In the following sections, we list the major trends as forecasted from the following listed reports: Vision 2020 whitepaper final from NSN (http://networks.nokia.com/file/26156/ echnology-vision-2020-white-paper) Traffic and Market report June 2012 from Ericsson (http://www.ericsson.com/res/ docs/2012/traffic_and_market_report_june_2012.pdf) IDC predictions 2013-competing on the 3rd platform (http://www.idc.com/research/ Predictions13/downloadable/238044.pdf) Internet Trends by Mary Meeker, Morgan Stanley April 12, 2010 (http://www.slideshare. het/malaparte/morgan-stanley-internet-trends-mary-meeker-2010041 Cisco Visual Networking Index: Forecast and Methodology, 2012-2017 //www.slideshare.net/andrewwilliamsjr/cisco-visual-networking-index- forecasting-and-methodology-2012-2017) McKinsey-MGI_Disruptive_technologies_Executive_summary_May2013 (http://www.mckinsey.com/~/media/McKinsey/dotcom/Insights%20and%20pubs/MGI/ Research/Technology%20and%20Innovation/Disruptive%20technologies/MGI_Disruptive_ echnologies_Executive_summary_May2013.ashx) MGI_IT_enabled_trends_Report_May 2013_v2(http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/ high_tech_telecoms_internet/~/media/mckinsey/dotcom/insights/high%20tech%20 telecoms%20internet/ten%20it-enabled%20business%20trends%20for%20the%20decade%20 ahead/mgi_it_enabled_trends_report_may%202013_v2.ashx) One thing that is also very clear is that in the following sections, we are trying to do some crystal ball gazing to really delve into what the future holds in terms of areas of interest and impact to the telecom operators, especially given that 4G deployments are going to have much more momentum. While crystal ball gazing is good for getting a future outlook, one should also be clear upfront that our projections may not come true or may come true only to a partial extent. Also, it is important to note that in the telecom industry, as in other sectors, it is not easy to estimate the impact of certain technologies from the buzz existing about the same technology in Internet, social blogging, and oth