Emerging Markets - The Future of Mobile Broadband and the Internet of Things

Synopsis

This report provides insights into the core requirements for building smart companies, cities and demonstrates that the building of smart communities is well underway in many parts of the world. While both fixed and mobile broadband can be used as the infrastructure of the Internet of Things for most emerging economies the only short to medium option is mobile broadband and for that reason this reports concentrate on mobile broadband infrastructure.

Latest developments:

A full blown mobile Internet of Things will emerge once 4G networks are available with full IP interconnectivity.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
• 2. Introduction
• 3. The infrastructure
  • 3.1 Mobile’s need for fibre
  • 3.2 Spectrum issue – more to it than meets the eye
  • 3.3 Mobile operators and the broadband boom
  • 3.4 On the verge of mobile Internet of Things
• 4. Trans-sector policies
• 5. The business game-changer
• 6. Key technical developments
  • 6.1 Ubiquitous Complex Event Processing
  • 6.2 Deep Packet Inspection (DPI)
  • 6.3 Behavioural Attitudinal Geolocation
  • 6.4 Location-based services
  • 6.5 Cloud computing
  • 6.6 Wireless M2M
• 7. Smart cities and smart countries
• 8. Examples of smart communities from China and India
  • 8.1 China
    • 8.1.1 Beijing
    • 8.1.2 Guangzhou
    • 8.1.3 Tianjin
    • 8.1.4 Ningbo
    • 8.1.5 Chengdu
    • 8.1.6 Shanghai
    • 8.1.7 Chongqing
  • 8.2 India
• 9. Related reports

• Exhibit 1 – Approximate data rates for selected services on mobile devices
• Exhibit 2 – Digital Dividend

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