SpiderCloud Wireless has launched an enterprise small cell that simultaneously offers both UMTS and LTE service. One of the limitations on small cells thus far has been that most offerings have been single mode, so carriers would have to roll …
Kelly Hill
Kelly Hill
Kelly Hill reports on network test and measurement, AI infrastructure and regulatory issues, including spectrum, for RCR Wireless News. She began covering the wireless industry in 2005, focusing on carriers and MVNOs, then took a few years’ hiatus and returned to RCR Wireless News to write about heterogeneous networks (remember those?) and network infrastructure. Kelly is an Ohio native with a masters degree in journalism from the University of California, Berkeley, where she focused on science writing and multimedia. She has written for the San Francisco Chronicle, The Oregonian and The Canton Repository. She lives in northern Virginia, not far from Data Center Alley.
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Agilent Technologies has launched new software options for two of its T4000S test systems for user equipment developers that support LTE-Advanced carrier aggregation test cases defined by 3GPP. The options for the T4010S LTE RF and T4020S LTE RRM test …
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Alcatel-Lucent continued its struggle with profitability during the third quarter, even with encouraging results on revenue growth. The company’s revenues were up 7% year-over-year at constant exchange rates, but it still reported a net loss ofabout $270 million. Alcatel-Lucent is …
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NetCracker Technology launched a new platform for service providers this week, designed to help them increase profitability while driving down the costs of transactions and customer interactions. The Digital Business Platform addresses four key areas, according to NetCracker: customer management, …
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Buoyed by LTE rollouts, American Tower reported increasing revenues even as impacts from foreign currency caused a 22% slide in profits. Total revenue for the quarter was up 13% year-over-year to $807.9 million. American Tower reported domestic rental and management …
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Tessco Technologies Inc. saw 59% growth in orders from public network operators, as it transitions away from a third-party logistics relationship to offer full wireless solutions to network operators. Revenues for the quarter were $147 million, with core revenues up …
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Boingo Wireless has tallied more DAS wins. The company was selected by the Memphis International Airport to design, build and manage the airport’s first DAS. Boingo already provides Wi-Fi there and will soon offer tiered Wi-Fi services, including a free Wi-Fi …
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Ixia announced that Vic Alston resigned as its president and CEO after a company audit committee found that he had lied about his credentials. Alston had attended Stanford University as he claimed, but falsely stated that he had received a …
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Ericsson posted a solid quarter, although its results were impacted by the strength of Swedish currency and did not meet all of analysts’ expectations. Sales were down 3% year-over-year overall, although Ericsson noted that for comparable units and when corrected …
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Motorola Solutions announced a new push-to-talk application for public safety at this week’s International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) conference that expands the reach of P25 networks to smartphones. The new app, which will initially launch on Android devices …
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Aruba Networks announced two new deployments of next-generation Wi-Fi technology. The company said its 802.11ac equipment is being used at both Stony Brook University and the Australian Catholic Education Office in Sydney. Aruba said the latter is one of the …
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Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this …
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Anite gave a trading update this week that included reducing its expectations for its full-year results. An anticipated second-quarter uptick in handset testing didn’t pan out, and the company said it is also being affected by projects taking longer due to …
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Keeping fans connected at college and professional sports stadiums and other large venues is becoming increasingly important to mobile operators, venue owners and the teams themselves. TE Connectivity announced this week that it has been upgrading wireless services at Major …
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Sierra Wireless is gaining a foothold in the Korean machine-to-machine market, with the recently announced acquisition of AnyData Corp.’s M2M assets. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but it is expected to close by the end of this month. …
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Microwave radio vendor DragonWave said it is making progress and seeing particularly strong growth in India, but its net loss widened year-over-year. The company’s results for the quarter ended Aug. 31 included revenue of $25.5 million, up from $24.5 million …
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Juniper Networks launched new enhancements to boost the capacity of its flagship MX Series 3D universal edge routers today to support the demands of video and other high-bandwidth applications on networks. Juniper said that its highest capacity MX router, the …
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DAS provider TE Connectivity announced some of its recent Major League Baseball stadium installations to improve 3G and “4G” coverage. TE’s InterReach Spectrum, InterReach Fusion and FlexWave Prism DAS products have been recently deployed at stadiums including Yankee Stadium; Citifield, home …
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Agilent Technologies has added new functionality and options to its M9703A AXIe eight-channel wideband digital receiver/digitizer (pictured at right), which is used for measurements in communications and the aerospace/defense industry. The equipment is designed for wide analysis bandwidth on up …
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Service assurance and network management company Empirix will be acquired by private equity investment firm Thoma Bravo LLC. The transaction is expected to be finalized by early November. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Empirix serves mobile operators, service …
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Sonus Networks has launched its first software-based session border controller (SBC), positioning the company to better compete as networks evolve toward less purpose-built hardware and more software-defined networking (SDN) and network function virtualization (NFV). The Sonus SBC SWe is equivalent …
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Cambium Networks has launched a new wireless broadband product aimed at connecting rural and underserved communities in the 5 GHz band. Cambium’s heritage comes from Motorola Solutions’ broadband wireless and its Canopy product, after Motorola sold that business unit to Vector …
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C Spire plans to build a $20 million data center in northeast Mississippi to support cloud services for enterprise customers. The 22,400-square-foot center will be built on a 6.5 acre site in Starkville, Miss., at the Thad Cochran Research, Technology and …
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Enterasys Networks and PCM Inc. have launched a joint offering for cloud-managed wireless LANs, using Enterasys’ Wi-Fi access points and OneFabric management system. The PCM Cloud Wireless Service includes access point hardware, software capabilities, implementation and day-to-day management for one …
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Test & Measurement: Anite launches commercial carrier aggregation testing
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillAnite announced two recent firsts, one of which is support for commercial LTE-A and carrier aggregation testing for mobile network operators and infrastructure vendors using its Nemo Outdoor testing platform. Carrier aggregation allows operators to combine spectrum resources in order …