Just as a team is only as strong as its weakest player, the more robust a mobile broadband service, the more beneficial it is to accessing and running applications in the cloud.
There’s a strong connection between cloud computing services and mobile broadband, including 4G services.
Mobile broadband provides a connection to anyone anywhere within its coverage area. And the latest mobile broadband technology, Long Term Evolution (LTE), often referred to as 4G, provides a mobile broadband connection that is sufficiently fast for most cloud applications, according to an article on CFOWorld.com.
A Canadian consultancy, Maravedis, put forth a study called “4G + Cloud = Innovation & Profits?” It focused on “how 4G wireless combined with cloud computing will drive a new wave of innovation and ROI for operator content, services and applications.”
It identified the main challenges to offering cloud services as being “strategy, investment, and business model, followed closely by network performance.”
It suggested that mobile network operators seeking to exploit the synergies between 4G and cloud computing should focus on “industries that are communication intensive and/or positioned for transformation through innovative telecom and mobility solutions.”