I
returned, and saw under the sun, that the race [is] not to the swift, nor the
battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of
understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to
them all.
Ecclesiastes
9:11, King James Version
The
recent ruling by the ITU (International Telecommunications Union), the Telecoms
arm of the UN (United Nations) and Pope to us in the Telecoms World, has a lot
of far reaching implications.
Aside
from clearing Telecom Provider Digicel of
being in the wrong as it relates to misrepresenting their Digicel Broadband powered by WiMaX 4G
Mobile (IEEE 802.16d,e) as a 4G Network as stated in the article “Digicel/ITU
confirms classification of WiMaX as 4G”, published Friday, December
24, 2010, The Jamaica
Observer and chronicled in my blog article
entitled “FLOW vs LIME,
Digicel, CLARO and Municipal Wi-Fi - The Empire Strikes Back Part Deux”.
One
such implication can be readily gleaned from the press release in the article
by CNET Reporter Kent German entitled “ITU blesses U.S
Data Networks as 4G”, published December 20, 2010 3:12 PM PST by
Kent German, CNET News - Dialed In also
expanded upon in my blog article
entitled “Digicel the ITU
and Samsung Galaxy Tablet - The Sorcerer's Apprentice”, quote: “It
is recognized that [4G], while undefined, may also be applied to the
forerunners of these technologies, LTE and WiMaX, and to other evolved 3G
technologies providing a substantial level of improvement in performance and
capabilities with respect to the initial third generation systems now
deployed”.
This
means that Networks that are an augmentation of the HSDPA networks, such as
HSDPA+ Networks, can also be considered 4G, as they are a precursor to the
prior mentioned qualifications to be 4G, putting Telecom Provider T-Mobile into
the driver’s seat as it relates to what can be considered 4G.
But,
alas, poor me, it also has a more interesting implication form local Telecom
Provider CLARO, which currently has a 3G Network yet has decided to go LTE
(Long Term Evolution) which sports speeds of up to 100MBps as stated in my blog article
entitled “CLARO vs FLOW -
Cats and dogs The Revenge of Kitty Galore”.
Telecom
Provider CLARO wishes to go 100MBps and thus class themselves as a 5G Network
as per the article “Game on!”
published Friday October 22, 2010 by Mark Titus, The.
But
the ITU specifications for 4G Network, despite alleged speeds of 176MBps, would
still see them as “4G” despite this multi-million dollar upgrade as per the
article “4G: What's in a
name?”, published October 21, 2010 12:42 PM PDT by Marguerite
Reardon, CNET News - Signal Strength.
This was the explanation in my blog article
entitled “Digicel vs LIME
- Mortal Kombat over 4G Title”
The
ITU’s conditionality is simple: Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing
(OFDM), effectively the same signal multiplexing inherent in WCDMA (Wideband
Code Division Multiple Access), a descendant of CDMA Networks and speed
capability demonstrable in achieving 100MBps and higher.
This
was a previous edict or decree issued by the ITU, around the same time Triple
Play Provider FLOW CEO Michelle “Dallas” English issued her declaration of an
increase in “demand” despite evidence suggesting Broadband penetration of only
17% of Jamaican households islandwide as stated in the article “Internet penetration
lagging broadband speed”, published Wednesday, September 22, 2010 by
CAMILO THAME Business co-ordinator, The Jamaica Observer and initially
suspect in my blog article
entitled “FLOW and 100
MBps Wired Broadband - Gossip Girl”.
This
was later explained in my blog article
entitled “LIME vs Digicel
- The Truth About Charlie” as being a response to Telecom Provider
CLARO expansion into LTE, who naturally, would have to pre-purchase T1 for the
intended provisioning of their service.
LTE
for CLARO would push them ahead of everyone in terms of speed, and would most
likely be offered as a tiered service. However, 10MBps is quite adequate for
even Business Customers and Telecom Provider Digicel has recently upgraded
their Microwave Radio Links with adequate T1’s to provide 10MBps best effort, noticeable
in recent speed improvements in at Nighttime, albeit daytime congestion at
certain peak traffic hours still remain an issue as per my blog article
entitled “Digicel and
WiMaX 4G Mobile - Sprint, My Brother's Keeper”, an article which,
admittedly, shows my bias towards WiMaX 4G Mobile (IEEE 802.16d, e).
Additionally,
Telecom Provider Digicel is
capable of upgrading to speeds of up to 120MBps via a protocol software upgrade
to WiMaX 4G Mobile (IEEE 802.16m) as suggested in the article “WiMaX 2 standard
gets date for approval”, published August 16, 2010 1:19 PM PDT by
Jack Clark CNET News - Wireless.
The
fact that to date Telecom Provider Digicel has
chosen not to be drawn into a speed race with Triple Play Provider FLOW means
that their focus is on Customer Care and building their Customer base, as
Telecom Provider Digicel,
John Public muses, is aware that the average Jamaica is more interested in
quality service and not necessarily obsessed with specs and download speeds as
are the TechJamaica forum
fanatics, fans of gadgets with no sex appeal.
With
such speeds of 100MBps rivaling Frame Relay offered as part of Telecom Provider
LIME Metro Net Service, which is a Fiber Optic Service for Business Customers,
their obvious prime target must be business Customers.
The
typical Jamaican householder is yet to even begin conceiving of getting all
their content over the Internet as prognosticated in my blog articles
entitled “Telecom
Providers, 100MBps Broadband and the Broadcasting Commission - Redemption Song”
as well as the article “Telecom Provider
and 100MBps - Diamonds are Forever”. In these articles I expressed
the fact that to make Wireless Business-philic, ISO9001 would have to be a
must.
This
necessitates Data Services that are always on all the time with no downtime,
implying Alternative Energy solutions such as a Solar Power Generator with Wind
Turbine combination, Fiber Optics as backhaul and QoS (Quality of Service) as
Wireless for Business Customers is not trusted and is known to be easily
interceptable, if a hacker’s will is strong enough.
Thus,
were I to have the ability to speak to Telecom Provider CLARO directly, it
would be to suggest to have their GSM and 3G Telecoms Equipment Vendor Huawei
to upgrade their 3G Network to HSDPA+.
This
is akin to the clever move by Telecom Provider T-Mobile. Telecom Provider CLARO
would thus up speeds to at least 10MBps, with Data Caps going up to 30GB, but
imploring Customers that they would be able to receive these higher speeds if
they come in to the nearest Customer Care Center and re-register themselves
with Government of Jamaica Identification i.e. Birth Certificate, Driver’s
License, Voter’s ID, to get this free upgrade to higher speeds upgrade,
maintaining the same price margins similar to the 1.5MBps 3G service – which
ironically are akin to those of Telecom Provider Digicel and their Broadband 4G
Service.
Thus
they stay competitive with their fellow Wireless Broadband competitors and
extend the usefulness of their 3G Network from Telecoms Equipment Vendor
Huawei, getting more “bang for buck”, as the Americans would say and use the
time to build out their LTE Network in keeping with ISO9001.
A
better guarantee of success than a speed race against Triple Play Provider
FLOW! As the cherry atop the Vanilla ice cream, Telecom Provider CLARO would
gain the added distinction of being a 4G Network via the recent ITU ruling,
without having to expend that much cash, simply by going HSDPA+.
Telecom
Provider LIME would also best upgrade to HSDPA+ and speeds of 10MBps also,
before considering going to LTE with Telecoms Equipment Vendor Ericsson. Thus
all of the Big Three (3) Telecom Provider would be on par in terms of speed and
pricing with their more nimble competitors Wayne Chen and Lee’s owned Municipal
Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11n) Networks Dekal Wireless and Nubian-1- Tech
Services Limited, who ironically are the true threat to the Big
Three (3) Telecom Provider expensive Wireless Broadband Services.
Ironically,
Municipal Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11n) Networks are powered by T1 from Triple Play
Provider FLOW. Triple Play Provider FLOW, is ironically the ultimate
Beneficiary in all of this, as Big Three (3) Telecom Provider and the Municipal
Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11n) Networks utilize their T1 Services, effectively making John
Public realize that Triple Play Provider FLOW CEO Michelle “Dallas” English,
sitting at the Telecom Provider’s poker Table, is really holding a Full House
in her hand, Maverick (1994) Style!
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