Bits and Bytes: InnerWireless equips CityCenter; InMobi launches in U.S.; and more

InnerWireless deployed a distributed antenna system for CityCenter, a 13.5 million square foot facility in Las Vegas that includes residential and hotel buildings, a gaming resort, and a retail and entertainment district. The company said the deployment is the largest DAS deployment in North America. The deployment allows customers to use their wireless devices while in guestrooms, hallways, lobbies and showrooms.
Kgb said attendees at the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Tennessee can keep up with the latest festival information, public service announcements, show updates and giveaways with its Roo-Text Feed text alert service. The service will be free at the festival, which began June 10 and runs through June 13. Attendees can text ROO to 542542 and they will receive updates via text message for the duration of the festival.
The WiMAX Forum announced it completed the 2.3 GHz certification testing profile and revealed the first products Mobile WiMAX products to receive the certification for the MIMO 2.3 GHz profile. The certified products include base stations operating at 2.3 GHz from Huawei and Samsung. WiMAX Forum designated labs can now accept tri-band products and begin the certification process, said the group.
Mobile advertising network InMobi announced its official launch in the U.S. market following a soft launch in January. The company said it already maintains 2 billion U.S. ad impressions monthly.
ZTE Corp. launched commercial TD-LTE base stations, the BBU-B8300 and RRU-R8962. The B8300 is based on ZTE’s SDR unified platform and can be upgraded from TD-SCDMA mode to TD-LTE or TD/TD-LTE dual mode. The R8962 supports two channels with 20W transmission power each, said the company.
TeleCommunication Systems Inc. introduced a 911 femtocell solution. The LivewirE911 solution can determine whether the deployed Femto Access Point is operating in the permitted footprint by using either the address inputted by the customer or through GPS discovery of the FAP. In the case of an address, it can be MSAG validated to ensure that the FAP is ready to support E9-1-1. Based on the preference of the public safety answering point, the TCS platform has the ability to set the Class of Service for the 9-1-1 calls originating from the FAP either as “Wireless” or “VoIP.”
Syniverse Technologies said it transmitted an average of 1.52 billion mobile messages per day in the first quarter of 2010. The company said its peer-to-peer messaging volumes, which include both short messaging service and multimedia message service, were up 17% from first quarter 2009