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Technology Stocks : The *NEW* Frank Coluccio Technology Forum
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To: Peter Ecclesine who wrote (41747)10/21/2012 12:37:45 AM
From: Frank A. Coluccio  Read Replies (2) of 46821
 
The question arises, which will have the greatest overall penetration in support of "citizen-band" (residential and open Internet used for personal reasons) VOIP and broadband traffic --acknowledging that a plethora of other types of traffic exist too, including telemetry, Internet of things, sensor nets, etc. Will it be 3G/4G/LTE and their heirs, or unlicensed bands using WiFi-like technologies supported by ubiquitous backhaul?

Will the latter unlicensed applications, which are currently being used as a crutch by supporting offload for the former, at some point become the dominant approach used?

I think it's fairly reasonable to assume that the larger mobile operators will take every measure at their disposal to ensure this doesn't happen, unless they find ways to take control of the latter, which implies monetizing it, too.

Thoughts?

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