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18th May - iGR's recently published IMS: A Model of Bandwidth
Usage report forecasts the adoption of some potential IMS-based
applications. The report’s findings suggest that 3G mobile
bandwidth usage will experience a nearly tenfold increase
by 2011.
The report reached this conclusion by modeling: the current
bandwidth usage among mobile data users; the future bandwidth
usage of IMS-based applications among those same users; and
forecasting the increased bandwidth consumption based on those
mobile data and application usage profiles.
The models created by iGR for this report show that in 2006,
light mobile data users consumed approximately 5.92MB per
user per month; medium users consumed approximately 17.68MB;
and heavy mobile data users consumed about 44.4MB per user
per month. The types of mobile applications used in the model
range from email and Web browsing to virtual private network
logins and instant messaging. Moreover, the model suggests
that in 2006, all categories of users (light, medium, heavy)
sent and received more than 0.73 terabytes (TB) per month
of data over the radio link and backhaul network segments.
By 2011, iGR forecasts that number to increase to 6.94 TB
– an 857 percent increase in less than 5 years time.
“This study provides a frame of reference within which
mobile operators can evaluate the future price of their mobile
data packages as a result of IMS implementation and adoption,”
says Matt Vartabedian, research manager at iGR. “The
report also provides a concrete way to discuss applications
that have yet not yet been commercially implemented –
it goes beyond the ‘IMS is push-to-talk’ stereotype.”
By implementing an IMS platform, service providers gain a
common, central and secure service development framework and
architecture that operates across multiple network domains.
In essence, IMS allows for network and service evolution versus
network and service revolution, and allows the mobile service
provider to avoid simply providing a “dumb pipe”
data service.
About iGR
iGR is a market strategy consultancy that conducts research
on major wireless and mobile technology and business issues.
www.iGR-Inc.com
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