Global fibre networks technology specialist, i3 Group, has appointed Mike Parker to the role of director of Mobile Operator Strategy.
Parker has been with i3 Group for a year and moves to the newly-created position from his role as Group Technical Innovations Director.
Prior to joining i3 Group, he was Technical Director of the UK operating company of Siae Microelettronica, one of the leading microwave radio manufacturers and suppliers to the global mobile telephone industry.
i3 has created the Mobile Operator Strategy role to support the increasing requirement from mobile operators for fibre-to-the-mast (FTTM) technology to manage the data requirements of the current 3G and forthcoming 4G LTE/WiMAX networks.
Based at the company's Mochdre offices in North Wales, UK, Parker has a global remit to apply i3 Group's technology to the mobile arena.
i3 Group is best known for its fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) technology that delivers high-speed Internet connections through existing conduits such as sewers, drains and clean water pipes.
The suite of technologies, which falls under the company's Hydrospeed brand, reduces installation costs by as much as 70% by threading fibre-optic cable through existing conduits or using 'micro trenching' which minimises installation time, cost and disruption.
Parker says: “By applying our technology to the mobile phone sector, we can take FTTM quickly and cost-effectively, enabling mobile operators to use fibre for data backhaul to cell sites.
“Our Hydrospeed technology will provide mobile operators with a wholly-owned infrastructure with up to 90% reduction in fibre deployment timescales and up to 70% reduction in deployment costs.
“If it is deployed as wholly owned, operators also get a dark fibre network which has quite literally unlimited data capacity. It's as future-proof as you can get.”
The technology is expected to be welcomed by mobile operators who are facing the 'double whammy' of flat-lining ARPUs and spiralling backhaul costs whilst being under pressure to improve network performance.
Parker can be contacted at i3 Group on +44 1492 541111 or visit http://www.i3-group.co.uk
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