Yesterday’s blog post about wireless network capacity showed the opportunity for network equipment providers to supply gear to service providers facing base station and backbone exhaust.
Canadian technology firm Sandvine has been successful in helping service providers with intelligent network management. Sandvine has acquired more new clients so far in 2011 than all of last year.
As I wrote yesterday,
As smartphone penetration rates continue to rise, together with adoption of attractive streaming video and audio services, networks will continue to be challenged to provide satisfactory user experience.
As if to validate my comment, Rogers reported yesterday that smartphones now represent 48% – almost half – of its mobile customer base. Investment in capacity increases takes time – to plan, engineer, install.
How do network operators provide a superior user experience as traffic volumes continue to increase? Sandvine has a solution for service providers to intelligently manage congestion.
You mention streaming video and audio; don’t forget all those apps that rely on accessing the web to function correctly. Just Google Maps using the GPS function can blow a data cap if used aggressively enough.