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The Future of 3G: Assessing the Threat of Alternative Wireless Technologies

Can alternative wireless technologies such as TD-CDMA, Flash-OFDM, Wi-Fi and WiMax threaten the dominance of 3G networks?

Issue 10 of the Telecom & Media Insights series compares WCDMA and its evolution with the alternative wireless broadband technologies on technical and commercial parameters, to determine the likelihood of these emerging technologies to gain mainstream status.

The study:

• Highlights the performance advantages offered by the emerging wireless broadband technologies over the current WCDMA networks.
• Evaluates whether the subsequent evolution of the WCDMA networks will match up to the data speed performance of the alternative wireless technologies
• Analyses whether the alternative wireless technologies can become mainstream in terms of factors such as seamless mobility and global roaming support, ease of network roll out and integration, and availability of affordable devices.
• Presents our recommendations to the mobile operators on whether they should invest in any of these technologies in light of their existing 3G investments.

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