The expansion of high-speed broadband deployment and growth in smartphone uptake in Germany offers operators an opportunity to consider expanding their service portfolio to IT solutions. Currently, three mobile operators offer commercial LTE services, focusing their investment on expanding the coverage across the country, says Pyramid Research Analyst, Olena Kaplan. As of now, they don’t plan to add a prepaid option for LTE, and this is expected to inhibit LTE growth in the short term. However, Pyramid expects LTE adoption to accelerate next year to reach 3 percent of all SIMs (3.6 million), rising further to 19 percent (26.5 million) by 2017…The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) published a report on the Wi-Fi hot-spot market compiled by global research company Informa Telecoms & Media. The survey revealed hotspot connections now are led by smartphones (40 percent), followed closely by laptops (39 percent) and then tablets (17 percent). The survey also highlighted the rapid deployment of NGH, based on Passpoint certified equipment, with 19 percent of operator respondents planning to deploy by the end of 2013. To read the entire report, click here.

The Daily

Subscribe
Thursday–December 12

People

Imagine Communications CEO Tom Cotney announced he’ll retire effective March 31.

Read the Full Issue
The Skinny is delivered on Tuesday and focuses on the cable profession. You'll stay in the know on the headlines, topics and special issues you value most. Sign Up

Calendar

Apr 16
Cablefax 100 Awards Nominations Open November 13th, 2024.
Full Calendar

Jobs

Seeking an INDUSTRY JOB or hiring for one?
VIEW JOBS

In conjunction with our sister brand, Cynopsis, we are offering hiring managers a deep pool of media-savvy, skilled candidates at a range of experience levels and sectors. The result will be an even more robust industry job board, to help both employers and job seekers.

Contact Carley Ashley, [email protected], for more information about posting a job on the website and our Jobs newsletter, sent twice weekly to 85,000 media professionals.