Referencing Virgin's technology, the concept of having fibre closer to fixed line connections is not new, their vision is to have gigabit connectivity in the next 10 years.
Others commented that mobile was now outpacing fixed line connections.
The report noted that mobile connections in sub-Saharan Africa had grown to 475 million vs just 12.3 million fixed line connections.
The report noted that mobile connections in sub-Saharan Africa had grown to 475 million vs just 12.3 million fixed line connections.
Alternatively, Carriers also they sell femtocells as an extra paid-for service for businesses and home users — giving them, for the first time, a credible way to convince users to cut out fixed line connections altogether and push everything on to cellular plans.
Shine's spokesman notes its ad blocking technology can also work on fixed lined connections — which could enable it to be used to block ads over Wi-Fi networks too.
This is faster than 3G, which averages between 1Mbps and 1.5Mbps, and compares well with the average household, fixed line broadband connection, which rose to just under 7Mbps this year.
According to official figures, there are 3.3 million mobile internet connections and 630,000 fixed line internet subscribers among the country's 20 million people.
The penetration of mobile phones in large parts of the developing world notwithstanding, mobile access is more expensive than fixed line access since one is paying for "coverage" rather than connection to a specific location [ 4, 58].
Iridium's business is mobile communications, providing connections to anyone who is not near a fixed line.
Swisscom is Switzerland's leading telecom provider with 5 million mobile customers, around 5.3 million fixed lines and 1.6 million broadband connections.
