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Good design key to solving enterprise Wi-Fi needs

Learn from iBwave how to minimize costs while delivering carrier-grade Wi-Fi Whether in large corporate campuses or public venues like stadiums and transportation hubs, Wi-Fi connectivity is required by enterprise stakeholders and expected by consumers. Projects led by service providers, system integrators or enterprise users...

Editorial Webinar: Testing and Analyzing Spectrum Interference

The radio environment is getting ever more complex and crowded, as new technologies, new devices and new spectrum bands come into play. Meanwhile, dynamic spectrum sharing is becoming the new paradigm for policy as regulators seek to promote more efficient use of scarce spectrum...

Feature Report: Testing and Analyzing Spectrum Interference

The radio environment is getting ever more complex and crowded, as new technologies, new devices and new spectrum bands come into play. Meanwhile, dynamic spectrum sharing is becoming the new paradigm for policy as regulators seek to promote more efficient use of scarce spectrum...

#TBT: Keeping it in the family (plan), opening up the walled garden … this month in 2005

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! Keeping it in...

Discussing 5G spectrum on Capitol Hill

Along with my colleague Alice Tornquist, I was on Capitol Hill in July speaking at an event sponsored by the Congressional Spectrum Caucus, a bipartisan group established in 2014 by Congressman Brett Guthrie (R-KY) and Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) to educate their colleagues about...

Analyst Angle: Is C-Band the next frontier for 5G spectrum?

Cellular network performance is driven by top speeds and overall system capacity, and more is always better. Telcos have three main ways to increase these network parameters, both of which are  so vital for their business: 1. Deploy more spectrum through larger channels or using carrier aggregation...

ExteNet Systems planning indoor and outdoor CBRS testing

Integration of shared CBRS spectrum into neutral host model opens up new use cases Based on a recent filing with the U.S. Federal Communications Systems, neutral host provider ExteNet Systems is looking to incorporate CBRS technology into its distributed network approach. Integration of spectrum support...

Qualcomm SVP: New spectrum ‘crucial’ to 5G success

Qualcomm executives have repeatedly associated full realization of 5G--something pinned to the 2035 timeframe--as a $12 trillion global opportunity. But that comes with some qualifiers, perhaps chief among them the availability of new spectrum. Last week Dean Brenner, Qualcomm senior vice president of spectrum strategy...

CCA concerned about “5G” spectrum access, siting

CCA warns against "dangerous consolidation of critical new bands" The Competitive Carriers Association is staking out its positions on "5G" spectrum and siting, arguing that the Federal Communications Commission needs to ensure that national carriers don't hoard millimeter wave bands, as well as ensure that...

Three things to know about Ofcom’s 5G spectrum auction

Spectrum auction rules cap the amount of spectrum an operator can own British telecom regulator Ofcom recently set the rules for its upcoming spectrum auction to support "5G" technologies, and those new rules include a limit on the percentage of spectrum that any single operator...

Anritsu Webinar: 110 GHz Spectrum Analysis in the palm of your hand

This webinar will provide a brief overview of spectrum analysis and traditional spectrum analyzers used by engineers and technicians involved in modern RF and microwave communications and demonstrate how Anritsu utilizes its patented non-linear transmission line technology to shatter the cost, size, and performance...

Microsoft seeks to rev up rural broadband with TV white spaces

Reports: Microsoft plans to launch a network that utilizes TV white spaces Microsoft has plans to help close the urban-rural divide in broadband access by supporting the use of television white spaces to provide wireless internet service -- and broaden the market for tech services...

Message to the Trump Administration on spectrum: Find it, fix it, share it

When working with innovative companies, my rule of thumb is “find it, fix it, fund it.” The new administration can apply a similar methodology to spectrum, especially when it comes to realizing a future of new mobile-based opportunities and next-generation networks. One of America’s...

AT&T SVP discusses the shared spectrum opportunity of FirstNet

Expect some FirsetNet builds by the end of the year, but pace will pick up in 2018 Earlier this week, AT&T and the First Responders Network Authority released state plans for the multi-billion build of a nationwide LTE network for first responders. Later in the...

Spectrum allocation in LatAm doesn’t support ‘basic’ 3G or LTE services

The International Telecommunication Union, a global telecom standards body, recommends that all nations allocate 1960 megahertz of radio spectrum by 2020; 35% of that total is needed to support "basic levels of service quality" for 3G and LTE services. Of 18 Latin American countries...

The key role of spectrum analysis in 5G

Anritsu discusses the importance of spectrum analysis as microwave and millimeter wave applications, including 5G, take shape As the entire telecommunications ecosystem, ranging from standards bodies and academia to network infrastructure vendors and test equipment suppliers, works to standardize and, ultimately, commercialize 5G, it’s clear...

Spectrum sharing and innovation are key to 5G

Spectrum access and usage is evolving with 5G, industry leaders say, noting the importance of CBRS as proof that sharing works Wireless and networking executives, gathered at the recent Wireless Infrastructure Show in Orlando, Fla., agreed that the spectrum needs of 5G will require innovative...

Analyst Angle: Spectrum sensing to protect legacy access in the CBRS band

A conversation with Nebu John Mathai, PhD, Director of Strategic Initiatives and Advanced Engineering, Cognitive Systems The below is only a summary. Download a transcript of the complete interview and access the complete report "3.5 GHz: Assessing technology, deployment options and business models" when it publishes on May...

Analyst Angle Report: Learning to share: CBRS in the 3.5 GHz band changes how we use spectrum

Spectrum is a finite resource. And it is a resource that has become extremely useful – necessary, in fact – to virtually all of us: individuals, businesses, public agencies. Picture what would happen if, for a single day, all wireless connections ceased to work. Yet...

What you need to know: 3GPP’s accelerated 5G NR timeline

Despite the deluge of news and marketing around 5G and the ongoing lab and field trials being conducted worldwide, the fact is there's still no agreed-upon standard for 5G New Radio. However, 3GPP, the international body that oversees the standardization process, has made such...

Editorial Webinar: Managing Unlicensed Spectrum and Networks

Wi-Fi carries a significant portion of enterprise and consume data traffic and increasingly, voice. Mobile operators are increasingly looking to unlicensed spectrum to supplement their licensed holdings to boost performance and improve experience while keeping costs down. Some wireless networks, such as those of...

Editorial Report: Leveraging Unlicensed Networks and Services

Wi-Fi carries a significant portion of enterprise and consume data traffic and increasingly, voice. Mobile operators are increasingly looking to unlicensed spectrum to supplement their licensed holdings to boost performance and improve experience while keeping costs down. Some wireless networks, such as those of...

A global approach to spectrum is key to 5G innovation

Samsung joins the GSA executive board in pushing global spectrum harmonization As 3GPP works to establish a 5G New Radio specification, vendors and operators around the world are, in addition to helping inform the standards process, earnestly conducting lab and field trials for 5G and...

Analyst Angle: CBRS, a stepping stone for dynamic spectrum sharing

A conversation about CBRS with Neville Meijers, VP Business Development, and Patrik Lundqvist, Director Technical Marketing, Qualcomm Technologies The below is only a summary. Download a transcript of the complete interview and access the complete report "3.5 GHz: Assessing technology, deployment options and business models" when it publishes...