Rogers first in Canada to upgrade its network to LTE with an Evolved Packet Core, introducing faster mobile broadband speeds.
The communications industry is in a state of transformation. People and machines have never been so seamlessly connected. The major building blocks enabling the Networked Society – broadband, mobility, and the cloud – are creating opportunities that are changing the way that many industries do business. And these opportunities bring with them a new set of challenges.
As an all-IP data-only transport technology, LTE presents challenges in satisfying established quality of service (QoS) expectations for mobile telephony for LTE-capable smartphones being served on the LTE network.
Network convergence, the rise of content distribution networks and the consolidation of service hosting enabled by the cloud-computing model are significantly altering traffic patterns being observed by service providers. These developments, along with changes in the business environment, are driving the choices for technology.