NEW ORLEANS – AT&T prefers to build neutral-host distributed antenna systems, and actively plans deployments to accommodate other carriers in terms of space, power and location, according to the company. “We’re out there building networks as a neutral-host provider,” said …
NEW ORLEANS – Capital expenditure numbers make in-building wireless coverage a tricky proposition, according to speakers at this week’s DAS in Action conference. C.J. Maier of Verizon Wireless told an audience that with a limited budget for DAS installations, Verizon …
Welcome to this week’s round-up of small cell, distributed antenna systems, Wi-Fi and other wireless infrastructure news. A new report from ABI Research predicts that global LTE investment in base stations and the radio access network – including small cells …
SAN DIEGO — Sprint Nextel Corp. is working to deploy a network that will be multi-band and multi-mode, including both FDD and TDD flavors of LTE, according to Doug Alston, director of technology and strategy for the carrier. Alston was …
LTE-Advanced will be here sooner than you think, according to test equipment company Anite. According to comments from Paul Beaver, products director at Anite,”With LTE-A, services and applications such as HD streaming, online gaming and video conferencing will become standard …
Google scrutinized shopping and online habits of wireless consumers, and found that people looking for mobile devices are thoroughly researching their purchases and being influenced by video content. Google relied on Compete’s 2 million member U.S. consumer panel and examined …
Welcome to this week’s news on Wi-Fi, DAS, and small cell deployments. In macrocell news this week, CommScope and international telecom company Ooredoo said that they are partnering on a new design and production method for tower tops, producing what …
Welcome to this week’s round-up of news, products, and analysis in the network test and measurement space. Chinese test system provider Tri-L Solutions integrated Agilent Technologies‘ PXT wireless communications test set with some of its own test systems for over-the-air …
Despite a backhaul market that is supposed to be booming, wireless backhaul provider Ceragon Networks released preliminary quarterly results that did not meet the low end of its guidance, citing hesitation among operators to commit investment to backhaul, among other …
Two new reports confirm both the growth of video viewing, and that tablets are increasingly driving the market for video consumption. At the National Association of Broadcasters conference this week, Adobe Systems released data that showed that mobile video viewing …
Two new reports look at trends in how communications service providers are monetizing and structuring their networks, and conclude that major change is underway in both network technology and in the ways carriers meet customer service demands. Maravedia-Rethink said a …
Wi-Fi provider Boingo Wireless now has a global Wi-Fi roaming agreement with AT&T. The partnership expands AT&T’s hotspot access abroad, while allowing Boingo customers in the United States to use a wider range of hotspots through AT&T’s Wi-Fi network. Boingo …
Recent performance testing on LTE chipsets by Spirent Communications revealed some interesting results: the top performer wasn’t market leader Qualcomm, but Intel. Rather than focus solely on conformance testing, the test scenarios used by Spirent on its 8100 test system …
Whoever said “bandwidth is free” wasn’t speaking for operators trying to meet exploding user demands for video and multimedia content and communications, all while retaining customers and generating bottom line profits for shareholders.
Welcome to this week’s news on Wi-Fi, DAS, and small cell deployments. Qualcomm has been named an official technology partner of Major League Baseball, and is partnering with the league’s interactive media and Internet company to improve wireless coverage within …
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Anite‘s test solutions for 2G, 3G and LTE conformance and interoperability testing will be used in CanvasM Technologies’ new test lab in New Jersey. CanvasM is a subsidiary of India-based Tech Mahindra, and has been working with Anite for more …
Several major recent announcements in the SDN space reflect the high level of interest in software-defined networking, and network function virtualization — where software, rather than specialized network hardware, becomes the delivery system for new services and network management. Alcatel-Lucent …
A recent report from network analytics company Actix on the state of mobile networks concluded that the vast majority of smartphone sessions are data-related and not initiated by the user. The report, based on real-world network data from eight network …
While major wireless carriers have been putting their energy into keeping the customers they have, network equipment provider Range Networks has been working on innovation in rural wireless services — where there are still new customers to be gained. “Most …
Welcome to this week’s roundup of HetNet news. The city of Santa Clara, Calif., turned on free Wi-Fi service last week as part of an electrical grid project. Silicon Valley Power, the city’s municipal electric utility, is providing Wi-Fi access …
A new partnership helps enterprise IT departments do some of their own radio frequency testing to find interference sources in corporate WLANs. Bandspeed announced this week that its AirMaestro radio frequency spectrum analysis software is being integrated with some of …
FirstNet is making progress in its negotiations with seven public safety pilot projects that are to be folded in under the umbrella of its future national first-responder LTE network. The recipients of the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) grants had …
Mushroom Networks and One Shop Wireless announced today that they are partnering to offer Mushroom’s broadband bonding solution to T-Mobile USA enterprise customers around the country. One Shop Wireless is a T-Mobile USA national master agent based in Tampa, Fla. …
Mobile workers are using a wide variety of connected devices, but Wi-Fi challenges including availability and data limits are still a major stumbling block to increased productivity, according to iPass’ global mobile workforce report for the first quarter of 2013. …
