But in the near term, telcos must be smart about managing traffic on their networks.
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Managing traffic has been an increasingly important issue to the carriers as more people use their phones to browse the Internet or stream online videos.
These allow the operator greater control over quality by cutting down the number of router hops the packets have to pass through and managing traffic flows to avoid congestion.
The bill makes changes to existing laws regarding advertising, ticket arrangements and managing extra traffic at the Games.
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More flexibility in managing data traffic could also prompt wireless service providers to incorporate their own CDN-like technologies, thereby providing new competition for Akamai.
The bill, which has cleared the Commons, makes changes to laws passed in 2006 regarding advertising, ticket arrangements and managing extra traffic at the Games.
In the hours after the earthquake, NTT DoCoMo, like other Japanese carriers, had difficulty managing cellular traffic as people rushed to make phone calls to family and friends.
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The council said the policy addressed a number of complex issues, including managing the traffic demands of the West End, the availability of resident and visitor parking, and improving loading and waiting facilities.
While Qualcomm VIVE 802.11ac provides up to 1.3 Gbps PHY rate of Wi-Fi capacity, Qualcomm StreamBoost provides a superior connected experience to users of all devices on a home network by managing and shaping traffic, and giving each connected device and application the priority and bandwidth required for optimal performance.
By economising on scarce mobile spectrum, femtocells might prove most useful in managing the rapid growth of internet and video traffic to smartphones and tablet computers.
Alarmingly, Jim Eckes, the managing director of Indoswiss Aviation, a Hong Kong consultancy, thinks traffic growth in 1998 will be between 1% and zero.
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Derek Turner, who, as managing director of Transport for London, is responsible for introducing the charge, acknowledges that traffic congestion has got worse over the past few months.
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