Big data gets Bigger!

With the growth of wireless subscribers, network operators are already facing the issues of prioritizing different types of customers. While, there are various types of algorithms applied based on profile, usage and network availability, the near future brings an interesting question to the forefront - Man VS Machine.

Operators will soon be faced with the dilemma of prioritizing humans or machines that speak with each other sending myriad of messages, texts and exchanging information. By 2020 researchers expect there to be more than 6 billion wireless subscribers using smartphones and at about the same time, a competing study by Swedish communications giant Ericsson predicts that there will be over 50 billion intelligent machines fighting for bandwidth with these Smartphones.

Big data will become bigger and will need better analytics and mining capabilities. In parallel, solution providers will need to develop compression techniques to optimize the information exchange. For operators, the opportunities lie in developing customized tariff plans for  varying types of usage.

The wireless landscape is definitely changing with the proliferation on m2m!