Carrier aggregation is picking up speed. Several test companies have now announced submissions for validation and other testing for the eagerly anticipated LTE-Advanced feature. The first LTE-A device supporting CA was announced this week, when Qualcomm revealed that its Snapdragon …
Qualcomm Technologies Inc. is enabling the industry’s first LTE-Advanced smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy S4 LTE-A, with its Snapdragon 800 processor. Qualcomm said that the new Galaxy S4 LTE-A will be launched on all three mobile operators’ LTE networks in Korea, …
As service providers struggle to cope with capacity issues in their networks, Broadcom is launching a new high-capacity network switch to support 10 Gigabit Ethernet connectivity in mobile backhaul networks. The StrataXGS switch is aimed at the network equipment OEM …
Cisco recently announced a new core router with 10 times the capacity of the original equipment in the series, aiming to support the traffic demands that operators are facing. The Carrier Routing System-X (CRS-X) is a 400 Gbps per slot …
The Wi-Fi Alliance has begun its certification program for 802.11ac products, and said that more products with the certification will be available in the second half of the year. The 802.11ac standard operates at 5 GHz vs. 2.4 GHz, and …
Getting its ducks in a row for the holiday shopping season, Samsung is rolling out 1,400 “Samsung Experience Shops” in Best Buy stores nationwide this summer. All of the new shops are expected to be completed well before the fourth …
Nearly two dozen companies and organizations announced the launch of the Dynamic Spectrum Alliance, which will promote regulatory policies that allow wireless technologies to address the digital divide between those with access and those without, along with extending rural coverage …
Anite says it has submitted the first LTE carrier aggregation (CA) protocol test cases for verification to 3GPP’s RAN Working Group 5 (RAN5), key step toward validation that would lead to the test cases being included in both the Global …
Seven Networks announced that it is collaborating with Intel Corp. on mobile network technologies based on Seven’s Open Channel software that is designed to help operators reduce and manage app data traffic and optimize their networks. “We feel that Intel …
As existing TDM mobile networks give way to next generation networks of LTE, carriers are pushing IP, MPLS, CDN and traffic grooming functionality to the edges of the network. The RCR Wireless News team will review mobile operators and their …
A report released this week by network intelligence company Actix declared that there is “no safety net” for operators deploying LTE networks, with 35% of 3G data traffic generated by LTE-ready handsets which mean swift uptake once LTE networks are …
PowerCloud Systems, which provides cloud-based network management of what it calls “enterprise-Wi-Fi-as-a-service” without an on-site network controller, is ramping up its activities with a multi-tenant Wi-Fi solution and a new partner program. The company said the TenantWiFi product is aimed at …
ABI Research released several recent reports on the Wi-Fi and in-building wireless space. The research firm estimated that Wi-Fi hotspots will reach a total of 6.3 million this year, from 4.9 million globally in 2012. That figure includes wireline and …
Welcome to this week’s look at news in network test & measurement. Ixia was named among the fastest-growing U.S tech companies by Forbes Magazine. The company came in at #14 on Forbes’ list. National Instruments announced that it is working …
Some interesting news came out of last week’s Small Cell Summit 2013: half a dozen companies have formed a small cell wireless backhaul ecosystem around Cisco’s unified RAN backhaul offering, which is a vendor-neutral support for any access technology. The …
Vodafone, SK Telecom and Cisco were among the operators and vendors honored for their small cell innovation efforts by The Small Cell Forum, an industry and operator association. Awards were presented at a recent gala in London. The awards, judged …
Rohde & Schwarz has made a series of new additions to its portfolio recently, as well as some new customer wins. The company introduced a new signal and spectrum analyzer with a range double that of the previous product, from …
WESTMINSTER, Colo. — The FirstNet board met yesterday and approved an increased budget for 2013 to allow for hiring to shift ongoing management functions from board members and temporary consultants to employees of the board, and an organizational structure for …
Enterprise Wi-Fi provider Aruba Networks announced three customer wins: Oil States International; two hotels in Seattle; and the Fashion Institute of Technology’s New York campus. In the case of FIT, which is part of the state university system, the coverage …
Agilent Technologies opened two new offices in Vietnam, in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. This comes even as the company announced a 2% cut in its global workforce (about 450 employees) earlier this month. In Hanoi, a new repair …
Home screen engagement company Mobile Posse is touting the results of a three-month Arbitron study on consumer use of the home screen on mobile devices, in the face of a market that has seen some major recent moves from brands …
Last week’s CTIA 2013 conference involved quite a few announcements related to distributed antenna systems. DAS provider Corning Inc. has launched a new platform for in-building wireless aimed at providing enterprise, hotels, arenas and convention centers with what the company …
Microwave Vision Group launched a new antenna measurement test system for “4G” devices, with up to three-times faster measurement capabilities and a broader dynamic range in passive antenna measurement mode. The new SG 24 system is compliant with CTIA OTA …
Continuing the march toward more heterogeneous networks, the CTIA show has seen a series of announcement on the evolution of Wi-Fi in wireless networks. Ubiquiti released a report on the state of Wi-Fi that reflected nearly half of users giving …
Anritsu Co. is giving the first ever single-instrument radio frequency testing of carrier aggregation at CTIA 2013, the company said. Carrier aggregation is one of the most highly anticipated features of LTE-Advanced, and allows wireless operators to make more efficient …
