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4G Adoption Might Take a While

Thursday, July 29th, 2010
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4G Adoption Might Take a While
If an analysis conducted by NERA Economic Consulting of 3G adoption has any relevance for 4G, it might well take longer than most now believe for 4G services to be adopted.  The reason is the industry’s experience with 3G. The networks will be built; that isn’t the problem. The issue is that consumer adoption might be slower than most seem to forecast.
Vice President Christian Dippon notes that only two countries–Japan and South Korea–currently have more 3G than 2G subscribers. Furthermore, leading nations such as the United States, the United Kingdom and Germany have 3G penetration rates of less than 30 percent, about seven to 10 years after the services first were made available.
Dippon speculates that mobile subscribers do not view 3G services as being sufficiently different from 2G services. Right now, that might be the case for many potential 4G customers as well.
Faster is better, no doubt. But users are going to weigh the additional speed boost with the additional cost. And many likely will conclude that 3G is good enough.
See more at http://www.nera.com/67_6802.htm.
The average 3G penetration rate in the European Union 15 countries for year-end 2009 was 25.7 percent, far short of the predicted 60 plus percentage range or the stated 30 to 80 percent rates some experts originally had foreseen.
Similarly, contrary to the forecasts, the leading countries were Spain with a 43 percent 3G penetration rate followed by Sweden with a 40 percent penetration rate. The United Kingdom and Italy had 3G penetration rates of 32 and 30 percent, respectively, which was less than half of the predicted rate, Dippon says.
The apparent slow diffusion of 3G technology is not limited to the EU 15 nations. Rather, it seems to be a worldwide phenomenon. The December 2009 U.S. 3G penetration rate was 26.1 percent, which is less than one-third of the number forecasted for the U.S. by various analysts for 2010.
4G is not going to sell itself, and so far the only message users seem to be getting is that 4G is faster. That it is. But whether the user experience is commensurately better, given the higher cost, is not yet clear.
That doesn’t mean 4G networks will come on line any slower. But revenue remains the issue.

If an analysis conducted by NERA Economic Consulting of 3G adoption has any relevance for 4G, it might well take longer than most now believe for 4G services to be adopted.  The reason is the industry’s experience with 3G. The networks will be built; that isn’t the problem. The issue is that consumer adoption might be slower than most seem to forecast.

Vice President Christian Dippon notes that only two countries–Japan and South Korea–currently have more 3G than 2G subscribers. Furthermore, leading nations such as the United States, the United Kingdom and Germany have 3G penetration rates of less than 30 percent, about seven to 10 years after the services first were made available.

Dippon speculates that mobile subscribers do not view 3G services as being sufficiently different from 2G services. Right now, that might be the case for many potential 4G customers as well.

Faster is better, no doubt. But users are going to weigh the additional speed boost with the additional cost. And many likely will conclude that 3G is good enough.

See more at http://www.nera.com/67_6802.htm.

The average 3G penetration rate in the European Union 15 countries for year-end 2009 was 25.7 percent, far short of the predicted 60 plus percentage range or the stated 30 to 80 percent rates some experts originally had foreseen.

Similarly, contrary to the forecasts, the leading countries were Spain with a 43 percent 3G penetration rate followed by Sweden with a 40 percent penetration rate. The United Kingdom and Italy had 3G penetration rates of 32 and 30 percent, respectively, which was less than half of the predicted rate, Dippon says.

The apparent slow diffusion of 3G technology is not limited to the EU 15 nations. Rather, it seems to be a worldwide phenomenon. The December 2009 U.S. 3G penetration rate was 26.1 percent, which is less than one-third of the number forecasted for the U.S. by various analysts for 2010.

4G is not going to sell itself, and so far the only message users seem to be getting is that 4G is faster. That it is. But whether the user experience is commensurately better, given the higher cost, is not yet clear.

That doesn’t mean 4G networks will come on line any slower. But revenue remains the issue.


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July EtherNEWS – Case Study: Performance Assurance for Mobile Backhaul Networks

Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
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This Month’s Issue

Continually measuring the Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) of the SLA’s being delivered in backhaul networks, is critical to the successful execution of the delivery of Ethernet mobile backhaul services. This month we’re excited to publish a case study of SureWest Communications experiences delivering their Wireless Carrier Backhaul Service to some of the top tier wireless operators. Performance assurance is a fundamental requirement for success in this growing market for Carrier Ethernet services and you’ll learn how SureWest evaluated the Accedian Networks Performance Assurance solution and hear about their experiences deploying it in their network to support both their Wireless Carrier Backhaul and business grade EtherMAN services.

Next up to help prepare for the migration to 4G LTE networks, Accedian has recently published our LTE Performance Assurance Handbook. The handbook provides a comprehensive look at the 4G network technology, architecture and components and examines the implications of each on the backhaul networks that will so critical to the successful migration to 4G. A short video will walk you through the contents and provide a preview of the technical content inside.

Finally, we’re proud to announce the General Availability of our much anticipated MetroNODE 10GE™ platform. Introduced several months ago, the MetroNode is the most powerful Performance Assurance Agent in the Accedian product family. This scalable, high performance NID is now available for deployment in a variety of demanding Performance Assurance applications.

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Application Highlights

Accedian recently announced during the Light Reading Mobile Backhaul Convergence Conference that SureWest Communications is deploying Accedian Network’s Performance Assurance Platform to ensure high quality service delivery for its Wireless Carrier Backhaul Ethernet-based mobile backhaul service.

Wireless Backhaul

The explosive growth of smart phones and mobile broadband devices, coupled with the deployment of next generation mobile broadband applications, is creating a demand for bandwidth that simply cannot be met using the legacy mobile backhaul networks. Existing wireless backhaul networks originally designed for voice have a typical capacity of 1-3 Megabits per cell site and do not accommodate the onslaught of broadband data traffic, where mobile operators are seeing demand for 10-50 Megabits per cell site. SureWest’s fiber and Ethernet-based networks in both the greater Sacramento and Kansas City regions are more than sufficient to meet this demand.

SureWest’s Wireless Carrier Backhaul is an Ethernet-based service that provides the capacity and performance needed for wireless operators to effectively deliver mobile broadband services. Delivering Ethernet mobile backhaul services can be challenging as the mobile network demands precise service quality. Monitoring latency, packet delay variation, packet loss and availability of mobile backhaul services is critical to successfully meeting the wireless operators’ needs and requires robust performance assurance to ensure that the mobile backhaul network meets these needs around the clock.

Wireless Backhaul

Before deploying the MetroNIDs in the SureWest network, SureWest compared them against a number of alternatives. The decision criteria included not only performance assurance monitoring and reporting features, but SureWest also compared performance, interface density and power consumption. All aspects for deploying the most efficient service performance infrastructure were evaluated.

For more insight into the innovative deployment of Accedian Networks’ Performance Assurance solution in SureWest’s Carrier Ethernet network, click here to download a copy of the full report.

Watch an overview presentation of Accedian’s new LTE Performance Assurance Handbook which covers all aspects of LTE backhaul testing, monitoring, SLA reporting and maintenance. This comprehensive technical guide features detailed information on the performance requirements and objectives for successfully providing mobile backhaul services for LTE mobile platforms. It contains extensive references to ITU, IEEE and MEF standards along with in-depth explanations of key technologies are illustrated with extensive network and engineering diagrams.

Request your copy of the industry’s most comprehensive guide to LTE Backhaul testing – free to engineering & operations professionals while quantities last.

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MetroNODE 10GE™ Packet Performance Node

Based on our customers’ input based on years of successful Carrier Ethernet Performance Assurance experience, Accedian is proud to announce the General Availability of newest product in the Accedian family, the MetroNODE 10GE™ packet performance node. This scalable, high performance product features a comprehensive blend of service assurance and service creation capabilities. The MetroNODE 10GE™ provides the same wire-speed, zero-latency performance as our existing products only now at 10 Gig.

With the ability to establish and maintain 1,000s of Y.1731 OAM connectivity fault management (CFM) and performance monitoring (PM) sessions, the MetroNODE 10GE™ is ideal for head-end service assurance functions for 3G & 4G mobile backhaul networks – allowing per-second, real-time visibility into SLAs and per-service QoS scaling to multiple service classes for hundreds of cell sites.

This much anticipated product is now available for deployment to meet your most demanding performance assurance applications.

10GE

Learn all about the MetroNODE 10GE with our quick intro video:

Overview Video

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Latest News

Accedian Networks, the market-leading developer of Carrier Ethernet Performance Assurance Network Interface Devices (NIDs) and service management solutions, today announced that SureWest Communications (NASDAQ: SURW) is deploying Accedian Network’s Performance Assurance Platform to ensure high quality service delivery for its Wireless Carrier Backhaul Ethernet-based mobile backhaul service.

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Vancouver, BC, 19 July

Accedian Networks, Craig Easley, Accedian’s new VP of Marketing and Product Management will be speaking and Co-Chairing the Marketing Committee at the upcoming MEF members’ meeting. If you’re planning to attend please make plans to meet Craig. If you’re not a member of the MEF and would like to attend please contact the MEF and request an invitation to audit.
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LTE Transport Cost 1/3 to 1/2 That of 3G

Friday, May 28th, 2010
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The cost of carrying one megabyte of data over its LTE network would be half to one third the cost of carrying the same data over the company’s current 3G network, Lowell McAdam, Verizon Wireless’ CEO, says. That is going to be good news both for users and mobile services providers.
Bandwidth services providers universally need to improve the efficiency of their networks, since increased data consumption typically involves non-linear revenue effects. In other words, providers earn less money, on a revenue-per-bit basis, the higher the amount of bandwidth they provide.
And though consumers will not likely appreciate a gradual shift to buckets of usage, so long as the plans, pricing and consumption patterns are relatively closely matched, people can adapt. People are used to buckets of voice and text messaging, for example.
But key to crafting such plans is that they are viewed as fair. A lower cost, higher capacity network that works better for key applications such as voice and video is a likely prerequisite.
User patterns also are changing. Unlimited plans work quite well for users and providers when consumption is low. But most users consume more bandwidth over time, driven especially by video use, which requires an order of magnitude to two orders of magnitude more capacity than voice, for example.
Verizon’s coming shift to buckets of usage for multiple devices also makes sense. As users shift to use of broadband for multiple devices, they will not prefer paying for access to each discrete device. Also, usage profiles vary by device.
Cameras and e-book readers will not typically demand much bandwidth. Nor will voice applications. Smartphone web browsing will consume more, but smartphone data consumption typically is far less than from a PC. Blending usage from a range of devices, and allowing consumers to pay once, for access on all the devices, will save users money and provide more value while at the same time allowing service providers to offer service on terms that are sustainable.
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The cost of carrying one megabyte of data over its LTE network would be half to one third the cost of carrying the same data over the company’s current 3G network, Lowell McAdam, Verizon Wireless’ CEO, says. That is going to be good news both for users and mobile services providers.

Bandwidth services providers universally need to improve the efficiency of their networks, since increased data consumption typically involves non-linear revenue effects. In other words, providers earn less money, on a revenue-per-bit basis, the higher the amount of bandwidth they provide.

And though consumers will not likely appreciate a gradual shift to buckets of usage, so long as the plans, pricing and consumption patterns are relatively closely matched, people can adapt. People are used to buckets of voice and text messaging, for example.

But key to crafting such plans is that they are viewed as fair. A lower cost, higher capacity network that works better for key applications such as voice and video is a likely prerequisite.

User patterns also are changing. Unlimited plans work quite well for users and providers when consumption is low. But most users consume more bandwidth over time, driven especially by video use, which requires an order of magnitude to two orders of magnitude more capacity than voice, for example.

Verizon’s coming shift to buckets of usage for multiple devices also makes sense. As users shift to use of broadband for multiple devices, they will not prefer paying for access to each discrete device. Also, usage profiles vary by device.

Cameras and e-book readers will not typically demand much bandwidth. Nor will voice applications. Smartphone web browsing will consume more, but smartphone data consumption typically is far less than from a PC. Blending usage from a range of devices, and allowing consumers to pay once, for access on all the devices, will save users money and provide more value while at the same time allowing service providers to offer service on terms that are sustainable.

http://ipcarrier.blogspot.com/2010/05/lte-is-about-cost-of-providing-service.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter


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