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Is mmWave key to consumer 5G success?

Finding the right match for mmWave in consumer 5G means both identifying business cases and building technology to support them.

Making the business case for 5G mmWave

Bell Labs Consulting sees short-term return and revenue increase from 5G mmWave network services With deployment ongoing or planned in major global markets, 5G mmWave investment is positioned to ramp up in public and private mobile networks, as well as to support fixed wireless access...

Can 5G mmWave deployments be profitable? Yes! Says Bell Labs Consulting

How do you confirm your gut feelings and logical reasoning? Well, you do a detailed techno-economic study and get a definitive answer. That’s exactly what the recently published report regarding mmWave deployments from the consulting arm of the legendry Bells Labs achieved.   The report finds...

Cellular under the tree in ’83: The first commercial cellular call in America

Editor's note: Keith Radousky, president of RadVisory 5G, shares his personal recollection of the first commercial cellular call, in October 1983 at Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois.  This past weekend marked the 35th anniversary of the first commercial cellular phone call in America on October 13,...

Nokia: AR and VR will require distributed equipment to address latency

Nokia CTO and Bell Labs President Marcus Weldon discusses the network of the future PHILADELPHIA--In a part keynote address, part physics lecture at the SCTE/IBSE Cable Tec Expo, Marcus Weldon of Nokia Bell Labs discussed how future networks will need to be highly distributed to...

Bell Labs on how a telecom experiment proved the ‘big bang’ theory

SAN JOSE, California – During the Open Compute Project Summit, Peter Winzer of Nokia Bell Labs discussed the research organization's near 100-year history of open innovation, including a look at how an early telecom experiment set the stage for proof the "big bang" theory...

Massive MIMO implications for 5G

Texas Wireless Summit attendees hear massive MIMO essentials and benefits AUSTIN, Texas – Service providers last year spent $41.3 billion on U.S. spectrum. Full realization of massive multiple-input/multiple-output antenna technology could hugely increase the utility of those costly spectral assets by a factor of 50. IEEE...

Top 10 areas for 5G research

With the first commercial launches of 5G expected within five years, research into 5G systems is revving up with partnerships and exploratory steps around the globe. RCR Wireless News spoke with Tod Sizer II, who leads Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs' wireless research program and is in charge...

Nokia and Alcatel-Lucent poised for $16.5B merger

The rumors about these two companies coming together have been heard around industry conferences and water coolers for years now. It seems there’s a good reason for that. As shared in this morning’s press conference, they aren't rumors any longer, which supports the old...

Test and Measurement: Feds to explore spectrum-sharing testing

Several federal agencies have agreed to explore collaborative testing to develop better methods of spectrum sharing, and are establishing a new joint testing network. The Department of Commerce and Department of Defense have established the National Advanced Spectrum and Communications Test Network as a part of the Center...

EMEA: Alcatel-Lucent – the next big thing is the network

I spent yesterday at Alcatel-Lucent/Bell Labs' annual FutureX Days. This event showcases the topics the research teams are working on to a mix of customers, partners, press and university professors. The top executives of the organization also share their strategic direction. I have to...

Reader Forum: Metro networks need to evolve to meet growing demand

We live in a digital world where consumers and business alike are looking to improve the end-user experience. This can often mean breaking the status quo by finding new ways to achieve the end goal.

Alcatel-Lucent unveils small cells optimization solution, highlights Bell Labs services

Alcatel-Lucent launched what it is calling the Metro Cell Express solution based on its lightRadio hardware to help network operators improve capacity and performance in densely populated gathering places such as train stations, sports venues, etc. At first glance not much about the...

TM Forum 2012: Alcatel-Lucent’s managed CEM looks to solve implementation black box

DUBLIN – Alcatel-Lucent kicked off its TM Forum Management World 2012 presence by announcing a significant new addition to the CEM solution capabilities that it officially brought to market in February. The new offering, entitled Managed Service Quality and Assurance, essentially offers the capabilities...

Alcatel-Lucent helps communications service providers track and fix network performance problems before they happen

Alcatel-Lucent | August 22, 2011 | Press Release Paris, France – August 22, 2011 – Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) has introduced a new set of services to proactively analyze the health and performance of telecommunications networks, identify potential problems and take appropriate actions...

Movers & Shakers: Exec shake ups for AOL & Alcatel-Lucent; Verizon's new President; and more

Upstream, mobile marketing technology and solutions provider, has brought in former Microsoft Partner and General Manager, Simon Negus, as Chief Operating Officer. Negus joins Upstream from Microsoft UK where he served as a Microsoft Partner and UK Board member. Read more.Vibes, a mobile marketing...

Reality Check (Special Edition): The mobile American revolution

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.Despite having previously been late adopters of new mobile technologies, the United States has taken the lead...

Contracts: Alcatel-Lucent adds Microsoft CRM; ZTE with Ncell; and more

Following are infrastructure contracts announced during the past week: Alcatel-Lucent Africa: With Microsoft to extend customer management solution to include Microsoft Dynamics CRM. The customer management solution is part of Alcatel-Lucent's Business Support System (BSS) suite which includes customer information systems such as call...

Irish gov't announces $28M in funding for telecom research

DUBLIN – On the heels of TM Forum, Minister for Research and Innovation, Sean Sherlock TD announced government funding to the tune of $28 million (€19.5 million) for the Centre for Telecommunications Research CTVR at Trinity College Dublin on May 26th. Minister Sherlock described...

AMERICAS: Alcatel-Lucent opens Brazil tech center

Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) opened a technology showcase center in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where the company said it will highlight LTE, video, cloud- and location-based services to help Brazilian operators respond to challenges created by increased mobile data adoption. The 15,400-square-foot facility in Sao Paulo will cater...

China Mobile teams with Alcatel-Lucent on LightRadio technology

Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) and China Mobile (CHL) are working together to further develop technology around Acatel-Lucent's LightRadio technology, which shrinks base-station technology down to the size of a Rubik's Cube by moving some of the intelligence in the hardware to the cloud.Under a...

Reality Check: Google's shareholder value challenge

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.As many long-term Reality Check and Sunday Brief readers know, Google Inc. (GOOG) is one of the...

Realty Check: Smaller and greener: The base stations of the future

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona last month, smart phones and tablets weren't the only feats...

@ MWC: A-Lu, Powerwave introduce new small-cell strategies

BARCELONA, Spain – Advances in small-cell technology made their way onto the show floor at Mobile World Congress, as both Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) and Powerwave Technologies Inc. (PWAV) made breakthrough announcements about radio access technology.Powerwave introduced an LTE Powerwave Picocell that delivers up to 15...