Mobile and Wireless Industry Reports

The Internet of Things is bringing new players into the wireless ecosystem and creating new opportunities for carriers. While mobile operators see opportunities in asset tracking, mobile health monitoring and industrial IoT, vendors are focusing on the low power, short …

RCR Wireless News talks with experts across the mobile ecosystem on key trends for the upcoming year, including the impact of new architectures and emerging technologies on networks and the telecom business. Topics to be covered include predictions on assessments …

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 …

This report provides details into current companies supplying diameter signaling support to telecom operators; how diameter signaling has been used by telecom operators to take further advantage of their network resources in launching service innovation; and what impact new virtualization technologies …

The connected car opens many topics related to testing.  Simulating safety systems, checking for interference, looking at the safety from malicious external influences.  This report will look at the challenges at hand and highlight some of the key players working …

This report reviews trends in network densification both indoors and outdoors. Key focus areas include cost control through new network architectures and intelligent optimization, small cells as a service, and new business models for small cells and DAS. In addition, …

Big data can’t just be big, it has to be fast as well in order to support operator agility and actionable intelligence – quickly accessible and quickly applied. RCR Wireless News looks at trends and emerging technologies in the use of …

This report will look at the current Global State of the Union of LTE as a baseline for discussion of VoLTE deployments. The topics that are helping and hindering VoLTE becoming more widespread will be covered along with interim generations …

Tower assets are consolidating as the carriers sell their portfolios and independent tower owners sell to larger companies. Meanwhile the service industry is also consolidating as providers seek efficiency and scale.    This report addresses how these changes impact spending, …

Mobile operators are feeling increased pressure from over-the-top players to provide additional features and services that consumers have come to expect from the application world. Three ways they are looking to counter the OTT threat is through the implementation of …

Agile operators no longer view Wi-Fi as competition; instead they look at unlicensed spectrum as a tool that can be used to help build a truly heterogeneous network offering users a truly homogenous experience. This report will look at carrier-grade …

Unlicensed spectrum is hugely valuable, and mobile operators are increasingly eager to leverage that spectrum. They started with Wi-Fi offload, and are now moving to LTE-Unlicensed and new ways to integrate Wi-Fi in their networks (carrier Wi-Fi, LWA). The Senza Fili …

As mobile operators begin to roll out NFV, SDN and cloud platforms, there is a growing need for centralized orchestration in order to help automate information flow among the platforms and for on-boarding of services. This is also known as management …

Carriers are planning their investments in HetNets carefully as they balance the need for more coverage and capacity with pressure on the top line created by incessant data price wars. Investments must be made to satisfy current network demands while …

How can carriers monetize the connected car? What role will telecom vendors play and what’s in it for the end user? There’s a lot of talk in the industry as to how the telecom players – operators and equipment vendors …

An update on the small cell market as it is shaping up in 2015, and what technical issues in testing are emerging as deployments take shape, with a particular focus on interference testing, indoor and outdoor optimization and management considerations. …

NFV has become a hot topic in the wireless telecom space, and this report provides an update on how the NFV ecosystem is developing; how the NFV standards process is progressing with a focus on standards bodies; and look ahead to …

C-RAN, fronthaul and HetNets Senza Fili’s new report “Charting the path to RAN virtualization: C-RAN, fronthaul and HetNets” discusses the market trends, operator requirements and technology opportunities driving the transition to a virtualized RAN, through the deployment of C-RAN and fronthaul, and …

Connected car: car-2-car, car-2-infrastructure – How does it all come together? “Connected car” has become a catch-all term to include aspects related to telematics, vehicle-to-vehicle, vehicle-to-infrastructure, infotainment, ADAS, autonomous driving and on and on. This report maps the different categories that …

Consumers expect to be able to access their content from any device, at any time. This evolution is driving changes in how content is stored, optimized and delivered across both wireless and wireline networks. There are new billing relationships and …

Evolving network and software technologies are providing CRM platforms with greater insight into what consumers expect from mobile services, which is coming at a time when the telecom space is seeing increased competition from rival operators, OTT players and broader …

As mobile networks become more heterogeneous in order to support ever-increasing indoor and outdoor capacity needs, testing must take into consideration operators’ infrastructure choices. In advanced wireless networks, that can include LTE macro sites, indoor or outdoor small cells, and …

Service assurance has been an ongoing struggle for wireless carriers as they look to balance their spectrum and network assets with growing consumer demand. Advances in software have become the latest tools used by mobile operators, including the move towards …

Download the complete report featuring Juniper Networks, Intel, AT&T, Telefonica, JDSU, KDDI, SpiderCloud Wireless, Ruckus Wireless, Metaswitch Networks, Hitachi and Mavenir Systems. The transition to virtualized mobile networks is going to be a watershed in the way operators deploy, operate and …

As mobile operators focus on the need for network densification, the companies that supply and service the carriers are exploring the business models and technologies that can enable successful DAS and small cell deployments. The DAS model is proven in …