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Specialists in wireless technologies and their impact

We advise on the commercial impact of, and opportunities from, wireless technologies.

Our customers include Vodafone, Intel, Nokia, Ericsson, NTT DoCoMo, IBM, Sprint and BSkyB. Click here for a list of Sound Partners customers.

Dr Alastair Brydon (CEO)

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Read our featured article Dual-mode services have fundamental weaknesses

The telecoms industry’s approach to fixed–mobile convergence (FMC) has been to focus on device convergence – particularly dual-mode voice handsets based on unlicensed mobile access technology (UMA). However, operators have had relatively little success with these services so far, for a number of reasons that are to do with fundamental aspects of converged devices for voice services. More...

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We produce reports, which are published by Analysys Mason. Click here for a full list of reports that are available.

Our featured report is The Business Case for Picocells and Femtocells in the Enterprise Market

In the enterprise market, mobile network operators are being threatened by the WLAN community developing solutions for the indoor environment. This report considers how indoor base stations allow operators to fight back. It presents the financial business case for operators and enterprises deploying indoor base stations, for a number of deployment scenarios. It compares the business case for indoor base stations against that for dual-mode services using WLAN. Although it is early days for indoor base station deployment, the report reviews early service implementations by mobile operators in the enterprise market.

Sound Partners Wireless Research

Wireless technologies
Understand the commercial impact of wireless technologies, including femtocells, cellular technology enhancements (e.g. HSDPA+, 3G LTE and IMS), broadcasting technologies (e.g. DVB-H, DAB-IP and TDtv) and WiMAX. Click here for wireless technologies research from Sound Partners.

Non-voice services
Understand the opportunities from non-voice wireless services, including messaging, mobile TV, community portals, mobile broadband and fixed broadband, mobile music and mobile gaming. Learn from successful case studies worldwide. Click here for non-voice services research from Sound Partners.

Voice telephony
Understand the opportunities for further growth in mobile voice telephony, and the impact of fixed-mobile substitution. Learn from successful operators that are growing voice ARPU. Understand the commercial impact of wireless VoIP. Click here for voice telephony research from Sound Partners.