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Standards creating new confidence in Carrier Wi-Fi
By Caroline Gabriel, Research Director, Maravedis-Rethink
Carrier Wi-Fi is increasingly discussed in the same breath as LTE small cells as a key component of mobile operators' HetNets, but in reality, the cellcos have largely used hotspots � their own or those of partners � to offload low value data from their overstretched macro networks. That is set to change as they start to integrate Wi-Fi fully, enabling greater capacity and new business models. The change will be enabled by technical advances such as multimode small cells, but critically by standards which allow users to move seamlessly between 3G/4G and Wi-Fi, and these will be the key factor in an upsurge in carrier Wi-Fi investment in 2014.
TD-LTE a growing fixed broadband option for carriers worldwide
By the MOSA (Mobile Operator Strategy Analysis) Team, Maravedis-Rethink
Operators are increasingly looking to use LTE for fixed broadband services, mainly to fill rural gaps in wireline coverage, or where they have no fiber or copper assets. Verizon and AT&T, as well as many carriers in emerging economies, have such plans, and Australia�s Optus is the latest example. Like AT&T, it is considering LTE as an option to replace ADSL over time.
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