21.05.12
Three biggest shifts are underway in the telecommunications industry. First is a skyrocketing demand for wireless speech and data services across the globe. At the same time, consumers are rapidly piercing the cord on traditional landline services. But it is the migration away from cablegram services and instead, accessing television directly through the internet, which may end up to be the most groundbreaking development in the coming years.
In emerging markets, need for communications services is surging. Every year, millions of people are pushed into higher revenues levels and are able to afford voice, data, and entertainment services. However, in many of these areas, both landline and wire wire infrastructures are poor, providing few options for connectivity.
Thus, emerging economies will rely much more heavily on the cellular networks—not mooring or landline infrastructure like many Western nations—to present voice, data, and internet services. Laying wire across these countries’ substantial and rugged geographies, particularly in remote areas, is expensive and metre consuming. Connecting these eager populations to the mobile cloud will on the whole come through wireless services.
Source: Seeking Alpha