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What is the future for Close Circuit TV with Mobile Broadband speeds reaching Fixed Broadband speeds in the near future?

Video is such a major part of our lives that we tend to take it for granted when it is all around us from the TVs in our homes to Youtube on our PCs and Smart Phones. But the expansion in speed in the Mobile world, 3G, UMTS, HSPA and 4G services is starting to open up possibilities that have never before been practical or even feasible.

Security services for example – On every corner in most major European cities you will find CCTV cameras but it is not so practical to put these systems into certain areas that would seriously benefit from monitoring and surveillance. High risk or secluded areas such as bus stops, remote storage, public vehicles and rural locations where data network availability has been limited or not even present. Wide area Broadband services now open up the possibility of providing a host of security services to remote locations and to bring back live video capture. Often legacy systems require local storage and some form of manual intervention to recover recordings. If a theft or attack is recorded the owner or authorities need to play catch up after the event to piece together the evidence. Not withstanding that the mobile operators need to offer suitable data packages for these applications it is certainly an application waiting for the service and there is a plethora of High Speed 4G CPE waiting to connect these networks. Broadband is no longer the exclusive domain of the fixed operators! There a host of legacy systems awaiting retrofit and more new systems to install which, too date, have been impractical to deploy. 4G is going to be a major contributor to making these systems a success.

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What possibilities do 4G mobile services create in the field of remote video advertising?

Flat screen Displays are becoming common place in many public places: Shopping centres, Train stations, bus shelters, football grounds and they are becoming ever more prevalent as large panel display technologies become cheaper and more reliable. The majority of remote sineage technology currently deployed relies primarily on local storage of media which plays a number of advertisements on a loop. New media is typically downloaded over night or out of hours via a remote modem typically low speed via a landline or mobile connection. Both of these options are limited technically and economically. But, imagine if all of these remote assets could be networked wherever they were by a high speed mobile connection wirelessly! The possibilities for maximizing the value of these assets starts to get very exciting! These assets rely on playing contracted advertisements in set locations based on the viewing potential and even though the advertisements are, as far as possible, targeted geographically and demographically, they are limited.

4G high Speed Wireless connections enables real time video content to be distributed in an almost ‘broadcast’ type approach to targeted locations based on event, time of day or to support local promotions such as special offers in the vicinity which shops and retailers can take advantage of. If you think you have seen everything when it comes to advertising think again! There will be an increase in targeted media to set locations which will open up many commercial opportunities for deployment of new media platforms powered by 4G connectivity.

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The new ZTE MF60 WiFi Hotspot router is a 21Mbps High Speed wireless broadband WiFi Hotspot enabling up to eight users to share a single 3G mobile broadband connection.  When used in conjunction with the latest HSPA+ network from 3 mobile in the UK, the ZTE MF60 should provide a reliable, high speed wireless connection for multiple users and the long battery life means that it will be a convenient solution for many mobile broadband users that have come to rely on MiFi type wireless broadband routers.

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Business and consumer demand for high speed mobile broadband has spiked a demand for 4G Routers and LTE Routers in the UK.  Popular products such as the Option Globesurfer 3+ and the Zalip CDG561WE 4G Routers thats provide higher download speeds than traditional HSPA Routers have seen a dramatic increase in sales.  The Option Globesurfer III+ is a HSPA+ Router with a maximum download speed of 14.4Mbps and the Zalip CDG561WE is a 4G Router with maximum download speeds of up to 21Mbps.

Many users of these high speed mobile broadband routers aare using them on the new 3 mobile HSPA+ Network and in our own tests we got 11Mbps download speed which is pretty impressive.

With the new wave of wireless network technologies around the corner with the auction of the old analogue television spectrum later this year there are exciting times ahead in the UK for high speed mobile broadband access for both 4G mobile phone users as well as home and office mobile broadband solutions using the next generation of 4G Router, LTE Router, WiMAX Router and HSPA+ Routers.

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New LTE Blog available as part of the new LTE Forum Site.

The LTE Blog will provide comment and updates on the LTE Long Term Evoolution mobile broadband services, networkd, phones, hardware and LTE Routers available in the UK and across the world.  The LTE Blog compliments the new LTE Forum.

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The GTECH104 is a multi-functional business telephone that uses a SIM card to make and receive calls instead of plugging into a traditional telephone line.  The GTECH 104 is essentially a mobile phone in the guise of a deskphone.

There are many GSM Desk Phones available in the UK and many are used for telesales, temporary office, security and Taxi Phones, but the GTECH 104 provides additional features that make it ideal for use as a single communications device for a small office or temporary or remote office such as a construction site office.  The GTECH104 can connect to additional extension phones using the built-in DECT wireless capabilities and also acts as a WiFi hotspot to enable PC and laptop users to connect to share 3G mobile broadband connectivity.

The GTECH 104 is priced at around £250.00 for the base unit so is more expensive than standard GSM Desk Phones such as the DPH500 but is an all rounder and is sure to find a loyal following in the UK.

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The Geneko GWR352 is an industrial grade embedded HSPA 3G Router with dual SIM capacity with automatic failover to the second SIM card in the event of network unavailability for the SIM card in slot 1.  The Geneko GWR352 also features advanced keep alive services and automatic reboot in the event of network loss or the option of failing over to a different 3G network using the SIM card in slot 2.

The Geneko GWR352 is a quad band 3G Router (850/900/1900/2100Mhz) with Ethernet connectivity and is ideal for M2M remote connectivity for remote management and monitoring applications such as digital signage or CCTV.

The Geneko GWR352 3G router is available in the UK from the 3G Router Store.

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We have tested the new Zalip CDG561WE embedded HSPA+ 3G router today using a standard 3 mobile broadband SIM card and using www.speedtest.net we got a download speed of 11.26Mbps and an upload speed of 1.54Mps – we were very impressed.

I tested our own ADSL broadband service and only got 5.12Mbps download speed and a measly 412kbps upload speed.  HSPA+ seems to be the way to go.

We just thought you might be interesed.

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Many users of Mobile Broadband simply plug their 3G USB Modem into their laptop or PC and start surfing the web.  Hoever, if they also own a WiFi iPad and want to use their mobile broadband modem for this, then they can’t.  The same applies to other laptops or WiFi products in the house.  You could invest in a MiFi unit that runs on batteries and share the connection, but for the home this might ot give the best coverage and will not allow the connection on non WiFi devices.

The 3G Router is the answer to this problem of sharing a single USB 3G Modem, simply insert the modem into the router and you can nowconnect multiple devices using a wired or wireless connection.  The Option Globesurfer X1 is a great example of this type of solution.  When you plug in your 3G Dongle it provides WiFi for mobile devices and two Ethernet ports for wired connections.  The Globesurfer X.1 also feature an additional USB port for a USB Printer or memory stick for file or printer sharing.

Another 3G Router option is using an embedded 3G Router.  This simply means that the 3G technology is already inside the router so you just insert your mobile broadband SIM card and connect your PC’s or devices using the traditional Ethernet and WiFi interfaces.  The advantage of using an embedded 3G Router is that in most cases is is easier to connect an external antenna to help improve 3G signal reception in poor signal areas.  An embedded 3G router provides a more long term solution so is ideal for a home or business user that wants to use a 3G router to replace their ADSL broadband service.  Some embedded 3G Routers include a built-in ADSL router so they can be used as a normal ADSL Broadband router and automatically fail over to 3G in trhe event that the wired broadband services become unavailable.  This is especially useful for businesses that rely on their internet connection.  In fact, the Telecom FM Dataroute router has this built in functionality and even sends the user an SMS message when the router fails over to 3G to warn that the ADSL is down so the problem can be remedied. 

One of the problems faced by long term mobile broadband connections is the factthat mobile broadband providers have a tendency to drop the connection which requires the owner of the 3G router to reboot the router to re-establish the connection.  Many embedded 3G router manufacturers have tackled this problem by inlcuding some form of automatic reboot.  In the example of the Telecom Dataroute, when used in 3G mode only it will send a ping to an IP address on the internet at set intervals and if it does not receive a reply it will assume it has been disconnected and reboot and reconnect to the mobile broadband service.  This makes this type of embedded 3G router with Ping Reboot feature very reliable for M2M applications (Machine to Machine).  For example, a CCTV company that wants to remotely monitor some cameras can install a lower cost 3G Router mobile broadbad solution instead of an ADSL service and can remotely access their CCTV equipment via the 3G network, with the peace of mind that they can ensure a reliable, long term 3g connection.  Other M2M applications include digital signage ad remote monitoring and management applications.

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The Virtual Access GW2000 is a HSPA 3G Router providing up to 7.2Mbps download speeds and up to 5.76Mbps upload speeds using a standard 3G mobile Broadband SIM Card.  The GW2000 also features asecond SIM card slot so that the user can insert a back-up SIM card from a different service provider so that in the event that the network becomes unavilable for the main SIM card then the unit can switch to the backup 3g service provider to ensure a consistent 3G connection.

When the primary network becomes available the the 3G Router will switch back to the main SIM card.

The Virtual Accss GW2000 features 4 x 10/100 Ethernet Ports and is available in the UK from Westlake Communications Ltd via their dedicated 3G Modem and 3G Router store.

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