Verizon Wireless has turned on new network sites across California, boosting its 3G and LTE coverage in areas including Modesto, Contra Costa County, Sacramento, Fresno County, Gilroy, Alameda County, Santa Cruz, Sonoma County and San Jose, among others. —SNS Research …
A Tier 1 mobile carrier has seen its monthly Wi-Fi sessions explode after deploying Wi-Fi offloading with SIM authentication, according to Aptilo Networks. Aptilo said that in the course of using its mobile data offloading solution with SIM authentication, the …
Ruckus Wireless is partnering with the city and county of San Francisco to provide free public Wi-Fi on the city’s busy Market Street corridor, from the intersection of Market and Castro streets to the pedestrian corridor at the Embarcadero. Launched …
Alcatel-Lucent will sell its wholly-owned subsidiary LGS Innovations LLC to investor groups Madison Dearborn Partners and CoVant for $200 million. LGS Innovations was formed during the Alcatel and Lucent merger as a subsidiary to provide networking and communications solutions to …
Anite has launched full support for Global Certification Forum requirements on LTE data throughput testing, allowing mobile operators and device OEMs to put devices through their paces in real-world conditions. Anite noted that operators are eager to verify the data …
A study of 56 global airlines concluded that payments for transactions via a mobile device are now an important focus area for air carriers, with nearly 60% of participants saying that mobile has the greatest potential to drive revenue over …
The First Responder Network Authority board has approved two long-sought spectrum lease agreements: one with the state of New Jersey, and one with Adams County, Colo. This brings FirstNet’s current lease agreements to four, including the Los Angeles Regional Interoperable …
The European Commission and the 5G PPP Association have signed a contract to create a public-private partnership to support the development and standardization of technologies that are expected to be deployed in the next decade. “This is an important milestone …
Enterprise mobility is changing the way business is done while also introducing new challenges for development, quality assurance and information technology teams. Businesses are adopting
Nokia Solutions and Networks has been chosen as a supplier for the roll-out of LTE by Taiwanese operator Chunghwa Telecom. Chunghwa is the largest telcom operator in Taiwan, with more than 10 million mobile subscribers, and provides fixed line and …
AT&T has upgraded its wireless infrastructure at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C., home of the Carolina Panthers NFL team. The venue, which seats more than 74,000 people, has more than 645 Wi-Fi access points as well as an …
The wireless network capacity challenge facing operators today is only set to compound as 4G/LTE infrastructure and associated promises of ever more data-rich services are made to subscribers.
Spirent Communications’ 8100 Mobile Device Test System has been chosen by test lab SGS to expand its Voice over LTE/IMS and TDD-LTE testing. “We view the goal to successfully rollout LTE as setting a new bar for us in supporting …
More than half of mobile users first check notifications when they pick up their phones, and among women, the percentage is even higher — 57%. So says a recent survey from home screen messaging company Mobile Posse and Phoenix Marketing …
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) has been undergoing a substantial upgrade of its wireless communications infrastructure, and distributed antenna system supplier Axell Wireless has been working with the agency and its systems integrators on the project. MWATA has …
ZTE is supporting the recent launch of Voice over LTE in Hong Kong, in partnership with CSL Limited and two of its brands: 1010 and one2free. The full commercial VoLTE launch is expected in the first half of 2014, a …
4G Americas says that by the latest reckoning from Informa Telecoms & Media, LTE connections in North America have grown to 78.9 million, or about 21% of the total regional subscriptions of 378 million. North America continues to lead the …
Mobile analytics company Mobidia Technology Inc. says that it analysis of mobile shopping data revealed a 48% jump in mobile shopping applications on Thanksgiving and 86% on Black Friday. The analysis examined the usage of more than 25 retail, Internet, …
Verizon Enterprise Solutions is using F5 Networks’ solutions for network traffic and security management in its new Verizon Cloud. F5’s Big-IP product suite has been embedded in Verizon Cloud Compute, the company’s new infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) platform, which is currently accepting …
New York subway riders are getting free access to Boingo’s Wi-Fi network this month, courtesy of Visit Phoenix’s marketing campaign. Passengers who want to connect a smartphone, tablet or laptop on the subway’s Wi-Fi system are told that free Wi-Fi …
Ercom said it recently sold its Mobipass network emulation solution to a major Korean player, with Mobipass deployed in the Korean customer’s labs for LTE. The Korean customer was unnamed, but described as “always at the cutting edge of technology”. …
Azimuth Systems Inc. introduced a new over-the-air mobile device testing platform this week. The Intelligent Over-the-Air (iOTA) platform has already been accepted in a Tier One operator’s mobile device test plan and in OEM labs, according to the company. The …
A large-scale distributed antenna system from Corning Inc. has been installed at the AmericasMart Atlanta wholesale trade center. The system, which consists of almost 1,300 antennas and more than 250 fiber-fed remotes, was installed by H&M Networks in 12 weeks …
The Small Cell Forum has made public its “release two” for technical documents, market drivers and advice on deployment of small cell networks for the enterprise. Gordon Mansfield, chairman of the forum, said that the first release focusing on residential …
Signal booster design and manufacturing company Cellphone-Mate introduced four new products this week that the company says have passed all of the tests for pending Federal Communications Commission requirements for boosters. The signal boosters for machine-to-machine, vehicle, residential and small …
