Although spring officially started at the end of March, the telecommunications industry was showing signs of growth all month long across all geographic regions, business areas, and technological sectors.

All this increased content delivery is putting ever-increasing pressure on bandwidth. A newly released J.D. Power wireless network quality report revealed that more customers are using 4G smartphones and are becoming less tolerant of slow network connections and data speeds.  According to the study, the number of customers using a 4G-enabled smartphone has risen sharply over the past two years, as have customer expectations for data speed and network quality as technology has improved. More than three-fourths (78%) of smartphone owners indicate using a 4G-enabled device, compared with 59% just two years ago.

As a result, companies are stepping up efforts to carve more capacity out of various regions of the spectrum.  Students at NYU Wireless, along with Samsung, Nokia, and Ericsson engineers, have been conducting pioneering research to prove that millimeter wave frequencies can and will work for mobile communications. The researchers are trying to determine whether the spectrum is suitable for a cellular-like system with mobility rather than just point-to-point applications.

Read the full article at: pipelinepub.com