Wednesday, January 12, 2005

Verizon Thinks EVDO Trumps Wi-Fi

If Verizon is really looking at EVDO as a single mode delivery mechanism over which they deliver a variety of services, they’re out of step with what SBC (and Cingular, as a majority-owned partner) is telling the industry is the future: integration across DSL, Wi-FI, and cellular, with applications layered across all three modes of delivery to their customers. Customers seek the right kind of bandwidth for the application rather than stapling the application on top of the bandwidth that the firm has available.

Among other trends, Verizon Wirelss seems to have missed the VoIP train and the increasing trend for bandwidth heavy and low latency services, and those applications could trump video on a tiny screen wherever you want it. Link to Story

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