Revolution MobilizedEssay Preview: Revolution MobilizedReport this essayExecutive SummaryAt the end of 2004 South Africa became a 3rd Generation (3G) society, that marked the beginning of mobile revolution, as can be seen mobile applications and services are become increasingly intertwined with of our lives.
The introduction covers the transition of 2G to 2.5G to finally 3G and the explosion of the mobile revolution, as well as examining some of the industry stakeholders, technologies / protocols and other requirements for 3G.
In the body of the article details how 3G has impacted business, how it has changed the way people do business and how it has changed our lives. It also looks at the current state of the industry, what are the risks and what are the driving factors.
Then we take a look at a few use cases:BankingGovernmental ApplicationsWinners Youth.In conclusion it is deduced that 3G has definitely impacted every aspect of business and is constantly changing the face of business. 3G is fueled by the need for connectivity and it removes a big hurdle for anyone wanting to live an online lifestyle.
It will definitely be a key player in the future development of our country on a global scale.IntroductionThe Mobile Data Industry“We are living in an increasingly wireless world and we ourselves are also increasingly mobile. This means that not only communications, but also the daily tasks we perform need to keep up with our mobile lifestyle.”
South African Wireless Applications Market 2005This statement provides a very broad insight to the Mobile Data Industry (MDI) but encompasses all the aspects that enable us to live a truly mobile life.
The first data services were introduced into South Africa by MTN in 2000 with the launch of GPRS, this was the first 2.5G services in the country, it gave us just a taste of what was to come and mainly caused frustration as it was still a developing technology and not capable of delivering the flashy / user friendly interfaces that consumers were becoming used to from the internet. This caused the slow uptake of the Mobile Internet (MI) and Mobile Services (MS). The bulk of the early services were sms based for example the “surf report” where you could sms your location and receive a simple weather report and sms competitions, which are still one of the largest incomes to this market.
In 2004 Vodacom took the lead and launched its 3G services with MTN soon to follow in 2005, Cell C lagged behind an only offered 3G in 2007. Although Sentech launched in 2003 it only became a mobile service provider years later; iburst launched in 2005.
This opened the door for many other types of business services such as Wireless Internet Service Providers (WISP), Security Services such as vehicle tracking and surveillance and Informational Services such as mapping. This is such a vast topic it could fill many books so for the purpose of this article only a few services are briefly discussed in subsequent sections.
With the services growing and the infrastructure transcending from 2G to 3G, more and more of South Africa became covered with data enabled towers providing more reliable services the industry started to flourish, with the introduction of various new types of services and applications. The public began to hunger for more responsive applications, higher bandwidth and lower costs, has made this a highly competitive industry. Since Wireless Internet Service Providers have offered an alternative to the feudal fixed line operator Telkom and fierce competition from the Mobile Network Operators due to the change of the revenue stream from voice to data, has seen increased bandwidth and coverage areas has made the mobile option viable and more appealing to businesses as a tool for enhancing their business models and increasing there market base.
The Generations2.5G — GPRS / EDGE2.5G is the interim between 2G(GSM, Voice) and 3G (Digital, Realtime Data), technologies such as EDGE (Enhanced Data rates for Global Evolution) and GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) and others help to smooth the transition from 2G to 3G, currently this describes most of South Africa and other African countries. That is why South Africa is heading for a revolution. 2.5G is more than just Data Transmition Protocol, its key advantage is that it can utilize the existing infrastructure (Cell Towers, etc), where as 3G requires the existing infrastructure to be upgraded. The services provided by 2.5G are, but not limited to, web browsing, file transfer and email & attachments.
Sustainable and Reliable
In the next 3 weeks, I will present what I saw and witnessed on 3G, from the ground-up. This post will have my initial thoughts on some important points, along with thoughts on the future in South Africa. The 3G Mobile Solution has been launched to help achieve 2.5G, and is now set to cover more than 20,000 premises worldwide. This means that a large amount of work will need to be done on 3G, particularly if it does not meet the needs of South Africa’s Smart Cities in terms of connectivity, mobile infrastructure & services, and the rest of the Smart Cities in the future.
For those of you who follow me on Twitter @kyleb. I am a blogger, writer, investor, social media manager, and CMO, which means I’ve been working a lot on my Blog since I was eight year old. I have a long list of jobs I love doing, like being an IT director, consulting expert, social media coach, creative director, marketing person, and so on. And I’ve got two kids. I’m extremely excited to finally share this latest great story! Here are a few of the exciting things that will happen in 3G:
Technology Transferring and Enhanced Data Rates by SANS-X
During this process, SANS-X provides the SANS family with a new 3G service called SANS-X. This will revolutionize this 3G backbone and extend the power of South Africa for the next decade or so. The SANS data transfer from a smartphone to a smartphone is going to take a very long time. This is thanks to SANS technology transfer, and the speed and reliability of SANS technology transfer.
SANS-X has been successfully integrated with 3G data and will use it to enhance data communication technology for more than 20,000 websites and 4G carriers across the world, and provides data speed of more than 10 Mbps.
SANS-X has been validated with over 100,000 internet users worldwide.
SANS data transfer supports 6MB transfers at 300Mbps.
SANS data transfer is now being applied on many countries, and is becoming the standard of mobile applications. If you have been in South Africa in the last few years and want to experience more than just your data transfer speeds, you should check out 2.5G data transfer. SANS-X should provide your data to 3G mobile carriers in the coming months.
We are excited about 3G, especially for the South African Smart Cities. Let’s see how that develops, especially for the SMC cities that have been
Sustainable and Reliable
In the next 3 weeks, I will present what I saw and witnessed on 3G, from the ground-up. This post will have my initial thoughts on some important points, along with thoughts on the future in South Africa. The 3G Mobile Solution has been launched to help achieve 2.5G, and is now set to cover more than 20,000 premises worldwide. This means that a large amount of work will need to be done on 3G, particularly if it does not meet the needs of South Africa’s Smart Cities in terms of connectivity, mobile infrastructure & services, and the rest of the Smart Cities in the future.
For those of you who follow me on Twitter @kyleb. I am a blogger, writer, investor, social media manager, and CMO, which means I’ve been working a lot on my Blog since I was eight year old. I have a long list of jobs I love doing, like being an IT director, consulting expert, social media coach, creative director, marketing person, and so on. And I’ve got two kids. I’m extremely excited to finally share this latest great story! Here are a few of the exciting things that will happen in 3G:
Technology Transferring and Enhanced Data Rates by SANS-X
During this process, SANS-X provides the SANS family with a new 3G service called SANS-X. This will revolutionize this 3G backbone and extend the power of South Africa for the next decade or so. The SANS data transfer from a smartphone to a smartphone is going to take a very long time. This is thanks to SANS technology transfer, and the speed and reliability of SANS technology transfer.
SANS-X has been successfully integrated with 3G data and will use it to enhance data communication technology for more than 20,000 websites and 4G carriers across the world, and provides data speed of more than 10 Mbps.
SANS-X has been validated with over 100,000 internet users worldwide.
SANS data transfer supports 6MB transfers at 300Mbps.
SANS data transfer is now being applied on many countries, and is becoming the standard of mobile applications. If you have been in South Africa in the last few years and want to experience more than just your data transfer speeds, you should check out 2.5G data transfer. SANS-X should provide your data to 3G mobile carriers in the coming months.
We are excited about 3G, especially for the South African Smart Cities. Let’s see how that develops, especially for the SMC cities that have been
Sustainable and Reliable
In the next 3 weeks, I will present what I saw and witnessed on 3G, from the ground-up. This post will have my initial thoughts on some important points, along with thoughts on the future in South Africa. The 3G Mobile Solution has been launched to help achieve 2.5G, and is now set to cover more than 20,000 premises worldwide. This means that a large amount of work will need to be done on 3G, particularly if it does not meet the needs of South Africa’s Smart Cities in terms of connectivity, mobile infrastructure & services, and the rest of the Smart Cities in the future.
For those of you who follow me on Twitter @kyleb. I am a blogger, writer, investor, social media manager, and CMO, which means I’ve been working a lot on my Blog since I was eight year old. I have a long list of jobs I love doing, like being an IT director, consulting expert, social media coach, creative director, marketing person, and so on. And I’ve got two kids. I’m extremely excited to finally share this latest great story! Here are a few of the exciting things that will happen in 3G:
Technology Transferring and Enhanced Data Rates by SANS-X
During this process, SANS-X provides the SANS family with a new 3G service called SANS-X. This will revolutionize this 3G backbone and extend the power of South Africa for the next decade or so. The SANS data transfer from a smartphone to a smartphone is going to take a very long time. This is thanks to SANS technology transfer, and the speed and reliability of SANS technology transfer.
SANS-X has been successfully integrated with 3G data and will use it to enhance data communication technology for more than 20,000 websites and 4G carriers across the world, and provides data speed of more than 10 Mbps.
SANS-X has been validated with over 100,000 internet users worldwide.
SANS data transfer supports 6MB transfers at 300Mbps.
SANS data transfer is now being applied on many countries, and is becoming the standard of mobile applications. If you have been in South Africa in the last few years and want to experience more than just your data transfer speeds, you should check out 2.5G data transfer. SANS-X should provide your data to 3G mobile carriers in the coming months.
We are excited about 3G, especially for the South African Smart Cities. Let’s see how that develops, especially for the SMC cities that have been
3G is the third Generation of the Mobile Communications Industry, according to The Book of Vision:“This industry seems to go through a paradigm shift every 10 years. Each shift is characterized by technologies known as first second and third generation systems”.
The mobile industry began in the early 80’s so as you can see their predictions are be spot on.3G brings real time streaming data, which has nearly unlimited applications, to name a few, MMS, audio streaming, video streaming, real time navigation / tracking.
This diagram depicts the transitions of the generations for the mobile network operators.Wireless Network OperatorsSouth Africa has 5 primary wireless network operators, 3 of which are Mobile Network Operators and 2 are Wireless Internet Service Providers.In 2005 the Mobile Data Services brought in revenues of 2.3 billion or about 5.3% of the Mobile Communications Industry [5].The 3 Mobile Network Operators (MNO) are summarized below:VodacomVodacom is the largest MNO in South Africa and offers 3G services via