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Mobile Technology

Last Mile Problem Solved

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Mobile Web’s Potential

• Mobile Tech 2011• The Future is Now

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Mobile Devices

• Laptop/Netbook/Ultrabook computers• Personal Digital Assistants – Tablets– Gaming Devices– E-Readers

• Smart Phones• Padfone

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Mobile Communications

• Bluetooth• Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)• Near Field Communications (NFC)• WiFi (Wireless Fidelity)• WiMax• 3G• 4G

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Bluetooth

• Packet-based protocol• Master & 7 slaves in a piconet• Low power• < 30 m range• 1-3 Mbits– 1 Mbit = 64k characters

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RFID

• Uses radio-frequency electromagnetic fields to transfer data from a tag to an object

• Passive tags require no batteries• Can be read from several meters away

Qty Low High Average 2010

Average 2009 Trend

10k $0.12 $0.18 $0.1488 $0.1510 ↓ 1.46%

100k $0.11 $0.14 $0.1235 $0.1235 ↔ No Change

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Near Field Communications

• Devices establish radio communications with each other by bringing them into close proximity (< 4 cm)

• Security baked in• Can read passive RFID chips• Google Wallet

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NFC Commerce

• Contactless Payment System• Replacement for– Credit cards– Electronic ticket smartcards

• Exchange of information– Maps– Business cards– Coupon delivery

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WiMax

• Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (802.16)

• Metropolitan Area Network– 50 km range (30 m for Wifi)

• Data transfer rates > DSL & Cable– 75 Mbits data transfer (50 Mbits for WiFi)

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3G Mobile Telecommunications

• 2 Mbits for stationary or walking users• 384 Kbits in a moving vehicle

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4G (Sort Of)

• Long Term Evolution (LTE) & WiMax– LTE-Advanced, WirelessMAN-Advanced

• 100 Mbit/s for mobile access– 260 times faster than 3G

• 1 Gbit for low mobility access– 500 times faster than 3G

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Comparison3G 4G

Data Throughput: Up to 3.1mbpsPractically speaking, 3 to 5 mbps but potential estimated at a range of 100 to 300 mbps.

Forward error correction (FEC): 3G uses Turbo codes for error correction.

Concatenated codes are used for error corrections in 4G.

Frequency Band: 1.8 – 2.5GHz 2 – 8GHz

Services And Applications: CDMA 2000, UMTS, EDGE etc Wimax2 and LTE-Advance

Network Architecture: Wide Area Cell Based Integration of wireless LAN and Wide area.

Peak Upload Rate: 50 Mbit/s 500 Mbit/s

Peak Download Rate: 100 Mbit/s 1 Gbit/s

Switching Technique: packet switching packet switching, message switching

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Relevance

• How many cell phone towers are in the vicinity

• How many users are sharing those towers• The bandwidth available to those cellphone

towers to connect to the Internet (backhaul)

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Mobile Going Forward

• 16 Predictions for Mobile in 2012• The Future of Business: Mobile Technology• Mobile Technology is Transforming the Health

Industry• Mobile technology takes hold to shape the fut

ure of Africa.• Mobile Future Portal

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The Future

• The Future of Mobile• The World in 2021