Mobile Data growth in Europe to slow as users rely more on WIFI

A really nice piece in Fierce Wireless, with graphs, from our friends over at Analysys Mason - another of us terrific Cambridge Research Companies.

http://www.fiercewireless.com/europe/story/analysys-mason-operators-face-crisis-slow-data-growth/2012-09-13

LTE promises 100Mbps mobile handset, with 180 operators investing in 70 countries

LTE, or Long Term Evolution, will hopefully lead us to That state of ubiquitous of connected Nirvana at some point; but don't hold your breath.  Verizon in the US is delivering an average of 8Mbps in some urban areas.  

But as tha GSA (Global mobile Suppliers Association) reports 180 operators investing in LTE in 70 countries and the EU Government promising to invest in an LTE infrastructure for Europe, maybe we could all be using up our 5Gb a month data allowance in a single morning rather sooner than you might think.

Research from GSA  Updated 'Evolution to LTE' report published has confirmed LTE as the fastest developing system in the history of mobile telecommunications.

LTE operator commitments are developing faster than they did for HSPA, which until now had been the fastest developing mobile communications system.

The report confirms 128 firm operator commitments to deploy commercial LTE systems in 52 countries, and a further 52 “pre-commitment” trials or pilots in an additional 18 countries.

The report covers both LTE FDD and LTE TDD modes.

The number of operators investing in LTE in deployments or trials has increased by more than 140% over the past 12 months. The number of countries where LTE systems are deployed or planned has increased by 85% in the same period.

It's anticipated that at least 64 LTE networks will be in commercial service by end 2012, according to the report.

The LTE eco-system is rapidly developing. User devices are now coming into the market in increasing numbers and addressing all product segments including USB modems/dongles, PC cards, routers, personal WiFi hotspots, smartphones, tablets, gaming devices, and more.

All I can say is sooner the better at the moment most of the world is stuck in a halfway house where mobile devices show massive promise but all to often just don't deliver the goods.

An iPhone Accessory that won;t sell anywhere it snows

I was pleased to see another clean tech (or electric) vehicle manufacturer loving the iPhone it's there in the interior shots just like the Chrysler Peapod. The oddly cute Aptera 2e looks like a Cessna with the wings lopped off and is due to ship later this year, .Maybe, if I lived in Silicon valley I might buy one; except of course the roads there are jammed with big cars and giant trucks, and drivers on PCP.

Back in the 80's I got a lift to work in an ancient Morgan 3 wheeler which spent the entire trip going sideways. with the rear wheel hopping from rut to rut at random intervals.Morgan; No iPhone adaptor, No Wimax, Not great in the Snow... but likely to be around longer than the 2e.

A quick guide to the 4G

TelecomTV have done this great intro to 4G. Had my eyes reeling from the three letter acronyms (mostly 4, sometimes 5)

I tried to embed it here but for some reason the blogger app' keeps blocking it so just follow the link

Don't worry you have at least 3 yrs before the standards start to roll out, in which to learn all the acronyms.