Driving LTE into the enterprise

26.08.2011
This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter's approach.

The wide adoption of is driving a change in mobile usage, from voice calls and texts to content creation and consumption, at least in the consumer world. But for businesses, being able to use a smartphone to upload videos to Facebook isn't enough for IT decision-makers to go build a mobile strategy based on privatized (Long Term Evolution), the leading standard.

In order to woo enterprises, LTE must exhibit more than just enhanced browsing and social networking. Businesses want one of three things from 4G:

- To satisfy customer demand for in high-traffic public venues, like stadiums, airports and convention centers.

- To improve operational efficiency, by replacing wired desks with mobile phones/workstations or by mobilizing critical enterprise , like patient or monitoring tools.

- To create a new revenue stream by generating revenue from every guest/visitor/employee served by a local enterprise LTE network -- this obviously requires new core network functions that can "count" data usage of users in specific locations and relate these back to the enterprise as a rebate of sorts.