Considerable hype surrounds LTE and, in particular, its capability to offer 100Mbps speeds wirelessly. If such performance levels are offered to customers, mobile operators would inevitably require significant backhaul capabilities at the cell site. In this report we give examples of how a number of operators of different types (mobile-only operators, integrated players or wholesalers) position fibre as one way to address the backhaul issues associated with mobile broadband.
