"Recognising the Promise of Mobile Broadband", a White Paper from the UMTS Forum, is now available from their web site.

The paper looks at the potential impact of LTE on the ecosystem and "..examines some of the technological, operational and strategic options available to mobile operators as they seek sustainable new business models and fresh sources of value."

"Recognising the Promise of Mobile Broadband" also summarises developments on ITU's IMT-Advanced process, where 3GPP Partners are proposing LTE as the basis from which 4G Standards will evolve (LTE-Advanced).

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UMTS Forum White Papers are freely

available on line

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UMTS Forum White Papers are freely available on line.

Recent reports include:

• UMTS/HSPA broadband services in the 900 MHz band

• Mobile TV Advertising

• Mobile Broadband Evolution: the roadmap from HSPA to LTE

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About the UMTS Forum

The UMTS Forum helps all players in this dynamic new value chain understand and profit from the opportunities of 3G/UMTS networks and their Long Term Evolution (LTE).

The UMTS Forum participates actively in the work of the ITU as member of all three ITU Sector Groups. It also regularly contributes to the works of EC and CEPT, and fosters strong links with other governmental, administrative, industry and technical bodies.

As an ETSI Observer and a Market Representation Partner in 3GPP, the UMTS Forum offers market-focused contributions to their standardisation work of mobile broadband. It also contributes to the timely licensing and deployment of mobile broadband globally through regular dialogue with regulators and responses to public consultations. ...more