Broadband Wireless Networks: A National Security Imperative

Abstract

The global spread of mobile wireless technology is one of the great technological achievements of our time. In 2005, after more than a century of stringing cable, fixed telephone subscriptions peaked at just over 1.2 billion, fixed broadband subscriptions worldwide were just under20% of that (220 million), and the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) did not report mobile broadband subscriptions. By 2020, mobile broadband subscriptions were close to 6 billion and 97% of the worlds population was covered by a mobile cellular signal (Figure 1). With multiple satellite ventures planning to deliver broadband from orbit to your smartphone this decade, we can foresee a day that global broadband population coverage becomes pervasive global broadband geographic coverage.1,2

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 29, 2021
Accession Number
AD1184659

Entities

People

  • Ted K. Woodward

Organizations

  • Art Libraries Society

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cellular Networks
  • Command And Control
  • Communication Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Economic Security
  • Federal Budgets
  • Information Systems
  • Infrastructure
  • Internet Of Things
  • Logistics
  • Mobile Communications
  • Mobile Phones
  • National Security
  • Networks
  • Security
  • Smartphones
  • Social Media
  • Supply Chain
  • United States
  • Wireless Networks

Readers

  • Economics
  • Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) EDI Research and Innovation.
  • Tactical Satellite Communications Systems Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Space