Mobile Phone Swot Analysis

Today, each and every person has a mobile phone or cell phone. This has been made possible due to rapid advancements in this technology resulting in lowering of cost and increasing its features. This system has become so significant that one can’t imagine living without a cell phone. The latest addition to the family of cell phones is the smartphone which is virtually a computer fitted onto your palm. The cellular system has become so vast that it is expected that overall of 1.2 billion smartphones will be shipped worldwide. The number of mobile phones in the world is expected to be more than 6.8 billion which means that on an average each person has a mobile phone. In India alone, there are around 915 million cell phone users. It is predicted

We have seen increasing data speeds with each passing technology. We have obtained average data rates of 15 Mbps with 4-G technology. 4-G technology is yet to realize its full potential. On the other hand, there are talks already regarding the introduction of 5-G technology. The new 5-G technology is expected to hit the market by 2020 or maybe before that. Many of the technologies that will be used in the 5-G technology will start appearing in 4-G systems. Then, as the new 5-G technology starts shaping up, it will be introduced in the new cellular technology. While standards have not yet been defined for this 5-G system, several operators have set their own aims. For instance, some operators aim at peak data rate to be 10 Gbps, latency less than 1ms, network capacity more than 10,000 times of the current network and cell edge data rate to be 100 Mbps. One major enabler for 3-G systems will be the release of spectrum and it is expected that new spectrum will be agreed upon at the World Radio Communication Conference, WRC which is to be held in 2015. It is estimated that basic research will take place around 2016 and standards will be developed between 2016 and 2018. Product development will start around 2018 and these products are expected to hit the market by

However, spectrum resources are limited. This calls for an efficient utilization of spectrum. It is believed that spectrum sharing can improve the spectrum efficiency. Thus, spectrum sharing is one technique which might be implemented in the near future. But again, there are challenges here as well. The proper implementation method is not quite clear at this point. It is more so because of the great complexity involved for operators. There are other possible techniques to achieve cooperation among operators such as Access Class Barring technique, Vertical Handover and relay mechanism to