And though it remains unclear just how much more backhaul bandwidth will be required, at least some observers think that once networks such as Clearwire get up to speed, and acquire some customer mass, the requirements at each base station might be as high as 2 Gbps. For providers used to selling T1 connections to mobile cell sites, that's a huge opportunity.
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Wireless Backhaul: Big Bucks?
Mobile backhaul has been a big topic of discussion among service providers over the past several years. In part the interest is driven by the concentrated nature of the opportunity. With multiple new broadband networks being built, and upgrades required to virtually all the existing mobile networks, providers have a few big customers who can order up thousands of links at a time.
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
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