A brief overview of Telefonica:
Telefonica is one of the global leaders in the telecommunications industry.  The sectors they serve include communication, information, and entertainment products.  This telco is present in 25 countries with over 290.5 million users.

The Latin American branch is present in 13 countries, offering a variety of services including fixed and mobile telephony, Internet, Broadband and Pay television offerings.

Telefonica is growing rapidly in Latin America with a customer base of over 186 million customers.  Telefonica is a leading operator in Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Peru.

Total revenues rose to 30,886 million euros in the first half of 2011 due to the large increase at Telefónica Latinoamérica (increase of 18.4% year over year) and the major jump in mobile data revenue (increase of 18.5% year over year), serving as a significant engine for growth in all areas.

Telefonica ranks fifth in the global Telco industry in terms of market capitalization, number 1 as a European integrated operator and in third place in the Eurostoxx 50 rankings, which is comprised of the major companies in Europe.

Telefonica produced a dividend yield of 8.2% in 2010, the highest return of the globe’s top fifty businesses in terms of market capitalization, and its overall yield is 77.1% over the past five years.

As you can see, Telefonica and its management team are doing a fantastic job and have been growing on a global scale.

With 5BARz recent successful endeavors in Latin America, we hope to continue to produce results in that sector by partnering with the right groups to elevate 5BARz to the international success we are striving to achieve.

For more news and information on TeleFonica, please visit:

Telefonica Corporate Website

Telefonica Press Release (July 28, 2011, 4:10 a.m. EDT):
Telefonica’s First-Half Revenues Rose by 6.3%, Underpinned by the Latin American Business and a Sharp Rise in Mobile Data Revenue

Mature markets such as Western Europe, USA, Japan and South Korea continue to generate the most revenue for mobile operator groups, according to a new Wireless Intelligence operator ranking study. European-based operator groups Vodafone, Telefonica, Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom all made the top ten, as did the four nationwide US operators.

China Mobile was ranked number one in the list with revenue of US$19.9 billion in Q4 2010, a rise of 6 percent from a year ago. Vodafone Group was ranked second both in terms of revenue and connections, with the UK-based group’s revenue rising by 1.6 percent to US$15.2 billion in Q4. Verizon Wireless ranked third on the list, turning over quarterly revenue of US$14.2 billion, up 4.8 percent year-on-year. AT&T is ranked fourth with revenues of US$13.8 billion, rising 9.6 percent year-on-year.

Fifth-placed Telefonica, with revenues of US$12.2 billion, was one of the few operator groups to benefit from a significant revenue boost from its emerging markets, with its buy-out of Brazil’s Vivo last year largely responsible for a 32.9 percent increase in revenue in Q4. On an organic basis (with the Vivo contribution excluded), the Spanish-based group would have increased revenue by 3.2 percent year-on-year.

Large operator groups that are not present in these key mature markets did not rank highly in terms of revenue even though they often serve many more customers. For example, Latin America-focused America Movil is the third-largest operator group in terms of total connections (225,000,000 cell phone subscribers) but only ranked number nine in terms of revenue.

Mobile operator group global ranking by revenue, Q4 2010
Source: Wireless Intelligence, company data

https://www.wirelessintelligence.com/analysis/2011/05/new-study-ranks-top-20-global-mobile-operator-groups-by-revenue/

World expenditures on wireless infrastructure will increase by 7.7 percent, topping out at $43.2 billion. Spending will see its fastest growth in 2011 with investments increasing, but tapering off annually until 2015.

The new numbers all point in the direction of a full blown roll out of next generation 4G services by wireless carriers allowing users to better handle high data speed transmissions required by their mobile phones. Indeed, 4G networks will comprise the largest proportion of the wireless infrastructure by 2013. The networks will fully optimize the use of such data intensive applications such as video and heavy browser activity.

One country that does not forecast such a dramatic investment in wireless infrastructure is China with the Government satisfied with the previously laid out 3G networks. Next door neighbor India will witness an increase of wireless 3G infrastructure after telecoms seek to settle on decisions following their country wide auctions in 2010.

Greater wireless infrastructure spending suggests that carriers are trying to catch up to the growing wireless demand from subscribers and their new devices. With more and more users utilizing high data usage mobile devices, consumers can discover confidence with the 5BARz Road Warrior. The patented 5BARz™ plug and play solution can reliably take weak cell signal and provide wireless clarity to meet the growing demands of the consumer in today’s high tech marketplace.

5BARz™ is a cellular network extender for use in the small office, home and mobile market places. 5BARz™ incorporates a patent-pending technology to create a highly engineered, single-piece, plug ‘n play unit that strengthens weak cellular signals to deliver high quality signals for voice, data and video reception on cell phones and other cellular equipped devices. 5BARz™ represents a key solution for cellular network operators in providing clear, high quality signal for their subscribers with a growing need for high quality connectivity.

Read more here at Article Database:
http://www.articlesbase.com/management-articles/wireless-carriers-accelerate-spending-on-infrastructure-gear-in-2011-5050972.html

So how have mobile carriers responded? Wireless carriers have been feverishly expanding capacity to their radio networks as well as their back haul networks that direct traffic from the radio towers to the web. By 2015, Cisco reports that wireless data traffic will increase to 6.3 exabytes of data or about 1 billion gigabytes of data each month. The research also reveals that two-thirds of the wireless data traffic on wireless networks in 2015 will be derived from video services. It is predicted that by 2015, there will be 5.6 billion wireless devices and 1.5 billion machine-to-machine devices in the world. These will include wireless phones, internet connected cameras, web-connected cars, tablets, laptops and more.

The mounting spike in wireless data usage has also been confirmed by a recent Nielsen study. Nielsen has reported that of 65,000 plus cell phone lines, smartphone owners are using more data than ever before on an individual basis.

The amount of data the average smartphone user consumes each month has increased by 89 percent from 230 Megabytes (MB) in Quarter 1 of 2010 to 435 MB in Quarter One of 2011. The increase in smartphone data usage has been led by the arrival of app-intensive operating systems like Apple’s OS and Google’s Android. The average Android user consumes 582 MBs of data per month and the average IPhone user consumes 492 MBs.

Why stress over networks with high bandwidth traffic and spotty service? Discover the reassurance of the 5BARz™ road warrior and travel the streets with the confidence that your mobile phone will serve you 5 bars of clear signal strength.

At 5BARz International, our mission is to help wireless users alleviate the constant problem of poor cell reception. Our 5BARz™ Road Warrior is the one product that works with virtually any mobile device and is proven to strengthen weak cell signals to give clear voice and fast data downloads. While we can’t prevent dead zones, our goal is to help others deal with them!

To learn more about dead zones and to make a complaint, visit: www.deadcellzones.com

Cellular Network Extender, Cellular Signal Booster, Cell Phone Signal Amplifier, call it what you will, those in the cellular industry know that the device is here for good reason and it seems that the technologically advanced are here to stay.
I cannot help but reflect upon the similarity between the developments with the cell phone itself as we watch the new cellular network extender technology come of age. Back in the day, I worked in what we called “Cellular Express”, an outlet in Western Canada, that pulled vehicles in as fast as we could process them. We pulled apart dashes, drilled through vehicle trunks, roofs, pulled out moldings as we wired those “car phones” into your beautiful vehicle and you drove away momentarily happy with your latest technology permanently a fixture in your vehicle. How long did that “car phone” phase last, two years? So there we were with our beautiful vehicle made to look like an outdated relic based upon the cellular technology permanently affixed. An antennae sticking out of our trunk or roof, and the old phone screwed into the interior. Yikes time to change our car early.
So let’s look at the Wilson Sleek, cellular network extender for your vehicle. It does all those good cell phone booster things, but I personally just could not get over the installation picture on their web site. Serious Déjà vu .

Oh be sure, in my vehicle I use the 5BARz Road Warrior. A cellular network extender that has a very important feature engineered into it. 5BARz have, through proprietary advanced software and hardware configuration made the distance between the receive and send antennas less. Very simply stated, I set it in my car and it works. No permanent fixture, or external antenna. I take it out to my office, home, boat or cottage and it works.

So operationally how do they compare?

Frequency Gain and Power Specifications
5BARz – Road Warrior:
Frequency 824-894 MHz , 1850 – 1990 MHz
Gain 42 dB , 45 dB
Maximum Output Power 123 mW , 67 mW

Wilson – Sleek:
Frequency 824-894 MHz , 1850 – 1990 MHz
Gain 20 dB , 20 dB
Maximum Output Power 2W

Again, the 5BARz Road Warrior, produces a greater signal gain generating less output wattage, and accordingly is a better booster. Further, when used with the antenna provided, the 5BARz Road Warrior has “internal gain control” which ensures that it is not disruptive to the wireless network. It should be noted that the Road Warrior can be used for situations when multiple carrier signals are present and in use, in that situation the gain rating would have to be reduced by 3.5dB.
My review of the industry, indicates that the 5BARz Road Warrior is the most technologically advanced cellular network extender on the market today.

To see the full news release follow this link: http://5barz.com/investor/news-detail.aspx?ID=37

A report by Wireless Intelligence found that Latin America was only behind the Asia-Pacific region in terms of mobile use in the second quarter of 2010. The 530 million mobile connections in Latin America represent 11% of the world’s global users, according to the study. Thus, the region surpassed Western Europe (515 million users) for the first time and was also ahead of Africa by about 34 million users.

Joss Gillet, Wireless Intelligence Senior Analyst says, “In recent quarters, Latin American mobile operators have increased their marketing and technological investments, which have had a positive impact on connections growth. This has also led to increased demand for new data services in the region. Compared to the more saturated European markets, the Americas region still has plenty of room for growth.”

With the Latin American cellular market opening up to competition, more cellular network operators are making investments in technological advances to provide better coverage for their customers. One of the biggest causes of customer dissatisfaction is poor network coverage, causing subscribers to switch to a different provider. Cell phone users in areas like the Andean and Rainforest regions face regular network interferences caused from weak cellular signal. At the same time, users in metropolitan areas like Sao Paulo often experience dropped calls and slow download speeds due to congestion and structural interferences.

The 5BARz Road Warrior Cellular Network Extender can significantly improve cellular coverage in these areas, providing greater customer satisfaction for cellular subscribers. The region’s explosive growth presents an excellent opportunity for 5BARz Technology.

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Midmarket/4G-Wireless-Bill-Aims-to-Educate-Protect-Consumers-874664/

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