The future of mobile - Key issues for cellular network operators

Over the past five years, fixed networks have seen an explosion in the amou nt of data and multimedia traffic carried, largely facilitated by the growt h of the Internet and intranets, It is anticipated that this trend will be mirrored in mobile networks over the next few years. Mobile standards group s are currently addressing this forecasted growth in their work, along with the vision of seamless interworking across networks and truly global cover age. This article presents the evolution paths of mobile technology, and ad dresses the key issues that mobile network operators will face, and the app ropriate consideration necessary to resolve them.