The document discusses the evolution of mobile broadband and challenges facing mobile network operators. It notes that mobile broadband subscribers have surpassed wireline subscribers, and mobile data traffic is expected to increase 10-fold by 2015. However, network costs are also increasing sharply. To address this, the document argues that moving away from flat-rate pricing through real-time policy control can optimize network resource usage, introduce service differentiation, and balance business goals, customer experience and profitability. The Next Generation Control Point platform allows for subscriber-specific policy and charging decisions in real-time.