New York subway riders are getting free access to Boingo’s Wi-Fi network this month, courtesy of Visit Phoenix’s marketing campaign. Passengers who want to connect a smartphone, tablet or laptop …
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Amdocs is moving into network-based solutions for small cells and Wi-Fi with the goal of helping service providers better monetize heterogeneous networks. The company has launched its Amdocs Small Cell …
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HetNet News: China Mobile, Huawei choose Ranplan for indoor wireless planning
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillChina Mobile and Huawei have chosen software tools from U.K.-based Ranplan for designing and simulating in-building wireless. Ranplan’s iBuildNet will be used in Huawei’s R&D center in Beijing, along with …
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Real estate is said to be about three things: location, location and location. The same is true of radio access networks. Spectrum and heterogeneous networks are all about location.
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HetNet News: Dual-mode small cells from SpiderCloud; InfoVista aquires Aexio
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillSpiderCloud Wireless has launched an enterprise small cell that simultaneously offers both UMTS and LTE service. One of the limitations on small cells thus far has been that most offerings …
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Boingo Wireless has tallied more DAS wins. The company was selected by the Memphis International Airport to design, build and manage the airport’s first DAS. Boingo already provides Wi-Fi there and …
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Aruba Networks announced two new deployments of next-generation Wi-Fi technology. The company said its 802.11ac equipment is being used at both Stony Brook University and the Australian Catholic Education Office …
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Enterasys Networks and PCM Inc. have launched a joint offering for cloud-managed wireless LANs, using Enterasys’ Wi-Fi access points and OneFabric management system. The PCM Cloud Wireless Service includes access …
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Research firm Mobile Experts expects to see rapid growth for distributed antenna systems, projecting that the number of DAS nodes will double between this year and 2016 and that more …
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Boingo Wireless has agreed to acquire Advanced Wireless Group, which claims to be the second-largest airport Wi-Fi provider in the United States. Terms of the deal were not disclosed; it is …
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Sprint turned on Long Term Evolution service in 34 markets today, mostly in the South and Midwest. The markets included Oklahoma City; Amarillo, Tex.; Greenville, Miss.; Montgomery, Ala.; and Salem, …
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As part of a major renovation of New York’s famous Empire State Building, the skyscraper is getting a new distributed antenna system from Extenet Systems Inc. that will provide better …
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Wireless networks are being asked to handle an increasing amount of traffic both from the growth in overall wireless services as well as growing consumer appetite for mobile data services. …
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RCR Wireless News will take a look at the current state of tower and small cell technologies including fiber to the antenna, remote radio head, network densification, Wi-Fi 2.0 and …
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ABI Research says that business and residential femtocells will increase in unit volumes this year and next, due to demand driven by operators such as AT&T, Vodafone, Telefonica, Softbank and …
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Microwave backhaul vendor DragonWave reported a net loss of about $6.6 million for the quarter ended May 31, its fiscal first quarter of 2014. That figure is roughly half of …
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Has microwave backhaul for LTE and 3G networks run its course in the United States and internationally or will heterogenous networks and small cells create another surge in microwave backhaul …
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Has microwave backhaul for LTE and 3G networks run its course in the United States and internationally or will heterogenous networks and small cells create another surge in microwave backhaul …
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Time Warner Cable is expanding its Wi-Fi network in New York to up to 10,000 hotspots across the city by the end of this year, and offering temporary free access …
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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 …
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HetNet News: Reports say Wi-Fi is booming worldwide; Gowex launches free Wi-Fi in SF
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillABI 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 …
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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, …
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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, …
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CTIA 2013: Verizon Wireless partners with Ericsson, Alcatel-Lucent on small cell plans
by Dan Meyerby Dan MeyerLAS VEGAS – Verizon Wireless looks set to move aggressively into small cell deployments, announcing a deal with infrastructure powerhouses Ericsson and Alcatel-Lucent to add small cells to enhance the …
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HetNet News: Range networks integrates its open-source equipment; new Firetide CEO
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillRange Networks, which makes open-source cellular systems, announced that its equipment now integrates with operators’ SS7-MAP core networks and supports 4G. The company, which targets rural and developing markets and …