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 …
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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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 …
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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 …
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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. …
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Startup company Tapingo has seen rapid growth, launching its mobile food ordering application at 27 universities in the past 18 months. Tapingo allows students to place orders on campus at …
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Genband has extended its relationship with U.K. hosted communications provider iHub, and will provide unified communications services and secure SIP trunking to iHub’s enterprise customer base. iHub had previously deployed …
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Gogo Wi-Fi installed on 2,000+ aircraft, expands business aviation offerings
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillIn-flight Wi-Fi provider Gogo recently installed its 2,000th system in a commercial aircraft and launched a new product for business aviation. Michael Small, Gogo’s president and CEO, called the news …
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Alcatel-Lucent continues to beat the drum for software-defined networking (SDN) and network function virtualization (NFV), with the creation of an open ecosystem for service providers, developers and vendors interested in …
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Research firm Mobile Experts expects to see rapid growth for distributed antenna systems, projecting that the number of DAS nodes will double between this year and 2016 and that more …
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Nick Ilyadis, CTO of chipmaker Broadcom, sat down for a wide-ranging conversation with RCR to discuss the latest developments in Wi-Fi with the developing 802.11ac ecosystem; software-defined networking (SDN) and …
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Test & Measurement: Faster testing from Agilent; LTE-A and VoLTE testing from JDSU
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillAgilent‘s SystemVue platform for communications, aerospace and defense system design now supports high-performance distributed computing. Agilent said that allows next-generation system performance to be verified up to 64 times faster …
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Ericsson has entered the small cell battle, launching its Radio Dot System that is expected to be available late next year and garnering early interest in the product from Verizon Wireless. …
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ABI Research expects usage of LTE networks to grow so quickly that the data traffic on LTE will surpass that of 3G networks within three years. The firm noted that …
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The coverage of LTE networks is becoming ubiquitous enough that the market for single-mode LTE chipsets is growing, according to Altair Semiconductor. Eran Eshed, co-founder and vice president of marketing …
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Boingo Wireless has agreed to acquire Advanced Wireless Group, which claims to be the second-largest airport Wi-Fi provider in the United States. Terms of the deal were not disclosed; it is …
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Test & Measurement: Fluke Networks launches spectrum analyzer for DAS and small cells
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillFluke Networks is aiming to shake up the test and measurement space with a new, very small in-building wireless test solution designed to make spectrum analyzers more widely available and …
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Local jurisdictions around the country are increasingly pushing building owners to install in-building wireless coverage for first responders, while those owners are also seeking better in-building commercial coverage for their …
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Reality Check: The next billion users – why India is the next big smartphone play
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillEditor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column where C-level executives and advisory firms from across the mobile industry share unique insights and experiences. As smartphone use in emerging …
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Sprint turned on Long Term Evolution service in 34 markets today, mostly in the South and Midwest. The markets included Oklahoma City; Amarillo, Tex.; Greenville, Miss.; Montgomery, Ala.; and Salem, …
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How are operators and teams handling wireless coverage on game day during this football season, with more smartphone subscribers and more advanced devices than ever before? Shahid Ahmed, North American …
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Test & Measurement: Progress on TD-LTE carrier aggregation and ‘5G’ wireless
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillTest equipment company Anritsu announced that its equipment now supports TD-LTE carrier aggregation (CA) testing, claiming the slot as the first LTE network simulator that supports CA for Time Division …
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European Commission lays out ‘ambitious plan’ for a single EU telecom market
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillThe European Commission has unveiled a new “connected continent” plan that is designed to forge a single telecoms market in Europe that simplifies red tape for companies offering wired and …
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A new report by CDW looks at integrating mobile technology into work environments, and found a “support gap” between how IT departments perceive their performance and the experience of workers …
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As part of a major renovation of New York’s famous Empire State Building, the skyscraper is getting a new distributed antenna system from Extenet Systems Inc. that will provide better …
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Test & Measurement: Anite’s carrier aggregation tests get PTCRB validation
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillAnite says it now has PTCRB validation for the highest number of LTE-Advanced carrier aggregation (CA) protocol tests in the industry, after working closely with chipset and device manufacturers in …