CONTENTS

Policy on Intellectual Property Right (IPR)
�1���� Introduction
�2���� Traffic and user penetration information of existing mobile broadband deployments (until 2011)
������� 2.1���� Global IMT traffic from 2006 to 2011
������� 2.2���� Global IMT subscriber information from 2006 to 2011
�3���� Trends contributing to increased demand for mobile broadband
������� 3.1���� New type of devices, such as smart phones, dongles, tablets
������� 3.2���� Mobile Internet usage is increasing
������� 3.3���� Huge increase of mobile software application offerings (Apps)
������� 3.4���� Video traffic is growing dramatically
������� 3.5���� Media rich social networks go mobile
������� 3.6���� Machine-to-machine traffic is growing and expanding to new applications
������� 3.7���� More capable network � user experience improvement
������� 3.8���� Cost reduction and price decrease
������� 3.9���� Several policy initiatives to promote mobile broadband
������ 3.10���� Potential area to increase data traffic
�� ����3.11���� Broader user-age demographics and its impact on traffic growth
�4���� Mobile broadband forecasts up to 2020 and beyond
������� 4.1���� Reviewing the previous ITU market forecast study
������� 4.2���� Mobile data traffic forecast
�5���� Conclusions
Abbreviations
Annex 1� List of related ITU-R Recommendations and ITU-R Reports
Annex 2� Detailed information of existing mobile broadband implementation
������ A2.1���� Introduction
������ A2.2���� Global information on mobile broadband implementations
������ A2.3���� Regional specific information, Region 1
������ A2.4���� Regional specific information, Region 2
������ A2.5���� Regional specific information, Region 3
Annex 3� Detailed information on usage and application trends of mobile broadband
������ A3.1���� Introduction
������ A3.2���� New type of devices, such as smartphones, dongles, tablets
������ A3.3���� Mobile Internet usage is increasing
������ A3.4���� Huge increase of mobile software applications offerings (Apps)
����� A3.5���� Video traffic is growing dramatically
������ A3.6���� Media rich social networks go mobile
������ A3.7���� Machine-to-machine traffic is growing and expanding to new applications
������ A3.8���� More capable network � user experience improvement
������ A3.9���� Broader user-age demographics and its impact on traffic demand
����� A3.10���� Other trends identified in addition to above key trends
����������������� A3.10.1���� Mobile voice traffic will have a limited growth
����������������� A3.10.2���� �HD (high definition) Voice will challenge VoIP
����������������� A3.10.3���� Short messaging is increasing
����������������� A3.10.4���� �Multimedia messaging has not been widely adopted
����������������� A3.10.5���� �Peer-to-peer (P2P) traffic in mobile broadband network is becoming more and more important
����������������� A3.10.6���� �Other aspects related to trends
Annex 4� New mobile broadband forecasts
������ A4.1���� Regulator views
������ A4.2���� Industry views
����������������� A4.2.1��� �New mobile traffic forecasts by UMTS Forum
Traffic mix � Worldwide
����������������� A4.2.3���� Market of pre-IMT-2000 and IMT-2000 mobile systems
������ A4.3���� Global IMT subscriber development forecast
Annex 5� Various measures to respond to increased mobile broadband traffic
������ A5.1���� Introduction
������ A5.2���� Measures to meet the expanding traffic demand
����������������� A5.2.1���� New air interface technologies
����������������� A5.2.2���� Network densification
����������������� A5.2.3��� �Offloading of traffic
����������������� A5.2.4���� Addressing spectrum availability
Annex 6� International, regional and national mobile broadband initiatives
������ A6.1���� International broadband initiatives
������ A6.2���� Regional broadband initiatives
������ A6.3���� National broadband plans