The document discusses how carriers can change their mobile broadband strategies to better address challenges from increasing data usage and over-the-top players. It recommends that carriers gain a deeper understanding of how customers use their smartphones and data to help differentiate services and optimize networks. Carriers should also explore managed service models to partner with third-party content and app providers to stimulate mobile data usage rather than trying to be direct content providers themselves. Implementing end-to-end policy control and quality of service management can help carriers enable popular apps and deliver new service offerings.
WiFi Offload Strategy for Telcos-OperatorsGreen Packet
Given the increase in the number of permutations of device and content available out there, a move towards web-based cloud solutions will inevitably form the need for more mobility and efficiency in delivery. This paper will discuss the implications of the emergence of multifunction, multi-radio systems and multiplatform application and services that are driving forward seamless mobility in the pretext of “now” that allows users to transparently access network connections and ensure session persistence across varied connections for consistent experience together.
Wi-Fi's Role in the internet of people, places, and thingsTaren Patterson
Fi Interactive's white paper on WiFi and the Multi-Service Operator's (MSO) role in enabling Smart City. The paper covers mobile application, security, distribution, and how carriers and municipalities can ignite mobile commerce in their cities by leveraging WIFI network assets.
Wi-Fi for a Connected World Towards Next Generation NetworksGreen Packet
Wi-Fi has established itself as one of the most popular and widespread technology today reaching millions of homes, schools, enterprises and hotspot locations worldwide. Communication has become an essential part of our lives. The ever-growing Wi-Fi networks combined with integrated Wi-Fi chipsets into thousands of devices has matured and ensured that hundreds of millions of users worldwide now make regular use of Wi-Fi to access the Internet.
The following white paper, discusses the Wi-Fi effects of connectedness shifting from people to people into the connecting a billion of devices. Today’s network consists of multiple access network technologies playing a different role in different contexts. In the race to smart next generation networks, secondary markets in embedded mobile is beginning to garner attention with greater ambitions into tertiary markets of cloud-based solutions, where anything and almost everything will be connected, regardless of geographical boundaries with the ultimate aim of cost effective development and implementation.
Alepo 5 Emerging Innovations Carrier-WiFiPeerasak C.
5 emerging innovations in carrier Wi-Fi
Alepo | July 03, 2012
With mobile data usage on the upswing, wireless carriers are looking to Wi-Fi hotspots as a viable way to deliver high speed data on mobile devices. With Wi-Fi hotspots as part of an overall mobile data strategy, carriers can unlock new revenue channels, drive up business value, and optimize network resources and efficiencies.
This Alepo whitepaper reveals five emerging innovations in Carrier Wi-Fi offload, network discovery, and monetization, that are advancing opportunities for wireless carriers in making Wi-Fi hotspots a fundamental part of their mobile data strategy.
Download Alepo’s "5 Emerging Innovations in Carrier Wi-Fi" to learn how advancements in Wi-Fi can:
Make Wi-Fi offload secure and automatic
Make carrier services available on Wi-Fi
Enhance network discovery and selection
Unlock new Wi-Fi hotspot business models
Foster partnerships across the Wi-Fi ecosystem
A 2004 report I wrote for a global handset manufacturer on how to survive in an over-the-top world. Whilst I didn't get everything right, and I would present it differently today, it was pretty insightful for its time.
Mobile networks are now dominated by data. If we rewind back to a decade ago, smartphones and application stores were unheard of. Twitter and Facebook were not in existence and YouTube wasn’t as popular. Culturally, consumers are valuing the need to be socially connected in the present day Internet.
The traditional cellular network cannot cope with the increase in data and signaling traffic that is generated and thus is driving carriers in the direction of offload. The Phase 1 approach was centered on immediately relieving congestion on the network by encouraging offload to any available Wi-Fi hotspot. In this second part of the five part offload series, we draw attention to Direct Internet Offload. The concept of Direct Internet Offload is nothing new, but has taken a slight shift considering Wi-Fi’s popularity. And the flexibility to integrate them into mainstream network design offers transformative opportunities for carriers without losing sight of the commitment to make the user experience secure and controlled.
Wi-Fi New Service Models For Next Generation NetworksGreen Packet
In this new era of explosive mobile data growth, rapid rise in mobile broadband services and rich digital content are contributing to unprecedented level of stress on mobile networks. Operators are feeling the pinch on their business models with the arrival of smart devices, leaving them in anxiety and unable to respond to the deluge of data.
As a measure to reduce congestion on their network, several tier 1 operators have discontinued unlimited data plans and launched tiered plans to ensure network performance. At the same time, operators do not want to risk losing a significant growing market of smartphone users that are looking for value added services. It is a challenge for operators to sustain the wave of data, let alone address the dwindling ARPU as the demand of data is outstripping the rate of supply.
The following section of this paper describes the possible options that operators can embrace to overcome the capacity crunch through innovative service models, the impact of Wi-Fi on delivering the right service experience and how emerging technology is pushing further the expectations of “big data”.
Wi-Fi is rapidly becoming the mainstream method of connection to the Internet also for tablets and smartphones. The main reason for this being that 4G networks and their promised cheap and powerful data connectivity services are not here yet, whilst the existing and expensive 3G networks are increasingly unable to cope with a pent-up demand. For operators and enterprises, rapidly deploying new Wi-Fi public hot spots and access points, as well efficiently managing them with the lowest possible TCO, is thus getting high in their priority list.
In this presentation we will introduce Wi-Fi Cloud, a turnkey, end-to-end cloud solution, specifically tailored for Wi-Fi projects and capable of addressing various application/usage scenarios and market segments leveraging next-generation wireless technologies and products. The solution has been already adopted by a major Italian ISP and the presentation will provide an overview on the architecture, business model and processes as well as share some the lessons learned.
Wi-Fi Driving Mobile Internet Explosion in Next Generation NetworksGreen Packet
The proliferation of Wi-Fi enabled devices and growth in Wi-Fi hotspot deployment is predicted to rise 350% by 2015 and it is necessary for operators to innovate quickly to an ecosystem of scalable, integrated, efficient network to drive customers experience; offload busy mobile broadband networks; and provide a value-added services platform.
Operators are turning customer centric strategies to pragmatic practice. Universally, operators have expressed strong interest to derive revenues beyond connectivity. The vision of broadband has allowed juggling a mix between cost, revenue, intelligence and performance. In this paper, the study of Wi-Fi explores the potential of new generation of services, connected devices value chain and growth opportunities from emerging embedded systems that is worthwhile investing strategically.
Shift of connectedness is key component in bringing new services to market, closing the gap on disparate radio technologies onto integrated delivery platform for smart monetization of new service models and simplifying the Wi-Fi experience altogether.
5G is cellular service and Wi-Fi 6 is a short-range wireless access technology. Both technologies have characteristics that make them useful in specific corporate roles.
We have seen the hype about whether 5G cellular or Wi-Fi 6 will win in enterprise use, but the fact is that the two are largely complementary, which will create an interesting competitive environment in the early 2020s.
WiFi Offload Strategy for Telcos-OperatorsGreen Packet
Given the increase in the number of permutations of device and content available out there, a move towards web-based cloud solutions will inevitably form the need for more mobility and efficiency in delivery. This paper will discuss the implications of the emergence of multifunction, multi-radio systems and multiplatform application and services that are driving forward seamless mobility in the pretext of “now” that allows users to transparently access network connections and ensure session persistence across varied connections for consistent experience together.
Wi-Fi's Role in the internet of people, places, and thingsTaren Patterson
Fi Interactive's white paper on WiFi and the Multi-Service Operator's (MSO) role in enabling Smart City. The paper covers mobile application, security, distribution, and how carriers and municipalities can ignite mobile commerce in their cities by leveraging WIFI network assets.
Wi-Fi for a Connected World Towards Next Generation NetworksGreen Packet
Wi-Fi has established itself as one of the most popular and widespread technology today reaching millions of homes, schools, enterprises and hotspot locations worldwide. Communication has become an essential part of our lives. The ever-growing Wi-Fi networks combined with integrated Wi-Fi chipsets into thousands of devices has matured and ensured that hundreds of millions of users worldwide now make regular use of Wi-Fi to access the Internet.
The following white paper, discusses the Wi-Fi effects of connectedness shifting from people to people into the connecting a billion of devices. Today’s network consists of multiple access network technologies playing a different role in different contexts. In the race to smart next generation networks, secondary markets in embedded mobile is beginning to garner attention with greater ambitions into tertiary markets of cloud-based solutions, where anything and almost everything will be connected, regardless of geographical boundaries with the ultimate aim of cost effective development and implementation.
Alepo 5 Emerging Innovations Carrier-WiFiPeerasak C.
5 emerging innovations in carrier Wi-Fi
Alepo | July 03, 2012
With mobile data usage on the upswing, wireless carriers are looking to Wi-Fi hotspots as a viable way to deliver high speed data on mobile devices. With Wi-Fi hotspots as part of an overall mobile data strategy, carriers can unlock new revenue channels, drive up business value, and optimize network resources and efficiencies.
This Alepo whitepaper reveals five emerging innovations in Carrier Wi-Fi offload, network discovery, and monetization, that are advancing opportunities for wireless carriers in making Wi-Fi hotspots a fundamental part of their mobile data strategy.
Download Alepo’s "5 Emerging Innovations in Carrier Wi-Fi" to learn how advancements in Wi-Fi can:
Make Wi-Fi offload secure and automatic
Make carrier services available on Wi-Fi
Enhance network discovery and selection
Unlock new Wi-Fi hotspot business models
Foster partnerships across the Wi-Fi ecosystem
A 2004 report I wrote for a global handset manufacturer on how to survive in an over-the-top world. Whilst I didn't get everything right, and I would present it differently today, it was pretty insightful for its time.
Mobile networks are now dominated by data. If we rewind back to a decade ago, smartphones and application stores were unheard of. Twitter and Facebook were not in existence and YouTube wasn’t as popular. Culturally, consumers are valuing the need to be socially connected in the present day Internet.
The traditional cellular network cannot cope with the increase in data and signaling traffic that is generated and thus is driving carriers in the direction of offload. The Phase 1 approach was centered on immediately relieving congestion on the network by encouraging offload to any available Wi-Fi hotspot. In this second part of the five part offload series, we draw attention to Direct Internet Offload. The concept of Direct Internet Offload is nothing new, but has taken a slight shift considering Wi-Fi’s popularity. And the flexibility to integrate them into mainstream network design offers transformative opportunities for carriers without losing sight of the commitment to make the user experience secure and controlled.
Wi-Fi New Service Models For Next Generation NetworksGreen Packet
In this new era of explosive mobile data growth, rapid rise in mobile broadband services and rich digital content are contributing to unprecedented level of stress on mobile networks. Operators are feeling the pinch on their business models with the arrival of smart devices, leaving them in anxiety and unable to respond to the deluge of data.
As a measure to reduce congestion on their network, several tier 1 operators have discontinued unlimited data plans and launched tiered plans to ensure network performance. At the same time, operators do not want to risk losing a significant growing market of smartphone users that are looking for value added services. It is a challenge for operators to sustain the wave of data, let alone address the dwindling ARPU as the demand of data is outstripping the rate of supply.
The following section of this paper describes the possible options that operators can embrace to overcome the capacity crunch through innovative service models, the impact of Wi-Fi on delivering the right service experience and how emerging technology is pushing further the expectations of “big data”.
Wi-Fi is rapidly becoming the mainstream method of connection to the Internet also for tablets and smartphones. The main reason for this being that 4G networks and their promised cheap and powerful data connectivity services are not here yet, whilst the existing and expensive 3G networks are increasingly unable to cope with a pent-up demand. For operators and enterprises, rapidly deploying new Wi-Fi public hot spots and access points, as well efficiently managing them with the lowest possible TCO, is thus getting high in their priority list.
In this presentation we will introduce Wi-Fi Cloud, a turnkey, end-to-end cloud solution, specifically tailored for Wi-Fi projects and capable of addressing various application/usage scenarios and market segments leveraging next-generation wireless technologies and products. The solution has been already adopted by a major Italian ISP and the presentation will provide an overview on the architecture, business model and processes as well as share some the lessons learned.
Wi-Fi Driving Mobile Internet Explosion in Next Generation NetworksGreen Packet
The proliferation of Wi-Fi enabled devices and growth in Wi-Fi hotspot deployment is predicted to rise 350% by 2015 and it is necessary for operators to innovate quickly to an ecosystem of scalable, integrated, efficient network to drive customers experience; offload busy mobile broadband networks; and provide a value-added services platform.
Operators are turning customer centric strategies to pragmatic practice. Universally, operators have expressed strong interest to derive revenues beyond connectivity. The vision of broadband has allowed juggling a mix between cost, revenue, intelligence and performance. In this paper, the study of Wi-Fi explores the potential of new generation of services, connected devices value chain and growth opportunities from emerging embedded systems that is worthwhile investing strategically.
Shift of connectedness is key component in bringing new services to market, closing the gap on disparate radio technologies onto integrated delivery platform for smart monetization of new service models and simplifying the Wi-Fi experience altogether.
5G is cellular service and Wi-Fi 6 is a short-range wireless access technology. Both technologies have characteristics that make them useful in specific corporate roles.
We have seen the hype about whether 5G cellular or Wi-Fi 6 will win in enterprise use, but the fact is that the two are largely complementary, which will create an interesting competitive environment in the early 2020s.
The ability to use voice, mobile apps, SMS, email, websites, chat, video, and social media through a single device is forcing operators to rethink their mobile strategies in the form of offload. With the increased data usage, operator networks become increasingly congested. As such, a smart and dynamic connected interaction is necessary to allow better traffic management with particular capabilities of the device with which it is characterized.
In this paper, we will examine how dynamic data offloading with 3GPP based Access Network Discovery Selection Function (ANDSF) plays its role in the implementation of selective offloading. ANDSF as specified in 3GPP standards describes how the inter-system mobility between 3GPP systems and non-3GPP systems (WLAN, WiMAX, CDMA) policies and priorities can control the conditions for which a device connects to which wireless network. As mobility is becoming a mainstream for customer engagement, operators must ensure contextual continuity is preserved through an integrated approach.
Cloud computing, along with mobility increasing percolation of broadband, is aiding the creation of a networked society. Moving towards a digitally connected world, telecom operators have a unique opportunity to position themselves and capitalise the growth of cloud services – both as service providers and adopters of the technology.
This is the paper that started it all. An early thought piece discussing the widening profitability gap for mobile network operators and positing a disruptive architectural response. Originally branded "Adaptive Backhaul", the concept already had most of the ingredients now found in the Mobile Edge Cloud: content caching, application hosting and acceleration deeply distributed in the radio access network. These ideas have been developed by innovative startups such as Saguna Networks and have formed the basis of important new offerings from Tier 1 network equipment vendors, such as NSN's Liquid Applications.
SmartMS - The new standard for Operator-driven Mobile MessagingStreamWIDE
The new standard for Operator-driven
Mobile Messaging
SmartMSTM Technology is an Application Server and a suite of white-label Mobile Messaging Applications enabling Mobile Operators to exceed competing Over-the-Top mobile messaging services and prepare the evolution of SMS/MMS towards IP-based messaging.
As the Networked Society emerges, with everything connected and an increasing number of processes using ICT to reach their full potential, connectivity needs to change. It needs to be differentiated, and the network must actively contribute to the overall service experience. Networks must be programmable to provide the right performance, at the right time.
Author: Virgilio Fiorese, Software Sales Manager, Ericsson Latin America and Caribbean
This article presents six hidden factors that can help operators improve network quality, and thus improve customer satisfaction and loyalty.
An expanded view by data plan size, OS, device type and LTEDavid Martin
A report demystifying data usage trends on cellular and Wi-Fi networks with an expanded view by data plan size, OS, device type and LTE. Know more at: http://goo.gl/ZQaZMU
http://www.ericsson.com/real-performance/smartphones-the-focus-of-our-connected-lives
What happens when my whole life depends on my smartphone? And how can networks ensure that it works perfectly when every person has one in their hand? The smartphone connection becomes a critical tool for our lives. And network performance is critical, not only for a good user experience, but also for the entire ecosystem; device manufacturers, operators and application developers.
White paper: Closing the mobile data revenue gap (2010)Corine Suscens
The demand for mobile data is exploding, presenting operators with a unique opportunity to generate new revenue streams and grow their business. However revenue is not growing fast enough to ensure profitability. Not only is the mobile data traffic growing much faster than revenues, but the revenue growth rate also tends to decline over the years.
Download this whitepaper to find out ways to address this challenge and better capitalize on the mobile data opportunity.
The whitepaper analyses business models and capabilities that will help an operator to optimize its subscriber potential, differentiate itself from the competition, and achieve its mobile data revenue maximization goals.
State of 4G Apps Development 2014: Trends, Challenges, Solutions Intersog
Worldwide 4G LTE subscribers reached 170 million worldwide in Q1 2014. In general, the 4G technology is set to create a USD $340 billion market opportunity by 2017 and become the key driver of the Internet of Things and Connected World. As such, 4G LTE will inevitably change the way we build and interact with mobile apps, bringing our app usage habits to the next maturity level.
This Report is a compilation of the most up-to-date research data that aims to demonstrate how exactly 4G LTE will affect the apps development business, apps usability and what innovative app features will be enabled to make our user experiences even more personalized and seamless.
Bridgewater Systems 2008 Marketing ReportTMX Equicom
2008 marketing report for Bridgewater Systems (TSX: BWC), a provider of mobile personalization products and services that enable global service providers to manage and profit from mobile data services, content and commerce.
Green Packet Berhad Enters Collaboration with Hannover Rueck to Launch Usage ...Green Packet
We are proud to announce the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding between Green Packet Berhad and Hannover Rueck. The partnership will aim to leverage the information from telematics data to recommend customized insurance programs to commercial fleets. This collaboration is part of the Green Packet’s Smart Mobility strategic initiative to improve the convenience and safety of Malaysian road users.
The DA LTE & WiMAX Indoor modem is a part of Greenpacket’s
portfolio of a whole new vision of next generation 4G network
access device. It is the industry’s first complete 4G WiMAX and
LTE TDD Indoor Integrated Access Device (IAD) solution.
It focuses on features that matter most to operators with the
users in mind, equipped with the latest 4G ecosystem features,
engineered with state-of-the-art technologies and built with
Wi-Fi and VoIP functionality, the DA serves as a complete home
network access power house perfect for both wireless
broadband service providers transitioning from 4G WiMAX to
LTE TDD or converged carriers operating a 4G WiMAX and LTE
TDD network.
Optimizing Cell Ddge Coverage Of Suburban/Rural Deployment With WiMAX Outdoor...Green Packet
Wireless broadband operators constantly face challenges of balancing the economics to deploy a robust and reliable wireless broadband service in suburban-rural areas or at cell-edges. Till to date, a large portion of these areas still remains hugely underserved or receiving unreliable coverage.
This paper in retrospect functions to further solidify the technological advantage of WiMAX, where we explore and proof the concept of suburban-rural deployment through the optimal pairing of a proper CPE strategy.
This paper explores deep into the technical and implementation advantages of an outdoor CPE solution, including the concept of antenna gain, transmission power, integrated POE design and environment-proof enclosure; and the effective advantage of Line of Sight performance and decreased penetration loss amongst other features of an outdoor CPE. We will also explore the misconception behind the high incremental cost, difficulty of engineering installation and service challenges in operations with the implementation of an outdoor CPE.
Helpdesk 2.0 : Subscribers Help Themselves. Operators Reduce ChurnGreen Packet
Over the last decade, customer service excellence has emerged as a core strategy for telecommunications operators with the aim of satisfying subscribers and keeping them loyal. Over time, various customer service channels have surfaced, with call centers being highly preferred due to the personal touch and instant response, however, this option weighs heavily on OPEX and resources.
This paper examines an alternative and more cost-effective approach, through the means of personal digital assistants. This method encourages self-care amongst subscribers and reduces reliance on call centers. It brings about a whole new era in error diagnosis and problem resolution, hence the term Help Desk 2.0. Find out more about how Help Desk 2.0 works and benefits operators, particularly in the area of cost savings and churn reduction.
Pocket Modem : Bringing Forth The Synergy Between WiFi and WiMAXGreen Packet
WiFi has changed the way people connect today and has become the defacto wireless technology on most consumer electronic devices. Where WiFi faces limitation, particularly in terms of fixed usage, Mobile WiMAX complements through its mobility advantage.
This paper focuses on the portable Pocket Modem, a device that leverages on the synergy offered by WiMAX and WiFi. It examines how this synergy benefits users and provides a better connectivity experience.
Dynamic Data Offloading : Connect Intelligently With ANDSFGreen Packet
The arrival of varied smartphones and devices has inevitably encouraged greater data consumption.
Users are now more sophisticated and demand nothing less than best network performance. Smartphone generally accounts for higher ARPU and represents potential new revenue streams for enabling quad play services. Operators are aggressively addressing these challenges and improving the quality of their solution to retain existing customers and offering better service experience to build loyalty.
WiFi adoption as data offloading is gaining momentum as it improves user experience while lowering the cost of service providers. Correctly implemented, it can ease up to 20% of traffic with substantial impact of freeing up the spectrum and load balancing. Offloading data to WiFi hotspots is economically attractive, because many carriers already operate a substantial number of hotspots.
In this paper, we will examine how dynamic data offloading can be further optimized with 3GPP based Access Network Discovery Selection Function (ANDSF). ANDSF describes how the inter-system mobility between 3GPP systems and non-3GPP systems (ie: WLAN, WiMAX, CDMA) policies and priorities can control the conditions for which a device (UE) connects to which wireless network.
Drive Mobile WiMAX Adoption With Versatile ModemsGreen Packet
Mobile WiMAX has tremendous potential with its advantage of mobility and high bandwidth support. In reality today, approximately 65% of subscribers worldwide use WiMAX for fixed purposes which undermine WiMAX’s mobile promise.
How can WiMAX Operators play their part in driving the adoption of Mobile WiMAX in their countries? The answer lies in having versatile modems that provide excellent performance indoors and outdoors to answer the call of mobility.
This paper defines versatile modems from a technical and user perspective and explains how this type of modem can promote the take up of Mobile WiMAX.
Positioning WiMAX As The Personal Broadband TechnologyGreen Packet
More and more users want a broadband connection that is exclusive, follows them around and is available 24/7. Welcome to the concept of personal broadband. To realize this concept the chosen broadband network has to be able to deliver users’ expectations. Meanwhile, appropriate user devices must be employed. This paper presents WiMAX as the best technology to fulfill personal broadband and imparts what users expect from their personal broadband device.
Hostless : Simple Connectivity For WiMax DevicesGreen Packet
4G wireless nomadic devices in the form of USB dongles and Pocket modems are fast becoming the preferred devices for wireless broadband access amongst 4G operators. Due to benefits of lower cost and smaller form factor, 4G wireless nomadic devices now account for 39%* of total WiMAX devices shipped in 2010, and this tendency is set to continuously increase in the coming years as 4G becomes pervasive.
Greenpacket 4G nomadic devices now provides an option to allow the use of generic Virtual Ethernet link protocol (USB CDC or RNDIS) to connect with these external host controllers running on any operating systems as an alternative to the traditional CU approach. We call this feature “Hostless” connectivity. Very similar to how an end-user would connect a USB memory stick, this new Hostless feature can be visualized as a generic version of a CU, borrowing the native USB Ethernet driver and management features from the host operating system.
This paper explains the implementation scenarios of both the CU approach and Hostless approach to match specific needs. We will then dive in detail to understand the concept background of Hostless by looking at the system architecture and describing the step-by-step of how Hostless works within the host terminal from an end user perspective.
Help Desk 2.0 : How You Can Empower A Paradigm Shift In Customer CareGreen Packet
Worldwide, across industries, customer care is one of the top concerns. In the telecoms sector, next to network quality, customer service is rapidly becoming a key success factor to ensure best-in-class service. In spite of its importance, operators continue to care for their customers through legacy CRM systems, which are inadequate in meeting the demands of today’s customers.
Operators need a paradigm shift in their style of customer care to protect the interest of both subscribers and the operator themselves.
This paper (part 1 of a 3-paper series) introduces Help Desk 2.0, the next generation help desk system that revolutionizes current practices through automated and proactive customer care mechanisms to ensure service excellence, enhanced top line and sustained bottom line. In the upcoming paper, we will focus on the business advantage of employing Help Desk 2.0 focusing on cost control, revenue enhancement and retention. This will be followed by a technical interworking paper, centered on how to implement Help Desk 2.0.
Managing Data Offloading Securely Over WLan Access Networks With I-WLanGreen Packet
Cellular operators are increasingly shifting their focus for alternative wireless access methods to manage data offload. Legacy cellular networks were designed for low bandwidth consumption and insufficient to cope with the growth of data requirements today. Although operators continuously upgrade their networks with greater capacity and advanced technologies, heavy investments for cell build is not an economical approach in the longer term.
The availability of Wi-Fi hotspots are highly accessible and appropriate for data offloading. Taking advantage of the unlicensed spectrum and better bandwidth utilization, data offloading can be achieved with lower cost per bit. In this paper, we present I-WLAN to effectively manage data offloading securely between 3GPP and non-3GPP networks. We will also be exploring the different network use scenarios of I-WLAN in enabling simple unified EAP authentication and subscriber policies.
Self Service Customer Care For Next Generation NetworksGreen Packet
Smartphone devices have dramatically changed the way consumers consume data. The need to be connected anywhere and anytime is driving service providers to put focus into customer experience to grow customers, build loyalty and drive profits through new services. As a result, the expectations of service experience from the end-user are heightened and cannot be underestimated.
Service providers are under pressure to deliver customer experience that separates them from the competition, while at the same time trying to delicately balance their revenues and managing costs for near term gain and longer term success. In this paper, we outline the scale of issues faced in mobile device and service care that impacts both service providers and end-users beyond connectivity. With a broad range of services and wide variety of applications, the smartphone requires more complexity to handle a multitude of firmware and software configurations which legacy CRM systems are inadequate to deal with today’s customers.
Remote device support and service care is a key component to tackle the demands of escalating costs in customer care. Service providers are seeking integration onto backend systems without incurring heavy infrastructure changes and ensure the best fit into the existing operations through automated and proactive customer care mechanisms to ensure service excellence and thus prevent service quality degradation.
Mobility Management For Next Generation NetworksGreen Packet
Increasingly, operators worldwide will be faced with a similar challenge of managing data congestion over multiple access networks. With networks evolving into LTE, operators would need to carefully assess the technology fit into integrating complementary nature of multiple access networks into an all-IP flat architecture. An all IP flat architecture helps to tie heterogeneous access networks that devices can attach to access end-user services. Communication devices today are able to connect with more than one type of wireless technologies to the “web of things”. An end-user will connect to a Wi-Fi hotspot, if within range. When moving away from range, the communication link is handover to for example, UMTS. The motivation of inter-working lies in marrying the diverse strengths of each communication technology. High-bandwidth data communication inherent in WLAN lacks mobility. Conversely, cellular technologies such as UMTS succeed in highly mobile environments, but limited in bandwidth. Although cellular networks are evolving from today’s 3G to LTE that brings promise of capacity leaps (by nearly 4 times), the overall data growth projection will outpace LTE deployments and fill up very quickly.
The immediate need to curtail congested network and effectively manage mobility is imminent to accommodate the data traffic on their networks. The impact of inter-mobility between inter access technology together with various types of mobility support including 3GPP legacy network and non 3GPP is necessary to provide a target low-latency, higher data-rate, all-IP core network capable of supporting real-time packet services. Some of the available IP mobility protocols lack sufficient control to the network to optimize the handover process and do not handle well with slow connection setups of some wireless technologies. This paper highlights the potential approaches of bringing together mobility technologies that are available and how these approaches contribute to resolve operator concerns in deployment of services and combating congestion, access technology integration and evolution to LTE from legacy 3GPP networks.
Greenpacket is a leading innovator providing both 4G devices and Smart Connectivity Solutions. Over the past 3 years, Greenpacket has collaborated with over 40 operators providing mobile WiMAX devices and 35 operators on software solutions globally. During the evolution process, we have come to understand the goals, needs and challenges our customers are facing and to supply innovative solutions that fit them individually.
In this edition, we will share stories of how Greenpacket work hand-in-hand with operators in delivering innovative 4G products and software solutions that brought business success to the operators. This booklet is segmented into 2 sections that highlight Greenpacket’s portfolio of 4G devices and Smart Connectivity Solution success cases. By sharing these significant achievements, we believe that our portfolio will create a value to you for future collaborations.
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
Search and Society: Reimagining Information Access for Radical FuturesBhaskar Mitra
The field of Information retrieval (IR) is currently undergoing a transformative shift, at least partly due to the emerging applications of generative AI to information access. In this talk, we will deliberate on the sociotechnical implications of generative AI for information access. We will argue that there is both a critical necessity and an exciting opportunity for the IR community to re-center our research agendas on societal needs while dismantling the artificial separation between the work on fairness, accountability, transparency, and ethics in IR and the rest of IR research. Instead of adopting a reactionary strategy of trying to mitigate potential social harms from emerging technologies, the community should aim to proactively set the research agenda for the kinds of systems we should build inspired by diverse explicitly stated sociotechnical imaginaries. The sociotechnical imaginaries that underpin the design and development of information access technologies needs to be explicitly articulated, and we need to develop theories of change in context of these diverse perspectives. Our guiding future imaginaries must be informed by other academic fields, such as democratic theory and critical theory, and should be co-developed with social science scholars, legal scholars, civil rights and social justice activists, and artists, among others.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
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Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
2. APPLICATION NOTE
Abstract
Over the past few years since the 3rd party application type services
entered the telecom landscape, mobile operators have been chasing after
the promised “app revenue” with a little less than desirable results in the
midst of perceived threats from over-the-top (OTT) players. Despite the
buzz telcos were far from a comfortable position to benefit from the app
model. Telco appstore copycats made little impact against the popularity of
centralized app stores of Apple and Google platforms. It merely helped
push the upgrade of customers to signup smartphone data plans.
One of the concerns carriers are struggling to contain is the fear of
ending up being nothing less than a utility service i.e. “dumb pipe”.
With commoditization of service and near stagnant revenue growth,
carriers are at risk of financial trouble if unavoidable capital investments do
not match up when deploying next generation networks. Carriers urgently
need to take action. Users today do not differentiate the applications and
services, as they expect it to be part of an integrated experience regardless.
Although no carrier has found the perfect solution, but there are no
shortage of best practices to learn from. Given that service prices will
continue to decline, it’s best for carriers to explore ways boost efficiency as
they set out to build new generation networks, rather than simply blocking
out the non-traditional competitors that are multiplying. For a start, they will
need to find a business model that will help enable them to achieve all of the
above with the right business models.
Offloading via Wi-Fi is one of the main ways carriers can offer their
customers to faster speeds for data applications, especially in areas that
have a high concentration of people, such as airports, stadiums and
shopping centers, without the need for a large infrastructure investment or
compromising the performance of 3G. In this fourth paper of a 5 part series,
we take a look at how carriers can include Wi-Fi within their mobile strategy
and make it possible for an addressable market for converged wireless
experience by personalization of services; the aim to offer customers more
than one way to connect to the Web, simply and at high speed with
Seamless Offload approach.
3. APPLICATION NOTE
Contents
Overview 01
Change the Way of Mobile Broadband 02
Don’t Let Your Network Come Up Short
Get Ready for Smart Service
Something for Everyone 05
Making Sense of Technology
Take Seamless Offload to the Road with Greenpacket 07
Secured Integrative Experience
Conclusion 09
Deliver Certainty over Your Service to Customers 10
4. APPLICATION NOTE Overview - 01
Overview
Strong demand for mobile devices with embedded wireless capabilities is
fueled in part by more LTE rollouts. According to research firm HIS,
smartphone is expected to account for 54% in 2013 of the total global
handset shipment and will become dominant in terms of unit shipment.
The declining smartphone prices and diverse model selection has spurred
both lower-end and mid to high-end smartphones globally. The promise
of LTE becoming the enabler of mass connectivity across information,
content, people, machines, places and everything in between will create
massive implications simply for the amount of data being generated and
moved across mobile networks. Not forgetting the signaling load that will
choke networks or at its worst cause service outage. Even with LTE, the
need for complimentary networks such as small cells and Wi-Fi will play
an important role. Not all networks will be 4G LTE and many still rely on
3G networks to carry the load and some are already converging networks
for improved performance.
Today, the average carrier faces challenges from multiple fronts; added
CAPEX from deploying LTE and also spectrum costs, declining revenue
streams, and managing a network under pressure from the data deluge
pouring from tablets and smartphones that are designed to support
bandwidth hungry usage like high definition video, gaming and many
other sophisticated media formats. On top of that, carriers have to deal
with uneven and less predictable usage patterns. Mobile data usage is no
longer fixed at a particular location, but happens anywhere at any
anytime. This means the cost of delivery will remain critical for every
carrier. Across all regions there is increased pressure to consolidate in
order to gain the necessary scale needed to maintain profitability.
OTT services not only run on top of a network and puts stress on network
resources, but also dilute the carrier’s revenue by enabling customers to
talk, text and chat freely, while bypassing the carriers billed voice and SMS
services. What bothers carriers is the “ownership” of their customers
getting hijacked. The separation between network and services that is run
on top of it is becoming more apparent. Services need not be bound by
the network in today’s OTT terms. The carriers are now forced to adapt
new service structures or risk falling behind. Carriers can either choose to
work with OTT or block them out, which the latter seems unwise.
5. APPLICATION NOTE Overview - 02
Considering OTT has a very low entry barrier and the fundamental model
behind scalability of large numbers, carriers would have a better chance
of keeping their business relevant by working with them.
This is a unique opportunity for operators to pull together the necessary
wireless connectivity using alternative technologies like small cells and
Wi-Fi to sell more than just tariffs, but service experience that their
customers want. The reality of complementary 3G-Wi-Fi offloading is real
and brings tremendous benefits in operator networks. Data offloading
done correctly enhances the experience by addressing issues of
connectivity, access, security, authentication and enablement of multiple
service offerings.
6. APPLICATION NOTE Change the Way of Mobile Broadband - 02
Change the Way of
Mobile Broadband
Mobile users have long embraced traditional messaging services but it is not
enough today for carriers to continue on that business model. Today’s
converging communication environment offers a wide array of services ranging
from voice, text, chat, video, Internet, music and more. Carriers benefit from the
opportunities and at the same time face many risks. Broadband networks have
allowed many OTT players flourish, increasingly losing control over their
ownership of users and has resulted in service disintermediation. Carriers now
see many companies competing to provide service over their networks and build
a relationship with their customers.
Previously, mobile data usage was merely within the boundaries of email and
web browsing capabilities. Today, the smartphone capabilities are far more
powerful. Understanding how consumers are using their smartphones today
presents a far greater challenge than older generations of handset. Pertinent
questions such - How much data are they generating and over which network?
Which apps are generating data and how does the quantity of that data vary
between Wi-Fi and cellular networks?
7. APPLICATION NOTE Change the Way of Mobile Broadband - 03
Don’t Let Your Network
Come Up Short
Smartphones offer consumers a single device to meet all of their
communication needs. Similarly, smart networks require tools that provide
a level of visibility into network activities and resources – deeper
understanding of interactions between policy-control systems including
provisioning of services. Data traffic generated by smartphone users needs
to be differentiated to enable service differentiation and improve user
experience while optimizing network resource utilization.
Only with real-time and direct delegation of policy from the policy controller
to these components can carriers monitor, differentiate and prioritize traffic
according to user subscriptions and network conditions together with the
assurance of inter-working between networks.
8. APPLICATION NOTE Change the Way of Mobile Broadband - 04
Get Ready for Smart Service
At a time when carriers recognize taking transformative measures to current
business models in an increasingly competitive marketplace, relate to the
end-user through relevant services and cut operating costs; they need to
work as closely as possible with the broadening reach of the content supply
chain and applications market. A logical step to effective management of
operations will turn in the direction of a managed service model. Previously
network- and services-driven, carriers now place its view of partnering
providers of 3rd party service platform as the next logical step to
optimization of service delivery. Carriers can bring their own unique
capabilities to overcome competition and demand, where relationships
between both parties can benefit. In the 3rd party supply chain space, it’s
all about working out equitable revenue sharing deals, brand equity and
mass market reach as a start to treating partners as customers as well.
Focus on enabling the Internet communication apps and getting the most
relevant apps working well on smartphones brings value on the collaboration
equation. And stop trying to be actual content providers. Many carriers have
implemented policy control to some degree and see opportunities to adapt
new innovative offerings, delivered by end-to-end policy control and QoS,
which allow smartphone operators to stimulate mass uptake of mobile data
and broadband as they differentiate from their peers.
9. APPLICATION NOTE Something for Everyone - 05
Something for Everyone
Automating areas like access, discovery and selection as a first step in
guiding the user experience is rewarding be it from a user level to network
level and service level. Today’s user expects less than a set of integrated
communication features as necessary for voice, data, content, media,
applications and more.
The efficiency for building advanced networks is clear- higher speeds,
bigger capacity, better reliability, but the revenue case may not necessarily
equate to reciprocal uplift. Although it may pull customers away from rivals,
with less capable networks it does not mean they are willing to pay more.
The mechanism to extract efficiency of Wi-Fi in delivering content, new
ways of charging customers for usage has to be implemented with careful
study of what is realistic and what is not. Examining the interest level of
customers to bandwidth-rich offering and preferences can help operators
delay the rollout of next-generation networks wherever necessary and
focus to supplement demand-driven pattern with advanced technology.
This can be achieved with Seamless Offload by leveraging Wi-Fi networks.
From the user’s perspective, it means convenience and comfort level of
knowing what, where and how the content can be made safer, accessed
faster with a certain quality of service and readily available for personalization
and it all inter-works perfectly regardless of 3G, Wi-Fi or LTE.
10. APPLICATION NOTE Something for Everyone - 06
Making Sense of Technology
Technology is a valuable tool to derive new business models.
Greenpacket’s approach is focused on device-based solution that
streamlines the need to reach a large installed device base. The client is
uniquely developed to be instantly deployable, without long and
complicated integration and test cycles. By incorporating iWLAN
technology with a standards based design over native UI settings, the client
ensures user interaction with the device remains familiar. Additionally, the
client is scalable and readily upgradable to advance into the evolved packet
core (EPC) infrastructure.
The single-client software works to converge multiple network access and
executes data offloading transparently by switching between 3G-Wi-Fi and
vice-versa. Incorporating customizable features and capabilities, Seamless
Data Offload client can intelligently detect the availability of access networks
based on signal strength and user policies allowed for accessing certain
data services on a cellular network such as 3G and if there is less
congested alternative network such as Wi-Fi available in the same vicinity.
Carriers can also opt to customize those connection policies to route
certain IP traffic over specified networks with more advanced practices of
IFOM and MAPCON – the discussion of which is beyond the breadth of this
paper. By switching the user from 3G to Wi-Fi without interruption to
connectivity and retaining visibility over all carrier VAS and wall garden type
services, ensures a seamless user experience.
IP SEC
11. APPLICATION NOTE Take Seamless Offload to the Road with Greenpacket - 07
Take Seamless Offload
to the Road with Greenpacket
Need for a phased out offload roll-out and get started quickly and
economically? A client-based solution can be instantly deployable on
subscriber devices without capital build out or network upgrades. Many
carriers control the volume and type of data on their networks by using
policy management systems directed at traffic flowing within the network
core. It needs to be looked at more broadly. Signaling traffic directly impacts
the Radio Access Network (RAN) layer, which means it is best handled by
pro-actively client-side enforcement controlled through the policy
management system. This provides an overall policy strategy which
optimizes network resources for traffic to and from smartphones related to
the network and environment of use at a given point in time while having a
real sense of the core network backend condition in relation to the usage.
12. APPLICATION NOTE Take Seamless Offload to the Road with Greenpacket - 08
Secured Integrative Experience
Intouch Seamless Data Offload is a device-based client that is iWLAN
1Note : Instinq Analytics Engine is part
capable. The client can help ensure the subscribers are getting reliable of the Customer Experience
network connections on carrier networks or even when they are on partner, Intelligence solution platform
from Greenpacket that aims to
private or public wireless network. Take the burden off the mobile network optimize the user experience
through deeper understanding
at busy times through accessible, secure and reliable offload alternative of applications, devices and
while keeping tabs on user activities. The closely integrated offload, ensures environment in the areas of
user analytics, network
operator has full visibility of their subscribers from the policies enforced, analytics and more.
access rights, allowed subscription, profile management and
SIM-authentication with a tethering mechanism back to the packet core
network, where content control and QoS is within the control of the
operator. Also in the emerging Hotspot 2.0 and Next Generation Hotspot
(NGH) initiative and framework, it will bring mobility and work hand in hand
to support interoperability across network technologies and devices.
The intelligent client learns of subscriber state and network state
parameters over time to detect the corresponding bearer (Wi-Fi, 3G, LTE) to
the suitability of context (service type, device type, environment in use).
These parameters ensure that the operator retains visibility of which IP
traffic are critical and retained on the 3G or Wi-Fi connection.
Also, the client can have extended abilities to support the Instinq Analytics
Engine1 to monitor connection activity and performance metrics across
multiple networks 3G, 4G and Wi-Fi with a closed-loop mechanism that
help measure the impact of offload and better policy definition to ensure
best possible user experience before and after offload.
It is obvious policy management now forms a critical part of wireless
networks and also wireline networks, both to address congestion and traffic
management but also to enable new applications and services. And all
these need to happen seamlessly and offer automation, in order to
capitalize the power of integrated billing. With Seamless Offload, the iWLAN
client ensures the process of offload do not bypass the operator’s core
network even when applications are headed for the Internet. The act of
retaining traffic within the operator’s core network may seem
counter-productive in offload, but having the right view of which types of
traffic should remain on which links with advanced technologies like
MAPCON or IFOM adds another dimension to the clarity of offload
objective. Service providers face choices as to how to scale their policy
13. APPLICATION NOTE Take Seamless Offload to the Road with Greenpacket - 09
deployments to meet these new requirements, including the decision as to
where in the network policy and local policy interact, reside, prioritized and
how it will or won't be controlled.
Seamless Offload finds it value in the way it consolidate the ownership,
credentials, policy assignment and definition customized to give the degree
of control that the operator desire without suppressing user’s expectations
of neutrality and fair treatment of their rights as consumers. At the same
time, it is also important for operators to defend its wall-garden services
without discriminating and penalizing 3rd party services by charging a
premium which may result in backlash. Value added services such as
location-based services, m-wallet, parental controls, shared data plans are
some unique services that users may highly value and unavailable through
3rd party services. Ultimately, it is the perceived value or the lack of it that
primarily drives user expectations, depending on business model the operator
operates. Seamless offload offers carriers the convenience of enabling.
• Secured access to Carrier, Partner, Public or Private Wi-Fi hotspots
wherever available to create an automated experience to their customers
• Multiple platform service delivery and OTT delivery that takes on a
different type of contribution to the customer experience
• Integrated experience to offer service bundles – across multiple
devices and ability to customize/personalize relevant applications,
deeply integrated onto devices and working in collaboration across
3rd party services (where conflict of privacy concerns should be
succinctly addressed) other than carrier VAS
14. APPLICATION NOTE Conclusion - 09
Conclusion
As most carriers move into mobile data models, the fear of voice charging
becoming irrelevant is a blow to their business. So far, some carriers have
responded to VoIP by blocking it resulting in uproar of protests of the
consumers and advocates of net neutrality. The alternative in this is to see
VoIP and a host of other OTT services as an opportunity. It may seem
counter-intuitive at first to intensify the competition of the consumers’
fondness for such services by allowing it to run over their infrastructure and
service offering. But there is more to it when looked at a different perspective
that offers broad distribution. Operators can bring back the key relationship
with their customers and radically boost low-revenue growth prospects,
improve operating efficiency and perfecting their bundled service pricing to
differentiate what works and what doesn’t in the longer term.
Strong demand for mobile broadband modems and embedded connected
devices, fueled in large part by LTE rollouts will see mobile broadband
connections to grow 36% annually until 2015 as predicted by Gartner. It is
not surprise that carriers will need to re-think their operating models to
contain the right mix of heterogeneous networks and act fast. New IP
driven inter-connection and roaming support such as trusted Wi-Fi offload
and Hotspot2.0 and Next Generation Hotspot (NGH) are emerging to
enable cellular operators to meet those increasing traffic demands of mobile
users. Both trusted and un-trusted relationship adds a new dimension to
the control of network selection and traffic routing policies to create a
seamless experience.
On top of that, client device behavior and its relationship with the core
network should be wrapped around in an end-to-end core ability as it
brings a range of use cases, imminent in today’s diverse networks and
avoid falling into the trap of building networks in silo – carriers must instead
use methodologies that exhibit true performance and measure user
experience through connectivity, mobility and inter-operability through
Seamless Offload approach. By creating a greater overlap in Wi-Fi network
coverage and a greater variety of Wi-Fi networks that users can connect to,
operators can economically manage the needs of mobile data offload
without intensive capital expenditure as they build out newer next
generation networks.
15. APPLICATION NOTE Deliver Certainty over Your Service to Customers - 10
Deliver Certainty over
Your Service to Customers
In these days innovation cycles are happening faster and faster, driven in
part by OTT players and developers. Operators need flexible network
architectures that can cope not only with the current demands, but the
onset of cloud-based services and anything in between that can be thrown
at it in the next five to ten years.
Turn your uncertain challenges into business certainty as we introduce a
phased approach for data offload strategy.
Embark on a journey with Greenpacket to discover the meaning of
seamless offloading and start realizing the possibilities for enhancing your
network and delight your customers.
With Greenpacket, you bring value to your subscribers and become their
partner of communication needs.
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