Mobile operators have reached a critical juncture. According to CTIA - The Wireless Association, there are 396 million devices connected to mobile networks in the U.S. Nearly everyone has mobile phones (about 80% smartphones), the percentage of wireless-only households has surpassed 50%, and mobile...
It looks like Altice may become one of the more aggressive growth-oriented pay TV providers. If so, would they be more interested in acquiring Charter to expand their cable television business or Sprint to offer wireless? To tell you the truth, I think the...
AT&T and Verizon pick up some steam, while T-Mobile makes adjustment in wholesale numbers
It is that time when we reflect on the carriers' results for Q2. Compass Intelligence just completed the final assessment of Q2 2017 and also compared this quarter’s results to those...
If cable TV is on the falling side of the growth wave, why then is Comcast Xfinity continuing to grow, even as others struggle? The growth wave I often talk about always rises, crests then falls. This creates both new growth opportunities and huge...
The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International has wrapped up its annual conference and exhibition that tackled issues facing agencies fielding the nation's 9-1-1 communications operations. Held in Denver, Colorado, the event brings together 9-1-1 public safety answering point (PSAP) telecommunicators, supporting government...
RF discrete component approaches, module architectures, and circuits challenged as the mobile industry moves to next-generation networks
Until the deployment of early LTE networks, the design of the RF system was fairly simple and straightforward, as it involved a relatively small number of front-end components....
EJL Wireless Research estimates that macrocell digital baseband unit (BBU) shipments increased by 13% in 2016 as compared with shipment levels in 2015. While Huawei Technologies maintained its market leadership position in 2016, we note that Nokia outperformed the overall market and increased market...
We’ve recently completed a two-month project to investigate the market for asset tracking IoT devices …and we discovered two key facts that may surprise you:
Surprise #1: In asset tracking, more NB-IoT devices will ship this year than LoRa or Sigfox devices. China Telecom already...
5G is the highly anticipated technology that is expected to change the way we live by connecting everything around us. 5G falls into three main categories. 1) enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB), 2) ultra-reliable and low latency communications (uRLLC) for critical machine communications, and; 3)...
The speculation is finally over: But does the semiconductor industry have a new market share revenue leader? It depends how you look at the data!
If you analyze the data from a financial analyst perspective and look only at the top line, it appears that...
There have been recently a lot of announcements around improving the residential Wi-Fi play. These innovations are happening on two fronts. The first is better coverage through mesh networks or easier-to-add access nodes. The second is by offering network based services such as security...
Cellular network performance is driven by top speeds and overall system capacity, and more is
always better. Telcos have three main ways to increase these network parameters, both of which are so
vital for their business:
1. Deploy more spectrum through larger channels or using carrier aggregation...
For the past two years, we have been studying the internet of things market, waiting forIoT good NB-IoT products to emerge so that we can make hard-nosed comparisons. It’s time.
China Telecom is moving very quickly with NB-IoT, and they are tracking millions of bicycles on...
Analyst Angle partnership will include reports and webinars covering topics on 5G, network slicing, SDN, NFV, IoT and network operator developments
Boston, MA - July 13 2017- RCR Wireless News today announces a new partnership with Strategy Analytics, which has a unique combination of researchers, experts and...
Stand alone small cell vendors continue to look for exits. CommScope acquired Airvana in 2015. We recently learned that Corning Optical Communications plans to buy SpiderCloud Wireless. Sources external to the companies put the purchase price at approximately $200-250 million plus an additional amount...
In-building wireless BTS/controller-based small cell solutions finally reach critical size
BTS/controller-based small cell deployments are typically targeted for enterprise vertical applications such as:
Class A Office
Hospitality
Healthcare
Large Retail
Multi-Story/Multi-Tenant Housing
Higher Education
The enterprise market is the key battleground for the in-building wireless (IBW)...
Gigabit LTE is another major milestone in mobile evolution to eMBB in 5G
Recent new technology deployments with gigabit LTE at Telstra in Australia, Sprint in the U.S. and EE in the UK highlight how much mobile communications technologies have improved since the introduction of...
A conversation with Anssi Tauriainen, Director of Service Assurance and Analytics, EXFO
The below is only a summary. Download a transcript of the complete interview and access the complete report "Mastering Analytics: How to benefit from big data and network complexity"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSU0dk6xGGQ&feature=youtu.be
In this conversation with Anssi Tauriainen, the...
Wireless networks have been an outstanding success, exceeding expectations multiple times. Over the last few decades, performance and coverage have improved tremendously, and we increasingly rely on wireless connectivity to keep in touch with each other, to be informed and entertained, and to carry...
In recent weeks CTIA and T-Mobile US have both asked the Federal Communications Commission to change the way the agency plans to allocate the Citizens Broadband Radio Spectrum. If adopted, the proposed changes will help U.S. mobile network operators deploy spectrum in the 3.5...
A conversation with Robert Laliberte, VP Marketing, Empirix
The below is only a summary. Download a transcript of the complete interview and access the complete report "Mastering Analytics: How to benefit from big data and network complexity"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfLR2oMf_pU&feature=youtu.be
How can mobile operators deal with all the data that they...
Operators finally have the tools they need to optimize their networks in real time and, in doing so, to increase the efficiency of network resources and improve subscribers’ QoE.
To do so, they need to gain a deeper understanding of how their networks work,...
Despite calls for harmonized 5G spectrum at MWC, the U.S. and EU seem to be on different paths at least in the near term. Several spectrum bands were identified by the ITU WRC-15 for future 5G services, including three bands above 6GHz in the 24...
A conversation with Kyle Ownbey, Product Manager at TEMS GeoBase, InfoVista
The below is only a summary. Download a transcript of the complete interview and access the complete report "Mastering Analytics: How to benefit from big data and network complexity"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTh7xKD4L3Q&feature=youtu.be
Analytics is very hot topic right now, as...
