Colt has deployed low latency services on its next generation pan-European network. Colt is now offering services with a measured latency of 4.22 milliseconds between London and Frankfurt and 2.65 milliseconds between Paris and Brussels.
Archive for August, 2010
Backhaul Requirements Grow, Whether One Uses HSPA+ or LTE
Friday, August 20th, 2010
Backhaul Requirements Grow, Whether One Uses HSPA+ or LTE
Long Term Evolution today is the poster child for tomorrow’s generation of broadband mobile networks, but the process will take some time, with dozens of operators opting for an HSPA+ upgrade as an intermediate step. Other operators have greater requirements for additional spectrum or face market conditions where an upgrade is necessary for other reasons. Either way, mobile backhaul demands will grow just about as much, no matter whether the interim choice is for HSPA+, or whether a full upgrade to 4G is made.
The reason is that, depending on how much spectrum is available for upgrade, the actual end-user bandwidth will in many cases be quite similar, whether the decision is made to upgrade to HSPA+ while waiting for Long Term Evolution spectrum to be made available, or whether a decision is made to build an LTE network now.
“Our HSPA+ network is still sufficient. LTE is not a necessity right now,” said Hans Tschuden, CFO of Telekom Austria.
In fact, many suggest that T-Mobile USA’s new HSPA+ network in the United States will run faster than any other 3G network, and at speeds comparable with the Verizon Wireless LTE network, in fact. That means backhaul requirements will keep growing, no matter which upgrade choice is made.
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Long Term Evolution today is the poster child for tomorrow’s generation of broadband mobile networks, but the process will take some time, with dozens of operators opting for an HSPA+ upgrade as an intermediate step.
Other operators have greater requirements for additional spectrum or face market conditions where an upgrade is necessary for other reasons. Either way, mobile backhaul demands will grow just about as much, no matter whether the interim choice is for HSPA+, or whether a full upgrade to 4G is made.
The reason is that, depending on how much spectrum is available for upgrade, the actual end-user bandwidth will in many cases be quite similar, whether the decision is made to upgrade to HSPA+ while waiting for Long Term Evolution spectrum to be made available, or whether a decision is made to build an LTE network now.
“Our HSPA+ network is still sufficient. LTE is not a necessity right now,” said Hans Tschuden, CFO of Telekom Austria.
In fact, many suggest that T-Mobile USA’s new HSPA+ network in the United States will run faster than any other 3G network, and at speeds comparable with the Verizon Wireless LTE network, in fact. That means backhaul requirements will keep growing, no matter which upgrade choice is made.
Lightsquared Begins Spectrum Moves
Wednesday, August 18th, 2010
Lightsquared Begins Spectrum Moves
LightSquared, the proposed venture to create a wholesale-only Long Term Evolution network in the United States, has taken a concrete step towards clearing spectrum it proposes to use for the terrestrial network.
Specifically, Lightsquared has notified Inmarsat that it wishes to increase the amount of contiguous spectrum available to it. The process is expected to take 18 months and will require Inmarsat to reconfigure its spectrum plan.
LightSquared will make a series of payments to Inmarsat totalling $337.5 million to defray the costs of the reconfiguration.
A number of important and crucial additional steps are required, including securing additional financing. By some estimates, the business plan remains unfunded by about 50 percent.
Lightsquared recently inked a $7 billion deal with Nokia Siemens networks to build and operate the network, for example.
LightSquared, the proposed venture to create a wholesale-only Long Term Evolution network in the United States, has taken a concrete step towards clearing spectrum it proposes to use for the terrestrial network.
Specifically, Lightsquared has notified Inmarsat that it wishes to increase the amount of contiguous spectrum available to it. The process is expected to take 18 months and will require Inmarsat to reconfigure its spectrum plan.
LightSquared will make a series of payments to Inmarsat totalling $337.5 million to defray the costs of the reconfiguration.
A number of important and crucial additional steps are required, including securing additional financing. By some estimates, the business plan remains unfunded by about 50 percent.
Lightsquared recently inked a $7 billion deal with Nokia Siemens networks to build and operate the network, for example.