Mobile broadband companies may have to think of using HSPA+, a stepping-stone between the LTE and the presently used HSPA technology, in order to handle the existing congestion in the mobile broadband network for the next few years till LTE comes into full-fledged application.

As of now, it is very clear that the existing system is not able to handle the increased data usage, and the situation is expected to worsen in the near future as the traffic is expected to grow 25 times by 2012. Both the USA and the UK are struggling with this problem, with metropolitan cities like New York and London being hit the hardest.

The report of telecoms analyst Informa Telecoms and Media strongly suggests that the congestion in mobile broadband network will seriously affect internet-browsing experience of the users. Dimitris Mavrakis, an analyst from the organisation, pointed out the various bottlenecks in the data-centric areas that are affecting the flow of data.

The introduction and increased use of smartphones that support 3G has only augmented the network traffic crisis, according to Informa. Mavrakis said internet service providers have only three options to deal with the current situation - ignore the problem, upgrade base station equipment, or install new and better network optimisation products.

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