May 2017

Verizon cloud sale follows on sale of data centers to Equinix Verizon has agreed to sell its cloud and managed hosting operations to IBM and plans to “work with IBM on a number of strategic initiatives involving networking and cloud …

Quick. Reliable. Multi-Emitter. Anritsu’s Mobile InterferenceHunter has multiple capabilities to make the user’s work easier and more accurate. CATV Egress CATV Egress, or leakage, can be a painful issue for LTE network operators. Legacy CATV systems often degrade over time, …

5G wireless networks are going to usher in a new age of higher data rates, Industry 4.0, IoT devices, and driverless cars. To support the millions of devices invading our lives we must first take all of our supporting infrastructure …

Sprint continued the overall weak customer performance among top U.S. carriers, losing 118,000 postpaid customers and reporting lower than expected revenues. However, the carrier indicated plans to boost its network infrastructure spending and densification efforts to expand its use of …

Fiber fits the bill as enterprises connect more devices Passive optical networks, or PON, use fiber optic cables to connect an optical line terminal to dozens of endpoints. The optical line terminal converts electrical signals into optical signals, and splitters …

The network vendors will be involved in 5G deployment, which will include tapping T-Mobile’s 600 MHz spectrum With T-Mobile eyeing a 2020 nationwide 5G network launch with its 600 MHz spectrum portfolio supporting broad coverage, vendors Ericsson and Nokia agree …

Interoperability, architecture and framework for Wi-Fi roaming The global mobile workforce is set to increase from 1.3 billion in 2014, accounting for 37.4% of the global workforce, to 1.75 billion in 2020, according to various sources. Globalization will continue to …

Learn how ip.access and Baicells are addressing the need for multi-carrier small cells Providing ubiquitous cellular coverage and capacity inside buildings is a big challenge the vendor community is working to solve. Big venues–think stadiums, transit hubs and other marquee …

Samsung has been cleared to test a self-driving car on the roads of Korea, according to The Korea Herald. The world’s largest smartphone maker joins about 20 other companies that have already won this privilege in South Korea, including Hyundai, …

Challenges for 5G testing and design The exploration of “5G” is a major area of focus for companies as they seek to gain competitive advantages going into the next generation of wireless technologies. 5G is expected to deliver ultra-fast speeds, …

The two-month NB-IoT pilot will cover areas in Seoul and will initially focus on location tracking services Korean technology firm Samsung Electronics and compatriot telecommunications firm KT have launched a pilot of narrowband internet of things (NB-IoT) service in parts …

The new autonomous driving company is a JV owned by Autoliv and Volvo Cars Zenuity, the new joint venture between Autoliv and Volvo Cars, will develop advanced driver assist systems (ADAS) and autonomous driving (AD) technologies, and recently launched operations. …

Chula Vista, the second largest city in San Diego County, is well known for its plans to implement a number of smart city initiatives to improve the quality of life of local citizens The beginning of this year was promising …

Imagine driving a car communicating with city infrastructure. You come around a corner but the bits of information informing the car that a pedestrian is walking across the street have to wait for somebody’s video entertainment bits. The delay of …

  The First Responders Network Authority recently made its long-awaited contract award, and AT&T will build the new, nationwide Band 14 LTE network for public safety. FirstNet has laid out an ambitious timeframe for rollout in order to get devices …

To answer the need for more throughput at lower cost, wireless network providers have moved to using a remote radio head (RRH) where the radio equipment is connected to the baseband unit (BBU) by a fiber optic cable. This provides …

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City officials and infrastructure vendors may come to the smart city challenge from different worlds, but they agree on at least one thing: cities can invest more effectively if they can break down the “silos” that keep different municipal departments …

CTO Neville Ray says T-Mobile plans nationwide 5G coverage for 2020 using 600 MHz spectrum T-Mobile, in usual fashion, is blasting its competitors’ 5G efforts, while making big promises of its own; namely, the so-called “Un-carrier” is targeting 2020 for …

While the nature of distributed antenna system (DAS) deployments is changing to incorporate Wi-Fi, small cells, IPTV, internet of things and other systems dependent on connectivity, DAS remains a go-to solution for a wide-range of environments. Let’s take a look …

Lab aimed at speeding development, implementation of SDN/NFV Broadband Forum and the China-based SDN/NFV Industry Alliance plan to set up a joint lab in China for testing aimed at accelerating the development and implementation of software-defined networking and network function virtualization. …

Huawei and Ericsson are busy preparing to help mobile network operators roll out internet of things networks that use narrowband IoT, or NB-IoT. NB-IoT, which was part of the 3GPP’s Release 13, is not part of the LTE standard and …

Court cites FCC Chairman’s new rulemaking process in denying review A federal appeals court has declined to review its decision upholding open internet rules, citing the fact that the Federal Communications Commission has announced plans to repeal the rules. The …

After hanging in limbo over a bidding dispute, we’re now one month into the public-private partnership between AT&T and FirstNet that will see the U.S. carrier spend more than $40 billion to construct a nationwide LTE network dedicated to use …

The smart meters are being provided by Swiss firm Landis+Gyr Landis+Gyr, a Swiss firm which specializes in smart meters and smart grids solutions, said that the grid modernization project underway at Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) has surpassed 10 million advanced …