Publications

The following is a selection of PA's telecommunications briefing papers and publications. Click on the links to view a summary of each publication and download the complete article.

	3G basestation simulation - picocellular and microcellular base stations require a new breed of baseband architectures
	3G essential intellectual property - signs of hope
	3G Essential patents
	A major US wireless operator- Transforming network operations to improve service reliability and organizational agility
	A major wireless operator- achieving network reliability through organizational transformation
	Battle for broadband access
	Benchmarking outsourced telecoms contracts - a fair deal for all
	Complexity versus cost - base station manufacturers must work with highly demanding applications of real-time electronics and software, and yet, at the same time, they are under pressure to keep prices down
	Convergence means choice
	Critical decisions - this article discusses the likelihood that there will be increasing technical divergence between mobile operators
	Dead zones - dead zones in your 3G network can disappoint your users and reduce revenue
	Delivering breakthrough performance for communications and media companies
	Delivering value from network sourcing
	Divide and conquer - Should telecommunications operators be IT or media companies? - Extract from Viewpoint on telecommunications
	Divide and conquer- Should fixed telecommunications operators be IT or media companies?
	Divide_Conquer
	Femtocell access points can deliver the right price for a low volume product
	Freeing yourself from the wireless cage - how to achieve efficient wireless connectivity
	Growing Siemens patent licensing programme
	GSM on railways - PA's track record in GSM-R and rail networks
	How to predict the next bandwidth shortage and make money from it
	Identifying organizational savings with a process-driven framework
	Identifying significant savings with a process-driven network
	Leaders in 3G - 3G consulting and product development
	Major US cable operator- Identifying significant savings with a process-driven framework
	Major wireless operator- A 100% productivity gain gives a major US wireless operator a competitive edge
	Major wireless operator- Customer-centric disaster recovery plan improves business performance
	Major wireless operator- Managing complex 'smart-phone' services to improve customer satisfaction and achieve profitable growth
	Missing the outsourcing trick - how can mobile operators respond to the ever-increasing pressure to cut costs without compromising the future viability of their business?
	Mobile data is more about data than mobile. Building the business case for mobile virtual network operators to offer mobile data services
	Mobile service arriving at
	Mobile WiMAX
	Morgan Stanley report on wireless vendor equipment revenues, based on PA Consulting research into wireless vendor revenues worldwide (2003/4)
	Motorola : Pipping competitors to the UMTS post with PA testing technology
	Network audits - cellular operators must open the lines of communication between accountants and engineers to ensure that money spent on infrastructure is not being wasted
	Network outsourcing - demystifying the risks to reap the rewards
	Network refarming - realising the benefits
	Network sharing - Is your marriage made in heaven
	Next generation networks
	Next Generation Telecos- Not just a new network
	Next-generation mobile data for utilities - does more bandwidth mean more value?
	Obtaining the best telecom contract for your organization
	On Wireless 1
	On Wireless 10
	On Wireless 11
	On Wireless 12
	On Wireless 12
	On Wireless 2
	On Wireless 3
	On Wireless 4
	On Wireless 5
	On Wireless 6
	On Wireless 7
	On Wireless 8
	On Wireless 9
	PA's all-software microcell 3G basestation - UMTS microcell base station product breakthrough
	Patent world -PA's Wireless IPR newsletter
	Preparing for m-commerce - learning lessons from the dotcom experience
	Process adaptability in the face of industry evolution
	Qualcomm view of IPR and Innovation
	Realising the promise of WiMAX - an operator's perspective
	Realising the promise of WiMAX - Key industry spokespeople's viewpoints
	Shared services, delivering the promise
	Small is beautiful - HSDPA picocells have a major role to play in bringing high speed data to enterprise
	Sourcing telecoms services - getting the right deals for legacy and next generation IP services
	Three steps to mobile heaven - understanding value drivers to boost profitability
	Understanding a project's size- An important step in improving new product development
	Viewpoint on industry restructuring
	Viewpoint on telecommunications - Survival of the fittest
	What's hot? - WLANs and 3G services should be able to work together
	Why WiMAX
	Wimax- It's time to show the business case works
	WiMAX manufacturers need to understand the costs of IPR
	WiMAX vs 3G?
	Wireless broadband video
	Wireless in Transport brochure
	work Sharing - is your marriage made in heaven

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