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. …
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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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, …
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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 …
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Test & Measurement: Ixia cites soft market; Spirent adds TDD-LTE testing
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillIxia 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 …
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Mindspeed Technologies Inc. reported net revenues of $35.6 million for the quarter that were flat year-over-year, with modest growth in communications processors and wireless infrastructure. Half of its revenues came …
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Wireless network company Radisys met its guidance for the second quarter, although it still posted a net loss amid a shift to re-focus its efforts on its most profitable products. The …
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National Instruments saw flat revenue year-over-year, with net income plunging from $26.4 million to $14.4 million. The company cited industry weakness in giving a lackluster estimate for its third quarter …
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Alcatel-Lucent’s revenue grew slightly year-over-year as the company made progress on its new plan to transition its business to focus on IP networking and mobile and fixed ultra-broadband access — …
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Nokia Siemens Networks said today that it has successfully tested Voice over LTE and other IMS services in a virtualized core network environment, demonstrating deployment readiness of the technology. According …
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F5 Networks (FFIV) saw its stock surge after announcing revenues that exceeded expectations, trading above $85 per share for the first time in several months. Its revenues were up 5% …
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Ruckus Wireless has acquired a location-based services company, YFind Technologies Private Limited. Terms of the deal were not disclosed; YFind specializes in indoor positioning and real-time location analytics. Ruckus said …
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Test & Measurement: Agilent’s new multiplexer for next-gen servers & data-center networks
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillAgilent Technologies Inc. launched a 28.4 Gb/s multiplexer this week for characterizing receivers for next-gen servers, storage systems and data-center networks. “To manage the increasing demand for higher bandwidth, lower …
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Continuing LTE network rollouts drove Crown Castle’s revenues up 26% year-over-year to $735 million, but its income took a large hit from taxes. Ben Moreland, president and CEO of Crown Castle, …
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TE Connectivity had a better than expected quarter, reporting net sales of $3.45 billion that exceeded the high end of its guidance but were down slightly from the same period …
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Juniper Networks reported a strong quarter with net income jumping to $97.9 million compared to $57.7 million in the same period last year. Net revenues grew 7% year-over-year and 9% sequentially …
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Texas Instruments Inc. Incorporated earned $3.05 billion during the second quarter, with net income of $660 million, meeting its guidance for boosting its revenue by 6%. Net income jumped 48% year-over-year. …
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ABI Research says that business and residential femtocells will increase in unit volumes this year and next, due to demand driven by operators such as AT&T, Vodafone, Telefonica, Softbank and …
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Testing for LTE devices continues to evolve, with Spirent Communications’ announcement of the availability of validated LTE location conformance tests for GCF certification for “every mobile device that supports LTE …
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Programmable technologies company Xilinx reported an “exceptional” quarter in which its gross margin was 69%, a new record for the company. About 44% of Xilinx’ revenues come from communications and …
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A Twitter user bemoans AT&T service. A Facebook user mentions wanting to switch from Sprint to Verizon Wireless. A forum poster asks for recommendations on a wireless carrier. Tapping in …
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Intertek received accreditation from PTCRB and can now conduct testing under “any industry certification scheme for all 2G, 3G and 4G wireless technologies,” the company said. The PTCRB accreditation was …
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Cloud-based application testing company Sauce Labs closed on a $5 million round of venture funding, and announced an expansion of its platform aimed at providing monitoring, reporting and collaboration for …
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Dialogic said that its SS7 signaling server has been deployed by Spanish operator Lleida.net to enhance its SMS connectivity with other operators, and that the carrier seeking to connect with …
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Microwave backhaul vendor DragonWave reported a net loss of about $6.6 million for the quarter ended May 31, its fiscal first quarter of 2014. That figure is roughly half of …
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Test & Measurement: Anritsu aims for Chinese market; Spirent demos OpenFlow 1.3 interop
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillAnritsu has received confirmation from the Global Certification Forum of protocol test cases for LTE-Advanced, and the company is aiming at the test market for China with its ME7834 Mobile …