, No. 2, February 2009 | |||||||||||||||
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| This report identifies and analyzes key issues that will affect the mobile OS market through 2010. It also profiles the major smartphone OSs in terms of their features, openness, handset vendor and wireless carrier adoption, developer community, and other factors that affect their competitive strengths and weaknesses. | |||||||||||||||
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| Vol. 8, No. 1, January 2009 | |||||||||||||||
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| This report explores new and evolving technologies boost power efficiency in key base-station components. It analyzes the key technical issues affecting these systems and evaluates the main market drivers and commercial implications. The report profiles 10 leading suppliers of base-station components and systems, analyzing their efforts to improve energy efficiency. | |||||||||||||||
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| Vol. 7, No. 9, December 2008 | |||||||||||||||
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| This report examines the mobile malware security market, including information on the most imminent mobile malware threats, solutions to counter mobile malware, and how enterprises should budget for mobile malware security. The report also provides a comparative analysis of 11 of the top vendors in the mobile malware security industry. | |||||||||||||||
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| Vol. 7, No. 8, December 2008 | |||||||||||||||
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| This report examines the key technology choices and strategies vendors are pursuing to provide more power-efficient products and services for carriers, analyzing the impact of sustainable fuel sources, backup technologies and power options, and tower configuration design. The report also profiles 13 leading suppliers of telecom tower site systems. | |||||||||||||||
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| Vol. 7, No. 7, October 2008 | |||||||||||||||
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| This report provides definitions of evolving multi-standard radio systems, as well as multi-band and combined multi-standard/multi-band solutions. It analyzes the key technical issues affecting multi-standard radio systems and evaluates the main market drivers and commercial implications. This report also profiles 11 leading suppliers of multi-standard radio systems. | |||||||||||||||
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| Vol. 7, No. 6, September 2008 | |||||||||||||||
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| This report identifies and analyzes the key issues that will affect the deployment of WiMax through 2010 and how WiMax will affect the competitive landscape worldwide. The report profiles 14 leading WiMax equipment vendors, offering insight into which companies are best positioned to emerge as key players in this market. | |||||||||||||||
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| This report analyzes the evolving 4G market, focusing on the key technical and commercial issues affecting embedded modules based on mobile WiMax and LTE. The report includes profiles of nine leading suppliers of mobile technologies and explores their strategies for 4G services and embedded devices. | |||||||||||||||
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| This report examines the key issues that will affect the market for Ethernet microwave through 2012, exploring how Ethernet microwave will affect the competitive landscape for cellular backhaul and assessing its impact on providers of fiber and copper broadband services. More than a dozen Ethernet microwave equipment vendors are profiled. | |||||||||||||||
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| This report evaluates opportunities for mobile phone operators, base station vendors, and manufacturers of alternative energy systems in both developing and developed markets. It details the advantages and disadvantages of various alternative energy sources and profiles ten leading vendors and explores their strategies for adopting alternative energy solutions. | |||||||||||||||
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| This report looks at how femtocells will affect the competitive landscape of the North American telecom market, not just among wireless carriers, but also among telcos and MSOs. The report also profiles 16 leading femtocell equipment vendors, offering insight into which companies are best positioned to emerge as key players. | |||||||||||||||
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| Vol. 7, No. 1, February 2008 | |||||||||||||||
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| This report examines the media format war and its impact on the emerging mobile Internet video market. It explores the role of the mobile-specific 3GP format and the challenges it faces, details key technological and economic factors driving carrier interest in mobile Internet video, and analyzes the sector's key suppliers. | |||||||||||||||
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| Vol. 6, No. 12, December 2007 | |||||||||||||||
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| With the move to packet now widely seen as inevitable for the mobile data industry, Ethernet and IP RAN capability has emerged as critical to operators' mobile base-station purchasing decisions. This report examines equipment-supplier roadmaps for adding Ethernet and IP RAN capability to 2G and 3G base stations. | |||||||||||||||
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| Vol. 6, No. 11, December 2007 | |||||||||||||||
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| This report examines how operators can use emerging mobile Internet gateway platforms that integrate technologies such as deep packet inspection, TCP optimization, compression, and network-based content-adaptation technologies to enhance the performance of third-party and in-house mobile Internet applications. | |||||||||||||||
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| This report examines the roadmap for LTE deployment and investigates how that lays the groundwork for the introduction of 4G technologies, based on IMT-Advanced criteria, a decade from now. It includes an analysis of the interim role of Evolved HSPA, and also profiles the leading vendors in the LTE arena. | |||||||||||||||
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| This report examines the technology choices available to potential bidders in the FCC's upcoming auction of 700MHz spectrum, analyzes possible network deployment strategies for new entrants and incumbent bidders, and explores how 700MHz network deployments could influence the commercial strategies of key players in the U.S. wireless market. | |||||||||||||||
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| This report investigates how flexible OSS and billing systems can help carriers boost profitability and develop service packages targeted at specific customer segments with short lead times. It also analyzes vendor strategies for developing converged pre- and post-paid billing systems able to work across fixed and mobile access networks. | |||||||||||||||
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| This report examines the drivers for enterprise-centric fixed/mobile convergence (FMC), examining competing technical approaches to achieving service convergence on mobile devices. It also analyzes the product strategies of leading equipment and software vendors working to extend the functionality of enterprise communications applications into the mobile network. | |||||||||||||||
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| This report examines the case for adoption of a flat, IP-oriented architecture and outlines five key technology paths to the flat, all-IP mobile network. It also analyzes the strategies and product roadmaps of leading vendors looking to win market share by supporting operators in the move to next-generation mobile broadband. | |||||||||||||||
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| Vol. 6, No. 5, May 2007 | |||||||||||||||
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| Radio access network sharing is a powerful tool for reducing the cost of providing mobile broadband services by reducing duplication of network assets. This report explores the economic drivers behind this model, profiles several initiatives involving leading global operators, and analyzes the potential impact on equipment providers and network outsourcers. | |||||||||||||||
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| Vol. 6, No. 4, April 2007 | |||||||||||||||
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| Packet radio systems that combine Ethernet and adaptive modulation features are set to further boost network operator demand for microwave systems. This report examines the point-to-point licensed microwave market and provides analysis of emerging product requirements and the strategies vendors are deploying to meet future demand from network operators. | |||||||||||||||
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| Mobile Location Services: Keys to Mass-Market Success | |||||||||||||||
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| Vol. 6, No. 3, March 2007 | |||||||||||||||
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| Location is back on the consumer agenda, and operators are eyeing a wave of location-aware wireless applications. This report examines the commercial drivers for location services, analyzes critical network positioning technologies, provides a detailed taxonomy of the location-based services ecosystem, and profiles the strategies and applications of leading wireless operators. | |||||||||||||||
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| Mobile Backhaul & Cell Site Aggregation: State of the Art | |||||||||||||||
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| Vol. 6, No. 2, February 2007 | |||||||||||||||
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| With cell site capacity requirements set to double over the next few years to support the rollout of high-speed data services, this report examines the impact this will have on operating expenses and evaluates how operators can reduce the cost per bit of transmission using converged, packet-based access networks. | |||||||||||||||
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| 3G Home Base Stations: Femto Cells & FMC for the Masses | |||||||||||||||
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| Vol. 6, No. 1, January 2007 | |||||||||||||||
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| Ultra-low-cost home base stations allowing wireless users to communicate across any IP access network using a standard mobile handset could revolutionize fixed/mobile convergence. This report identifies key market opportunities for emerging femto cell technology and analyzes the product strategies and roadmaps of more than a dozen leading equipment providers. | |||||||||||||||
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| Vol. 5, No. 12, December 2006 | |||||||||||||||
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| With a surge of high-speed cellular networks launches around the world, this report examines and evaluates 78 price plans from 24 operators in 17 different countries to identify winning strategies for marketing mobile broadband services. | |||||||||||||||
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| Vol. 5, No. 11, November 2006 | |||||||||||||||
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| Wireless VOIP, fixed/mobile convergence, and new MIMO radio technologies have emerged as key drivers in the evolution of wireless LAN infrastructure. This report examines the products and roadmaps of the leading wireless LAN equipment providers in this context, and analyzes their strategies for integration with key business applications. | |||||||||||||||
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| This report examines the market forces shaping the design and implementation of next-generation 3G & WiMax base stations, and analyzes individual vendor strategies for capitalizing on the emerging economic structures enabled by modular, standards-based equipment design. | |||||||||||||||
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| Vendor M&A Frenzy: What Happens Next | |||||||||||||||
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| Vol. 5, No. 9, September 2006 | |||||||||||||||
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| This report analyzes the impact of consolidation on the cellular network equipment market and assesses vendor positioning in key growth segments. It examines the trends driving M&A activity, as well as the market share, market positioning, and future prospects of ten leading infrastructure vendors. | |||||||||||||||
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| Vol. 5, No. 8, August 2006 | |||||||||||||||
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| This report seeks to identify which IMS services are most in demand by cellular network operators and examines equipment supplier and application developer strategies to catalyze the emerging IMS services market. It is based on one-on-one interviews with key players, supplemented by data from an online survey of service providers. | |||||||||||||||
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| Vol. 5, No. 7, July 2006 | |||||||||||||||
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| As mobile operators accelerate investment in next-generation access and metro transmission systems, this report examines the factors driving change in mobile backhaul networks and analyzes the evolution paths of key technologies that could deliver greater capacity to the cell site, at far lower cost per bit, than is possible today. | |||||||||||||||
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| Vol. 5, No. 6, June 2006 | |||||||||||||||
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| This report analyzes the drivers for enterprise fixed/mobile convergence (FMC) from the user, service provider, and corporate perspectives, and examines vendor strategies for projecting private branch exchange (PBX) telephony features, along with applications such as instant messaging and presence, into the wide-area cellular network. | |||||||||||||||
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| Vol. 5, No. 5, May 2006 | |||||||||||||||
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| This report analyzes the mechanisms used to integrate alternative IP-based access into the mobile packet core and tracks the evolution of today’s security-focused Unlicensed Mobile Access and wireless local-area network interworking gateway products into “service anchor nodes” capable of supporting security, mobility, and policy enforcement across network domains. | |||||||||||||||
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| In-building Cellular: Selling the Great Indoors | |||||||||||||||
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| Vol. 5, No. 4, April 2006 | |||||||||||||||
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| This report analyzes the impact of 3G, wireless LAN, and IP convergence on the in-building cellular market and investigates the business models that drive the indoor infrastructure investment case. The second part of the report profiles in-building equipment providers, including suppliers of distributed antenna systems, pico cells, and repeaters. | |||||||||||||||
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| Vol. 5, No. 3, March 2006 | |||||||||||||||
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| As the mobile sector matures, operators are facing slower subscriber growth, falling prices, increasing traffic, and flat or falling ARPU. In response, operators are turning to mobile softswitch architectures to improve the efficiency of their voice switching infrastructure and prepare the network for migration to IMS and, ultimately, the all-IP network. | |||||||||||||||
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| Vol. 5, No. 2, February 2006 | |||||||||||||||
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| A new breed of infrastructure mesh, aimed at metro, campus and enterprise applications is transforming the outlook for low-cost wireless broadband. This report examines the product strategies of the startup and major-name vendors at the forefront of infrastructure-grade, wireless mesh systems, with analysis of 27 different mesh node products. | |||||||||||||||
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| Vol. 5, No. 1, January 2006 | |||||||||||||||
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| The chipset technology crucial to the success of WiMax is developing rapidly, as advanced features such as smart antennas, mobility support, OFDMA, and greater component integration become ever more important. This report examines the 802.16 product strategies of the leading private and public WiMax chipmakers. | |||||||||||||||
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| Vol. 4, No. 12, December 2005 | |||||||||||||||
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| This report analyzes the forces driving UMA adoption, as well as UMA technology, standards, equipment provider initiatives, and operator deployment scenarios. It focuses on how UMA can exploit a narrow window of opportunity (around three years) before SIP-WiFi and IMS solutions are standardized, mature, and ready for the mass market. | |||||||||||||||
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| Fixed/Mobile Convergence, UMA, and IMS: An Unstrung Reality Check | |||||||||||||||
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| Vol. 4, No. 11, November 2005 | |||||||||||||||
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| The implementation of an IP Multimedia Subsystem control layer has huge potential to drive new revenue-generating services. This report examines the migration to a fully IMS-enabled mobile core, with analysis of interim approaches to fixed/mobile convergence and a unified services layer. | |||||||||||||||
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| Vol. 4, No. 10, October 2005 | |||||||||||||||
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| The high-speed packet access (HSPA) radio-interface enhancement to 3G systems is set to drive average bitrates towards 1 Mbit/s per user. This report analyzes pioneering service provider rollouts of HSPA on the downlink and assesses its impact on the $50+ billion annual mobile infrastructure market. | |||||||||||||||
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| Vol. 4, No. 9, September 2005 | |||||||||||||||
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| Mobile operators are among the biggest supporters of mobile TV, which they see as a way to open up the market for non-voice mobile services to the masses. This report covers the launch of TV over today’s 3G networks using packet-switch unicast mechanisms and analyzes the outlook for dedicated mobile broadcast networks based on DVB-H, DMB, and MediaFLO technology. | |||||||||||||||
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| Vol. 4, No. 8, August 2005 | |||||||||||||||
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| Voice over wireless LAN is gaining traction in the enterprise as robust wireless networking systems and dualmode 802.11/cellular handsets emerge on the market. This report analyzes the interplay between WLAN infrastructure, wireless VOIP phones, and IP telephony systems to assess the push for enterprise FMC. | |||||||||||||||
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| Vol. 4, No. 7, July 2005 | |||||||||||||||
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| Mobile WiMax (a.k.a. 802.16e or WiBro) is the next evolutionary step for 802.16 wireless access systems – one that promises a new wave of personal broadband services. This report identifies and analyzes the chipset and system vendors innovating in this critical, long-term market. | |||||||||||||||
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| Vol. 4, No. 6, June 2005 | |||||||||||||||
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| Distributed switching is set to revolutionize the mobile core network, as operators struggle with an aging installed base of monolithic MSCs (mobile-service switching centers) or simply race to keep up with exploding minutes of use and subscriber growth. | |||||||||||||||
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| Vol. 4, No. 5, May 2005 | |||||||||||||||
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| Price pressure in the 2G and 3G base station market is forcing a re-engineering of the wireless equipment value chain. This report analyzes moves to make cellular infrastructure more R&D-efficient, modular, inexpensive, and adaptable across different technologies. | |||||||||||||||
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| Routes to Roam: Convergence in the Mobile Core | |||||||||||||||
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| Vol. 4, No. 4, April 2005 | |||||||||||||||
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| Interest in convergence and mobile VOIP has exploded over the past three or four years, in line with the uptake of broadband and wireless LAN. This report covers alternative mechanisms for bringing generic IP access (including VOIP) into the mobile core, with analysis of leading private and public vendor positioning. | |||||||||||||||
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| Vol. 4, No. 3, March 2005 | |||||||||||||||
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| Wireless mesh has run the cycle of hype and disappointment several times before, but now a new breed of infrastructure mesh – aimed at metro, campus, and enterprise applications – is transforming the outlook for this technology. This report analyzes the vendors at the forefront of the wireless mesh field. | |||||||||||||||
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| Vol. 4, No. 2, February 2005 | |||||||||||||||
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| Integration of wireless LANs with mobile services is so sexy it simply has to happen – hasn't it? This report analyzes the business, service, and technical cases for convergence, using examples of equipment vendors, end users, VOIP service providers, mobile operators, and chipset developers. | |||||||||||||||
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| Vol. 4, No. 1, January 2005 | |||||||||||||||
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| This report analyzes the prices of 17 enterprise-grade, standalone access points, 10 appliance/gateway products, 35 wireless switch products, and 16 thin access points, from 18 different vendors. | |||||||||||||||
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| Vol. 3, No. 12, December 2004 | |||||||||||||||
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| Mobile equipment suppliers will be the first major systems vendors to widely adopt the Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture. In addition to reducing costs and increasing flexibility, the platform can also simplify their customers' network operations and improve their ROI. | |||||||||||||||
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| Vol. 3, No. 11, November 2004 | |||||||||||||||
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| As the concept of convergence once again takes center stage, variations on the IP Multimedia Subsystem for 3G networks are being adopted across the wireless and wireline industry. This report pegs vendor strategies for introducing IMS across multiple market sectors. | |||||||||||||||
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| Vol. 3, No. 10, October 2004 | |||||||||||||||
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| Extended-coverage, metro-zone 802.11 technology is maturing fast and starting to attract serious interest from wireless ISPs, municipalities, and service providers. This report pegs the public and private vendors leading development of mesh and point-to-multipoint 802.11 systems for the hot-zone and outdoor markets. | |||||||||||||||
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| Channel Conundrums: Wireless LAN Resellers and Integrators | |||||||||||||||
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| Vol. 3, No. 9, September 2004 | |||||||||||||||
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| This report analyzes the role that resellers and integrators play in distributing, selling, deploying, and managing enterprise 802.11 wireless LANs. It provides insight into how OEMs sell wireless equipment, and why buyers want it. | |||||||||||||||
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| Vol. 3, No. 8, August 2004 | |||||||||||||||
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| High-speed 802.11 using MIMO smart antenna technology will open up major new consumer and enterprise markets for wireless LAN. This report analyzes the strategies and technologies being used by 802.11 chipset vendors to make this happen. | |||||||||||||||
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| WiMax: Going the Distance | |||||||||||||||
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| Vol. 3, No. 7, July 2004 | |||||||||||||||
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| WiMax is set to create a huge opportunity for wireless equipment vendors. This report examines the market potential for WiMax-compatible equipment and analyzes the product strategies of 18 broadband wireless vendors. | |||||||||||||||
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| This report analyzes the price of 30 standalone access points, 19 appliance/gateway products, 40 wireless switch products, and 9 thin access points, from 22 different vendors. | |||||||||||||||
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| A fundamental restructuring of the mobile equipment industry is underway. This report examines how major OEMs and subsystem suppliers are working to drastically reduce the cost of developing and building 3G base stations. | |||||||||||||||
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| The FCC's 2002 decision to allocate unlicensed spectrum to ultrawideband radio gave a decisive push to vendors looking to commercialize this technology for use in high-rate wireless communications. This report analyses the key mass-market applications for UWB and includes details on the strategies of the leading public and private chipset vendors. | |||||||||||||||
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| This groundbreaking new report reveals what 15 network managers from ten industry sectors really think about deploying and managing business-class wireless LANs. It includes comments from networking professionals on their experiences with WLAN network architectures (switches, controllers, and "smart" APs), security, user access control, RF management, return on investment, voice over wireless LAN, and much more. | |||||||||||||||
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| By not extending their networks into hard-to-reach urban locations, wireless carriers risk leaving money on the table, losing competitive advantage, and annoying their customers. This report discusses the in-building wireless systems market, analyzing the leading vendors of IP-based pico base stations, next-generation distributed antenna systems, and next-generation repeaters. | |||||||||||||||
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| Analyzes the leading products and vendors in the rapidly developing market for monitoring systems that alert network managers to breaches of WLAN security and possible malevolent attacks. | |||||||||||||||
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| With increasing revenues and profitability, wireless capital spending is now at an affordable level that can be sustained over the long term. This report examines the capex budgets of major wireless carriers and assesses the potential for an increase in spending on network equipment in 2004. | |||||||||||||||
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| Voice Over Wireless LAN: A Heavenly Union? | |||||||||||||||
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| Voice over wireless LAN is logical, cost-effective, and convenient – some are even hailing it as a "killer app." This report defines the performance and equipment requirements for business-grade voice over wireless LAN, and identifies solutions to the inherent problems of the 802.11 protocols when running real-time services. The Insider also analyzes the strategies of the most important startups and publicly listed vendors in the market. | |||||||||||||||
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| Vol. 2, No. 10, October 2003 | |||||||||||||||
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| CDMA has undergone extraordinary evolution since networks were first deployed in 1996. Unstrung Insider first tackled this market in December 2002, in a report titled "The 'X' Factor: Competitive Positioning in the CDMA Infrastructure Market." This report revisits some of the conclusions of that study, then goes on to analyze how, where, and why leading CDMA carriers – including SK Telecom, KT Freetel, Verizon, KDDI, and Monet Mobile Networks – have achieved such outstanding success with advanced data services. | |||||||||||||||
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| 802.11 Access Points - Winning Features for Corporate Networks | |||||||||||||||
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| Thinking about deploying a wireless LAN in your office? It wouldn't be wise to invest in new kit without looking at the first-ever comprehensive survey of business-class WLAN access points. Evaluating the 12 leading products by more than 20 criteria – including price, IEEE modes (802.11a/b/g), radio transmit/receive statistics, antenna type, management interfaces, power supply, environmental factors, and security – this report has everything you need to make a smart buying decision. | |||||||||||||||
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| The 3GPP and 3GPP2 are unquestionably the most influential organizations in the global cellular communications industry. At times, these groups act as benevolent dictators (when enforcing standards that ease roaming and equipment interoperability), while at others, they are more like democratic despots (when turgid procedures and quasi-democratic processes act as a drag on innovation). This report examines the work plans of the real decision-makers -- in detail. | |||||||||||||||
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| The WLAN chipset market is red hot, and demand looks set to accelerate as end-user markets continue to expand. But even as designers labor to deliver devices that support all flavors of IEEE 802.11 (a, b, and g, not to mention i and e), vendors have to contend with heavy competition and shrinking margins. How will the major players deal with these challenges? This report holds the answers. | |||||||||||||||
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| There's no serious doubt that W-CDMA, the air interface for the oft-delayed and much-anticipated 3G radio networks, will be the next generation of wide-area wireless technology; the only question is when this will finally happen. This report provides an update on the status of W-CDMA deployments, interoperability testing, standards work, and roadmaps for future rollouts. | |||||||||||||||
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| The development of wireless LAN networks is driving demand for better, cheaper technology from enterprises and service providers. As networks demands increase, WLAN switches have emerged as a key technology with which to design, deploy, manage, and expand wireless networks. This report analyzes the companies and products that aim to tap into this emerging market, examining both venture-funded startups and publicly-held vendors in depth. | |||||||||||||||
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| This report analyzes the financial performance of the world's top ten wireless infrastructure vendors in order to ascertain which vendors are managing the downturn most effectively and which are best positioned for the recovery. It also breaks down the worldwide wireless equipment market size and market share figures and ventures an outlook for industry recovery. | |||||||||||||||
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| "802.11 Security Checkpoint" analyzes the emerging security standards for 802.11 networks and alternatives such as IPSec VPNs and dedicated Layer 2 and Layer 3 security devices. | |||||||||||||||
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| "Instant Revenue: Deploying Wireless Instant Messaging and Presence Platforms" analyzes the infrastructure platforms that will enable wireless carriers to generate major new revenue streams from Instant Messaging and Presence services. | |||||||||||||||
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| "UWB -- Commercializing Free Spectrum" analyzes the commercial prospects for ultra-wideband radio technology as it emerges from the secret world of military communications into the consumer mainstream. | |||||||||||||||
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| Vol. 1, No. 11, December 2002 | |||||||||||||||
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| "The 'X' Factor: Competitive Positioning in the CDMA Infrastructure Market" reveals which CDMA equipment suppliers are best prepared to compete for business in the emerging "worldwide CDMA belt." | |||||||||||||||
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| Survival of the Slimmest: Competitive Positioning in GSM and UMTS Markets | |||||||||||||||
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| "Survival of the Slimmest: Competitive Positioning in GSM and UMTS Infrastructure Markets" analyzes the top five network equipment suppliers and reveals which are best prepared to emerge from the current downturn. | |||||||||||||||
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| "Wireless Routers - A Market Waiting to Happen?" profiles the product development and go-to-market strategies of twelve Wireless Router vendors and looks at some of the advanced features demanded by today's data network operators. | |||||||||||||||
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| "Wireless Routers - A Market Waiting to Happen?" profiles the product development and go-to-market strategies of twelve Wireless Router vendors and looks at some of the advanced features demanded by today's data network operators. | |||||||||||||||
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| "Wireless VPNs: Security and Convenience for Enterprise Data" identifies security, mobility and persistency as the key features of a wireless VPN and then analyzes the competitive positions of a selection of privately- and publicly-held solution vendors. | |||||||||||||||
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| "European Wireless Data: Steady as She Goes" analyzes the data strategies of 17 leading wireless operators in Europe's top five markets -- Germany, UK, France, Italy and Spain -– and assesses how next-generation services will impact carriers' operating margins and earnings outlooks. | |||||||||||||||
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| "The Price is Right: U.S. Wireless Data Strategies" includes a detailed analysis of the pricing strategies being used by U.S. wireless carriers to roll out data services. | |||||||||||||||
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| "Globetrotting: International Wireless Carriers" profiles the leading global wireless service providers, including a detailed analysis of their technology platforms, service offerings, and financial positioning. | |||||||||||||||
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| "U.S. Wireless Carriers: Cash is King" profiles the leading wireless providers and determines which companies are best positioned to emerge from the shakeout. | |||||||||||||||
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| "The WiFi: The Chips Are Down" profiles the leading Wi-Fi chip providers and tells you what it takes to be a player in this market. | |||||||||||||||
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| This report, called "The WiFi Landscape," provides an overview of emerging WLAN networking technologies, including a detailed list of the standards in the space as well as a list of startups pursuing the market. | |||||||||||||||
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