With many people increasingly relying on wireless connectivity at home rather than having a landline phone, in-building residential coverage is a challenge being met by various technologies – small cells, Wi-Fi and distributed antenna systems. Excellent in-building wireless coverage is …
AT&T has opened its fourth Foundry location for established companies and start-ups to develop new products and services. The Foundry location in Atlanta is hosted by Cisco Systems, and will focus on connected home technology. mobility and the Internet of …
While mobile operators have not be particularly successful in monetizing location-based services, JDSU released a new report that looks at the possibility of carriers mining their own network -centric big data for demographic and location insight that could provide new …
A newly expanded experiment using mobile video to streamline care for tuberculosis patients has been shown to cut costs and benefit patients with better, more flexible treatment. Developed by Dr. Richard Garfein at the University of California, San Diego, the …
Aruba Networks recorded revenue of $153.1 million during the quarter ended July 31, a substantial boost from the $139.2 million during the same period last year. “We exceeded our fourth quarter revenue expectations and added a record number of new …
Spirent Communications says that the launch of Voice over LTE service is “imminent,” and has integrated its field testing solution with lab systems for call quality and device testing, so that carriers and mobile device suppliers can use the same …
The First Responder Network Authority has agreed to work with the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials International on identifying and giving feedback on mobile applications for first responders. Both groups also pledged to cooperate as the development continues for a …
Verizon Wireless has reached an agreement with Transit Wireless to bring 3G and LTE coverage to New York City’s subway system, making it the fourth of the national carriers to boost its coverage and capacity by signing on to a …
Public safety continues to advance its use of wireless technology, as evidenced by announcements coming out of this week’s Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials conference. Motorola Solutions introduced several new products, including launching Android’s Jelly Bean operating system on its LEX …
Dell’Oro Group’s most recent quarterly report on the mobile radio access network market found that the segment posted its third straight quarter of year-over-year growth – with LTE revenues growing and accounting for momentum despite declines in 2G and 3G. …
Tektronix Communications says its new Spectra2 XL3 test solution can test more than 400,000 simultaneous, bi-directional G.711 IP-based calls while taking up only a single, two-unit rack space. The company is aiming to cut operators’ and manufacturers’ capex and opex …
Agilent Technologies’ stock jumped after the company reported a better than expected third quarter, and a partnership with Gradient Design Automation. “Although we are operating in a very challenging economic environment, we are pleased with our operational performance, as we …
FirstNet, which is planning a nationwide public safety LTE network, marked its first anniversary by approving a business plan for 2014 and signing its second spectrum lease — while running into such troubles with three potential pilot projects that it …
A large, fixed wireless broadband network in several major metropolitan areas has been capitalizing on the flexibility and nimbleness of wireless as a supplement to fiber connectivity for enterprise. Business Only Broadband, or BOB, acquired a network in 2006 that …
Quarterly results from wireless backhaul providers Ceragon Networks and Ubiquiti Networks were mixed. Ceragon reported revenues of $90.1 million, a drop of 20% from the $112.7 million that it earned during the same period last year, and about the same …
Boingo Wireless beat expectations for the quarter, reporting revenue of $26.2 million, up from $24.3 million for the second quarter of 2012. The company reported an overall net loss of $0.4 million, much less than the $1.5 million loss for …
Ericsson and Australian carrier Telstra announced that they have made the first call on combined 1800 MHz and 900 MHz spectrum bands in a commercial network, using the LTE-Advanced feature carrier aggregation. The call took place on July 31 via …
Anite has announced that it is the first to release a device testing solution for enhanced Inter-Cell Interference Coordination, or eICIC, an LTE-Advanced feature that deals with interference issues in heterogeneous networks that include both macro sites as well as …
Novatel Wireless, Inc. reported revenue up 6% and progress toward profitability, driven by machine-to-machine and mobile computing demand. The company’s revenues for the second quarter were $91.1 million, up from $85.9 million a year ago. Net loss was $7.9 million, …
Next-generation Wi-Fi products make up a small but growing segment of the market, according to a new report by ABI Research. Devices with the 802.11ac standard began entering the market in late 2012, ABI said, and a total of 0.2 …
With eyes toward the future national public safety network being planned by FirstNet, Motorola Solutions and Verizon Wireless have launched a new in-car mobile broadband device that operates both in Verizon Wireless’ spectrum and the Band 14 spectrum that will …
FirstNet continues to fill out its ranks with new hires and grants to help shape the nationwide public safety network that it is in charge of planning, building and maintaining. The board announced that it has hired TJ Kennedy as …
Network infrastructure company Commscope filed paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering. Although no dates or proposed share prices have been proposed for an IPO, CommScope said it intends to use proceeds from an offering …
Network site solutions company PCTel saw booming revenue for the quarter, with an increase of 34% year-over-year to $26.7 million. The company has two reporting segments: connected solutions, which includes its antennas and site solutions offerings, and RF solutions, which …
Ixia saw its revenue for the second quarter grow 28% to $115.9 million, with much of the increase attributed to two acquisitions rather than its core products. Revenues for the same period in 2012 were $90.7 million. Ixia said that …
