As mobile data traffic continues to grow at a rapid pace, many mobile operators are transitioning from a 3G network to an all-internet protocol network, such as LTE, to manage the high volume of traffic and provide a high quality customer experience.

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It is an all-IP-based network (Internet Protocol) and while Clear is going through some financial difficulties at the moment, the network is up and operating in 70 metro markets.

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Digital access to TV from all over the world is coming, thanks to IPTV - internet protocol TV.

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Ballmer talked of the revolutionary implications of a world, perhaps five years away, where all media is delivered via Internet protocol, and said Microsoft would be everywhere--games, search, operating systems, hardware--to capture that.

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