One of the Challenges

[rudypoot]

Technologies such as WiMax, LTE, 4G and HSPA are driving much higher capacity from the base station back to the fiber core. This is putting extreme pressure on provider's infrastructure and backhaul networks. A smart phone is not very smart if the infrastructure can't support it's applications. If a carrier is not meeting the demands of their backhaul they risk customer churn and declining revenues.

What are your ideas to deal with this??

[Tower Monkey]

more towers, more microwave.

[SierraOscarLimaOscar]

More fiber.

[Radioman]

More fiber.

Bite your tongue. This is a wireless site.

[MountainLion]

Continued evolution. Compression technology has done a pretty good job of keeping up with user needs. I remember when a cell site could only handle 12 calls at a time.

[Marconi]

I remember when a cell site could only handle 12 calls at a time.

And ya' know, it just wasn't that long ago. When you think about the evolution of the product and network, the changes have been quick and have continually brought the prices down and features up.

When cellular first came to my part of the country I owned a two way radio shop and had a simulcasted paging network and a network of UHF repeaters. I thought no way a three watt phone is going to compete with my 30 watt UHF mobile radios. It didn't take long before I saw that I better jump on the cellular bandwagon. It was here to stay.

[MountainLion]

... my 30 watt UHF mobile radios. It didn't take long before I saw that I better jump on the cellular bandwagon. It was here to stay.

Yeap, I remember those too. I was working for a Telco Coin Op. We had to have phones in our truck, with a BIG Book on which way to set the dip switches, depending on the area we were in.