O2 claims "unheard-of levels of mobile Internet usage", trials femtocell tech

According to Vivek Dev, chief operating officer of Telefónica O2 Europe, the iPhone is driving "unheard of levels of mobile internet usage", or more accurately, the handset coupled with O2's flat rate data plans is driving the increased popularity of mobile Internet.

The statement is on the back of O2's initial deployment of femtocells, a technology which aims to improve indoor 3G coverage by routing data from cellular networks onto wired DSL connections.

Dev said: "Our Apple iPhone is already driving unheard-of levels of mobile internet usage, and the introduction of flat rate data tariffs is expected to increase this further. Both of these place huge capacity demands on our networks, and because so much of that usage is at home, femtocells coupled with DSL could provide an alternative capacity resource."

Of course, as soon as anyone mentions the iPhone and 3G in the same breath, even if they're not directly related, the rumour of an imminent 3G iPhone pops up again.

No word on that, of course. O2 is merely making a statement about the increased popularity of mobile data, thanks to the precedent the iPhone set, and the newly introduced flat rate data plans for all O2 contract users.

(Via Macworld)

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