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01-26-2008, 07:32 AM
Outlook / Lookout for 2008
by Editor-in-Chief Rhonda Wickham, Wireless Week
excerpt from The Wireless Journal
Count on 2008 being a formational year with lots of change. As in fashionable at this time of year, I have assembled my top 10 change agents for the coming year. These 10 factors will do more to shape and reshape the wireless industry than any others. While most are positive change agents, I am also providing my cautionary notes so that we as an industry do not trip ourselves up.
Cascading Technologies: Countless emerging technologies complement our still-evolving 3G wireless networks. Sprint has soft-launched its mobile WiMAX in two cities and plans to continue the rollouts through 2008. The next steps on the 4G roadmap are being inked in, with Verizon Wireless most recently committing to long-tern evolution (LTE). All carriers ultimately are moving to all-IP networks, encouranging IP multimedia subsystems (IMS) development which will permit various networks to access each other. Other technologies will play a growing role in shaping future networks, including Wi-Fi+, near-field communications (NFC), machine-to-machine (M2M) and ZigBee technologies.
Cautionary note: This is a lot of technology for the industry to absorb. We must be careful not to drag consumers into technology discussions. They don't care how they access their mobile voice, data and video offerings. They just want them to work.
by Editor-in-Chief Rhonda Wickham, Wireless Week
excerpt from The Wireless Journal
Count on 2008 being a formational year with lots of change. As in fashionable at this time of year, I have assembled my top 10 change agents for the coming year. These 10 factors will do more to shape and reshape the wireless industry than any others. While most are positive change agents, I am also providing my cautionary notes so that we as an industry do not trip ourselves up.
Cascading Technologies: Countless emerging technologies complement our still-evolving 3G wireless networks. Sprint has soft-launched its mobile WiMAX in two cities and plans to continue the rollouts through 2008. The next steps on the 4G roadmap are being inked in, with Verizon Wireless most recently committing to long-tern evolution (LTE). All carriers ultimately are moving to all-IP networks, encouranging IP multimedia subsystems (IMS) development which will permit various networks to access each other. Other technologies will play a growing role in shaping future networks, including Wi-Fi+, near-field communications (NFC), machine-to-machine (M2M) and ZigBee technologies.
Cautionary note: This is a lot of technology for the industry to absorb. We must be careful not to drag consumers into technology discussions. They don't care how they access their mobile voice, data and video offerings. They just want them to work.