Data usage will outstrip current infrastructure: report

MONTREAL – The availability of traditional cell sites is not enough to support increasing data demand, says a report by Maravedis.The 4Ggear Quarterly Report on 4G Infrastructure Trends predicts that new radio access technology and additional spectrum alone will not provide sufficient additional mobile capacity. With per-capita mobile data-usage forecasted to grow 10,000% in the next five years driven by heavy smart phone usage, this will require carriers to adopt new approaches to RAN deployment and management, and is driving increased interest in picocell base stations and innovative backhaul solutions."As conventional macrocell approaches fall short, service providers are going to be deploying more...