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Technology Stocks : Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read rules before posting -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: slacker711 who wrote (48506)	11/7/2005 9:35:15 AM
From: voop	Respond to of 196499

"The trials have shown that video streaming performance degrades when a relatively modest number of users are active. As little as four active users are sufficient to cause video streaming to freeze if scheduling priorities are not set properly. To compensate for this, operators must actively prioritise video over other services or provide more capacity. Operators could defer video services on HSDPA to a later stage, but as video services consume a large amount of UMTS capacity they should be moved to HSDPA for improved efficiency." You mean they should put data on its own band? They could call it DO-H!!!(Data-Only Hspda). Presuming they pay appropriate royalties to Homer Simpson and Andrew Viterbi while at Qualcomm, of course.

To: slacker711 who wrote (48506)	11/7/2005 11:27:27 AM
From: slacker711	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 196499

It seems that Tata might have started another rate war in India.... financialexpress.com Low tariffs could sink telcos The Indian Express PRAGYA SINGH Posted online: Monday, November 07, 2005 at 1113 hours IST Updated: Monday, November 07, 2005 at 1538 hours IST NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 7: Through an open war over tariffs and subscribers the telecom players, busy with steep expansion and investment plans since early this year, may just have dialled D-for doom for themselves and more importantly, for you too. Tata Teleservices’ new tariff plan ‘Non-Stop Mobile’, which offers a mobile connection for two years at zero price except the handset, has been pegged as potentially ‘‘destructive’’ to the telecom industry by a new industry report. According to Bric Securities, an equity analysis firm, Tata’s new offer could ‘‘throw all current calculations on profits out of gear.’’ Here is why: In the worst-case scenario, Non-Stop Mobile could push Tata’s average revenue per user (ARPU) down to $1.5 per month —sharply below today’s industry ARPU of $7-$9 that operators find barely sustainable. Service providers who compete at such ARPUs will need deep pockets — more than low tariffs, quality service or a countrywide network that operators hanker for, finds the report, which is also rather sceptical on local mergers and acquisitions. TTSL’s new scheme is already pushing operators into cutting tariffs competitively, but those cuts may turn permanent — and unsustainable —for firms without massive cash reserves. ‘‘BSNL is already putting up a total capacity of 82 million new wireless subs. If it was to get into a price war...these cuts could become more permanent,’’ Bric says. The report says if TTSL’s new plan is successful, it will rake in subscribers by hordes — a likely motive considering it is in 20 of 23 circles but with only 5.2 million subscribers. Besides, Tata’s capex is not expected to jump, considering it has a capacity to service over 10 million subscribers. Instead, the Bric report expects tariff pressure to take a toll on more profitable value-added services and even rentals (including caller-line identification), across the industry. It adds, ‘‘In this context, note the competitive action by the Tatas, who have invested $4 billion in their telecom business, but not succeeded in building a high enough market share.’’ There is, however, a big if to the entire ‘‘destructive’’ fall-out: Non-Stop Mobile must be successful for any of this to happen. BRIC raises some questions over Tata’s own ability to sustain its new scheme. For now, outgoing calls on the Tata network are already ‘‘over 60 per cent cheaper than those of its competitors,’’ by way of its 1-second pulse and lower calling rates. Today, for customers making outgoing calls of about 10 minutes a month, TTSL’s charges are already about 90 per cent lower than other operators. Even for customers with 100 outgoing minutes, its charges are 45 per cent lower. In any case, says the report, the TTSL plan could result in massive customer additions, and is aimed at lower-end users who make fewer calls.

To: slacker711 who wrote (48506)	11/30/2005 5:31:12 PM
From: quartersawyer	Respond to of 196499

Response to Motorola's claim that HSDPA is "prone to delays", earlier this month: Dynamic Optimization Poised to Double HSDPA Network Speeds Bytemobile Solution Allows Mobile Operators to Deliver on the Promise of Mobile Broadband tinyurl.com MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 11/30/2005 -- Bytemobile, the global leader in content-dynamic networking services, today announced that its newest version of optimization software designed specifically for high-speed, mobile broadband networks is showing a speed-up of up to 2x on HSDPA networks. The software-based solution, called the Optimization Services Node (OSN), specifically enhances each data packet and enables mobile operators to improve the end-user experience while increasing network capacity. Bytemobile's optimization solutions power more than 60 mobile networks supporting three quarters of a billion subscribers in 30 countries. For many operator groups, the Bytemobile OSN is the de facto dynamic optimization standard and has proven effective in driving data subscriber adoption and usage rates. "Our customers recognize that applications using Internet protocols such as HTTP or TCP encounter inherent limitations on achieving a true broadband-like experience," says David Nowicki, Bytemobile's vice president of product marketing. "As customers build out their next generation of data networks -- which for many of them is HSDPA -- Bytemobile's OSN solution will allow them to reap the same rewards in these new higher-speed networks that they enjoy in their 2.5 and 3G networks." HSDPA, also called 3.5G, is the follow-on high-speed network to UMTS (3G) networks. The HSDPA specification calls out data rates of up to 14 Mbps; however, practical performance in typical wide area networks averages about 700 kbps and is even lower in a loaded network. In a report released by Motorola on November 7, 2005, (http://www.motorola.com/mediacenter/news/detail/0,,6084_6045_23,00.html) latency was cited as a major factor in underperformance of HSDPA networks below theoretical and expected levels, especially for certain applications such as web surfing. Bytemobile tested the new version of the OSN, which includes features that dramatically diminish the effects of network latency, in conjunction with a major European-based infrastructure provider in an HSDPA trial environment. The tests used a client-server version of the OSN software and measured dynamic optimization improvements using TCP applications on a laptop. Performance improvements showed a 2x speedup, or an effective throughput boost from 700 kbps to 1,400 kbps. Bytemobile's OSN added 700 kbps to the web surfing experience. "The twofold improvement was for laptop-based usage," Nowicki points out. "Web surfing speed-up on a handset is likely to be even greater." "We're committed to helping operators make the most of their networks," says Steve Livingston, Bytemobile vice president of worldwide sales and marketing. "In addition to the speed-up for effective data rates, operators can also experience data reduction and capacity increases of 3x to 4x, which reduce the cost of delivery by an equivalent amount. A great user experience and greater network efficiency deliver an improved ROI. That's critical in today's financial markets, where there is so much pressure to reduce CAPEX and OPEX." About Bytemobile Bytemobile network services and optimization solutions unify, simplify and accelerate the deployment of advanced wireless data services to mobile handsets, laptops and PDAs. Mobile network operators around the world have chosen Bytemobile products to maximize the profitability and efficiency of their networks. Bytemobile helps operators deliver fast, reliable remote access to the applications their subscribers need every day. Bytemobile's market-leading solutions are deployed at more than 60 mobile network operators around the world. These companies support more than three quarters of a billion wireless subscribers in 30 countries across Asia, North America, Europe, South America, the Middle East, and Africa. Customers include Centertel, China Mobile, Cingular, Connex, Nextel, NTT DoCoMo, Orange, Proximus, Sprint Nextel, T-Mobile, Telefónica Móviles, O2 and Vodafone. Bytemobile is a privately held company headquartered in Mountain View, California. The company has sales and support offices in Uckfield, England; Tokyo, Japan; and Beijing, China; and technology development centers in Patras, Greece, and Marlborough, Massachusetts. To find out more about Bytemobile, please visit bytemobile.com