4 Ways Carriers Are Fighting Wireless Data Demand

Global demand for wireless data surpassed mobile voice use back in December, and there's no inclination of the trend reversing. Carriers can continue investing billions of dollars for network expansion and faster wired backhaul to wireless towers, but throwing money at infrastructure won't work by itself. Instead, as expert panelists discussed at our Mobilize event last month, technological innovations must supplement infrastructure investment to gain efficiencies.

Here's a quick look at some of the latest technical and pricing solutions that are now available, or coming soon, to ensure our wireless data pipes don't clog: 1) Cell towers in the home, 2) Reducing wasteful network signaling traffic, 3) Pushing customers to Wi-Fi, and 4) Ending unlimited data plans.