Wireless 20/20 digs into preparations for the upcoming FCC 600 MHz incentive auction proceedings
It is time for bidders to start gearing up for the 600 MHz band incentive auction. This could be the last time a large block of valuable low-band spectrum will be...
A conversation about QoE with Tim Brooks, Account Director, Ascom Network Testing
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The move to all-IP networks and the focus on QoE increases the complexity of testing and monitoring mobile...
How did we end up here? A history lesson
In the beginning, there were six global wireless radio access network equipment vendors: Alcatel, Ericsson, Lucent Technologies, Motorola, Nokia and Nortel Networks. Subsequently in the mid-2000s, the emergence of the Chinese vendors to support TD-SCDMA for...
Small cell and distributed antenna system networks have become important and fast growing complements to deploying new spectrum and adding additional macro towers as U.S. mobile operators are focused on densifying their networks in urban areas. Small cells are becoming more common as an...
Anyone who has traveled in a subway train has had the frustrating experience of losing their cellular and Wi-Fi connection. As the number of urban dwellers continues to rise along with the number of subway passengers, there is a need to fulfill the traveler’s...
What are the potential rewards, risks from the latest AT&T, Sprint, Verizon and T-Mobile battle
Domestic wireless carriers have been busy over the past several weeks rolling out promotions taking advantage of the holiday shopping season in order to target consumers, and more importantly customers...
More and more, people throughout the world are relying on their smart devices to stay connected with friends, family and colleagues when they are traveling. Cellular roaming services have been available for quite some time. However, it’s been estimated as many as 70% of...
The desire to optimize the mobile network is a no-brainer. Who could possibly not want to extract the best performance, the most revenues out of the existing, already deployed mobile network infrastructure? Indeed, mobile operators have been optimizing their networks from the beginning, trying to pack as...
Complementary coexistence or incongruous competitor?
The making of mobile standards can be a convoluted business. There's the pure technology aspect, but that's often just the tip of the iceberg. Underneath lies a pile of patent issues, lobbying efforts, regional requirements and political motives. In the...
This report on smart RAN will provide an overview and assessment of new technologies and solutions that optimize mobile traffic management to deliver a better performance and QoE, by improving network resource utilization. The report will discuss how real-time traffic management and virtualization will...
The “Internet of Things” vendor ecosystem is a mess. According to MachNation, it takes four to six IoT suppliers to create one solution for an enterprise customer. Why? Because the technology components – devices, networks, platforms, middleware and apps – are still uniquely provided...
A conversation with Vicent Soler, CTO RAN Optimization, Astellia
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At Astellia, troubleshooting, monitoring, automation and geolocation are the three pillars to support RAN optimization. With Vicent Soler, CTO RAN Optimization of...
This webinar provides an overview and assessment of new technologies and solutions that optimize mobile traffic management to deliver a better performance and QoE, by improving network resource utilization.
What you will learn:
RAN traffic optimization, SON and HetNets, interference management, Densification and emerging topologies: small...
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A conversation with Stephen Howell, General Manager, Wireless Network, Engineering Department, Telstra
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Telstra has been very proactive in moving towards automated RAN optimization, small cells, and carrier aggregation (CA). In...
A conversation with Femi Adeyemi LTE Solutions Architect, Fujitsu
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The transition to C-RAN and fronthaul has started with operators gradually moving to the new architecture to realize a better utilization...
Although specifications for "5G" do not yet exist, aspects are crystallizing, including the ability to exploit frequencies never before used for cellular access; far greater capacity than today’s networks support; data rates faster than 1 gigabit per second; and super-low latency. All of these...
We all know that mobile operators are constantly trying to find an advertising tagline that works, one that resonates with consumers so much that it becomes part of everyday vocabulary. The most successful tagline in telecom was probably “pin drop” all those years ago...
During the Wi-Fi Global Congress in San Jose, Calif., I had the pleasure to sit down with Paul Taylor, manager of business development & Wi-Fi services at United Arab Emirates mobile network operator Du, to discuss the drivers behind the recent carrier Wi-Fi initiatives.
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A conversation with Kashif Hussain, Solutions Marketing Manager, Viavi Solutions
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In our conversation with Kashif Hussain, Solutions Marketing Manager at Viavi Solutions (until recently JDSU), we talked of how RAN optimization is...
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A conversation with Philip Sorrells, Vice President of Strategic Marketing, CommScope
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In this conversation on RAN optimization with Philip Sorrells, Vice President of Strategic Marketing at CommScope we focused on the role...
A conversation with Ian Miller, director of radio access networks, Telefónica
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The complexity of mobile networks is increasing as their performance and capacity improve. This makes the task of optimizing the radio...
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A conversation on customer experience with John Reister, VP of marketing and product management, Vasona Networks
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Data traffic is typically very spiky. Even during congestion periods, wireless network transmission alternates...
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A conversation with Said Mokbel, VP of wireless technology development, chief technology office, TELUS
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The way mobile operators optimize the radio access network and maximize RAN resource utilization is changing as mobile...
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A conversation with David FitzGerald, director of the office of the CTO, Ascom Network Testing
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How does the way we optimize the radio access network change in a network environment...
