Ubiquitous indoor coverage: SA operators' biggest challenge in 2012
[Johannesburg, 14 March 2012] -
Mobile data usage, across both business professionals and consumers, has grown immensely in the past couple of years. As a result of increased smartphone, tablet and wireless laptop usage, individuals are now able to access information from anywhere, at any time.Winston Smith, Managing Director of Alvarion in South Africa, says the increase in data traffic and the shift from traditional to rich data usage is leaving corporates, building owners and, most importantly, mobile operators in a data capacity crunch.With smartphone and other devices becoming more adept at handling larger data loads like multimedia applications, networks are forced to adapt to support this shift. Smartphones can generate as much as 30 times more data than a standard feature cellphone. Usability inside facilities like office buildings, exhibition halls, conference centres or shopping malls is limited due to the lack of an in-building wireless infrastructure to support the new levels of connectivity and speed that today's consumer and worker demand.
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