Mobile broadband usage across the globe is set to increase drastically in the coming years, and the upcoming markets will need to fully utilize the 2.6GHz band for use, according to a GVP.
The Global View Partners have collaborated hand on hand with the GSM Association (GSMA), and discovered that the available bandwidth would become a key factor to satisfying the increasing demands for mobile broadband and the launch of next-generation technology such as long-term evolution.
The use of the 2.6GHz band has already been started in the E.U. however the European Union has agreed that the switch should effect everyone, and its use should be harmonised across all countries
Tom Phillips, Chief Regulatory Affairs Officer at the GSMA, said: “There is clear evidence that the volume of data flowing over mobile networks is growing rapidly and is being accelerated by the popularity of such devices as smartphones, skype mobiles, windows live messenger mobiles and the growth in music and video downloads.”
The number of mobile broadband subscribers in key European markets will rise from 22 million at the end of 2009 to over 43 million by 2011.
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