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Article: Airvana Identifies 8X Network Load Multiplier Effect for Smartphones.
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- October 14, 2009
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Company's Research Quantifies Hidden Impact of Smartphone Use on Mobile Broadband Resources
Airvana, Inc. , the company transforming the mobile experience, has identified a significant mobile network "load multiplier effect" caused by smartphone data traffic on the macro-cellular network. Airvana engineers comparing data use profiles found that for a given volume of data transmitted, one smartphone typically generates eight times the network signaling load of a USB modem-equipped laptop. Although smartphones may only account for a minority percentage of all devices on operator networks today, they are always on, moving between cell sites and continually ...