Fundamentally, there are a few ways mobile operators and other Internet service providers can add more bandwidth, and those choices are crucial in Asian Internet access markets, for the simple reason that half the world’s Internet users, smartphone users and bandwidth consumption will happen in Asia.
Simply, mobile operators can gain the use of more spectrum; create smaller cells or improve modulation and radio efficiency. But most platforms--fixed or untethered--rely fundamentally on the concept of cellularizing coverage.
Wi-Fi suppliers can deploy more cells and use both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHZ bands, or use multi-array antennas.
Fixed network suppliers also rely on use of smaller “cells.” In principle, a fiber “serving area” (fiber to neighborhood) is a form of network cellularization. Fiber to the premise essentially creates a very small cell that can use all the bandwidth of a lightguide, consistent with the chosen optoelectronics.
Some potential new transport or access platforms also use a form of “cellularization.” Drones can orbit over a particular area. Free-floating balloons or low earth orbit satellites create moving areas of coverage that are the equivalent of “cells.”
Likewise, there arguably are several ways for national regulators to stimulate the quality and quantity of communications services and bandwidth. Among those methods:
- release additional spectrum
- license new competitors
- remove barriers such as high taxes, fees
- expedite infrastructure approval processes
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