3G Network of the United Kingdom to Face Big Problems?
Today we see a good number of first hand consumers thriving on the 3G network of the United Kingdom, which include some of the big names here such as the numerous smartphones including the Apple iPhone and the mobile broadband dongles. Alongside, also comes the fears that the 3G networks of the country may be pushed to a breaking point primarily due to the surge of the new consumers exploiting the Christmas offers.
These days, it is not just the mobile broadband dongles served by the various broadband providers in the country that employs the 3G technology to help their customers browse the web or watch online TV, but also you have the iPhone and other smartphones that follow suit. The latter group is known for its network greediness, as O2 puts it rightly that while using the smartphone to view a YouTube video, it uses the same capacity required to send 500,000 text messages.
Meanwhile, Dr Mark Heath, wireless technology consultant has said that although the 3G networks had been under-utilised largely over the years, the situation today was changing rapidly, with a couple of things leading the problem list. He opined that the though smartphones are certainly an issue, mobile broadband services were the bigger problem. He added that he thought the mobile operators were beginning to worry.
Alongside, Unwired Insight, Dr Heath’s company estimated in one of its reports – Will 3G Networks Cope – that a twenty fold increase is expected to happen in the 3G traffic in countries such as the United Kingdom, at the end of a five year term from 2009 to 2014. The report concluded that the broadband providers were required to urgently search for fresher ways to connecting customers in order to meet the ever growing demand, due to their knowing the fact that the network capacity of 3G would increase.
