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The Business Case for an Integrated Policy and Charging Control (PCC) Solution in the Multimedia Core

Apr 18, 2011 at 3:21 pm in White Papers by LT Writer · Leave a Comment »

Mobile broadband is the fastest growing telecommunications market, however, mobile broadbandrevenue is lagging behind traffic growth and creating a profitability squeeze. This is caused by newbilling models combined with new devices and new technologies.

Policy management addresses this challenge of traffic growth while enabling real-time charging rulesto implement differentiated pricing strategies that precisely match service delivery to the subscriber’swillingness to pay. Fair usage policies help manage network infrastructure costs and ensure balancedperformance at any given time. Differentiated  [read more →]

Evolution of 4G Mobile Broadband

Mar 1, 2011 at 7:00 am in White Papers by LT Writer · Leave a Comment »

4G Evolution

Over the past eight years, 3G Americas has annually published a white paper to provide the most current “encyclopedia” of the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) standards work, beginning in 2003 with a focus on Release 1999 (Rel-99). In February 2010, the 3G Americas white paper,  3GPP Mobile Broadband Innovation Path to  4G: Release 9, Release 10 and Beyond: HSPA+, LTE/SAE and LTE-Advanced, provided a thorough review of Release 9  (Rel-9) including HSPA+  and enhancements of Release 8 (Rel-8) LTE/EPC capabilities. Now,  [read more →]