HetNet News

The telecom industry has buzzed about small cell technology for years, but as the race toward 5G and ultra-dense metros speeds up, small cell is just now becoming a viable …

Comcast rolls out Gigabit Pro in California; faster than Google Fiber, AT&T GigaPower In a move to keep up with competitors Google and AT&T, Comcast has rolled out its ultra-high-speed …

But who will pay for upgrades, which include better Wi-Fi for luxury boxes? Houston, Texas, is poised to host the Super Bowl in 2017 but, in the meantime, the NFL …

In-flight Wi-Fi could potentially open up avionics controls to hackers The U.S. Government Accountability Office on April 14 released a report detailing the potential for in-flight Wi-Fi networks to be …

Massapequa Park may be unable to combat DAS install The mayor of Massapequa Park, N.J., said that despite opposition from residents and municipal staff, there may not be any way …

Small cell, DAS and other network improvements from Verizon Following its historic municipal bankruptcy, the city of Detroit has undertaken large-scale economic development projects; for its part, major carrier Verizon …

Cause of North Carolina 911 outage traced to IP address issue The cause of a North Carolina 911 outage has been revealed. Iredell County in North Carolina was without 911 …

Wi-Fi is in place and DAS in the works for Rust Belt fans With a deployment just in time for the kick-off of baseball season, Major League Baseball officials completed …

  Fiber apparently is a tasty treat for monkeys, squirrels and other critters As the global explosion of data demand continues to pick up speed, network operators are racing to …

If you’ve ever used hotel Wi-Fi, listen up. A major vulnerability discovered in hotel Wi-Fi devices could put your information at risk. The CVE-2015-0932 vulnerability has been discovered in a …

JMA Wireless upgrades distributed antenna system product line JMA Wireless upgraded its distributed antenna system portfolio to include multi-input, multi-output functionality, which serves to increase data throughput. The upgraded Omni-MIMO …

  Upgraded DAS, Wi-Fi Hot Zone, Luneburg Lens included in Final Four deployment College basketball diehards will descend on Indianapolis for the NCAA Men’s Final Four championship April 4-6, and …

Today is April 1. That means watch your cellphone, don’t leave your Facebook account open at any cost, and most importantly, don’t believe anything Google tells you. On this day, …

Super Wi-Fi runs over unused TV white space Seattle Mayor Ed Murray announced Microsoft had installed a novel “super Wi-Fi system” at the popular Seattle Center that is said to provide …

Ericsson and SK Telecom plan 5G demo at 2018 Winter Olympics With commercial availability of 5G cellular networks projected for 2020 – the same year analysts expect there will be …

GigaPower expansion overlaps with Google Fiber plans AT&T is expanding its GigaPower high-speed Internet and television service to the tech-centric market in Cupertino, Calif. AT&T GigaPower is currently available in …

Deploy small cell more efficiently using street furniture ATLANTA – Michael Peeters, CTO for Alcatel-Lucent’s wireless division, highlighted the need for rapid small cell deployments to keep up with the …

Wi-Fi shared by AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile US and Verizon By 2017, Transit Wireless expects to have a robust Wi-Fi network deployed in some 279 New York City subway stations. The …

AT&T Wi-Fi—Small Site can be installed by customer Targeting the consumer expectation of free Wi-Fi, AT&T on March 26 announced its Small Site solution, which is designed to provide easy …

AT&T set a record for data usage on their network at this year’s South by Southwest music, film and interactive festival in Austin, Texas. The carrier giant reports more than 37 Terabytes of …

Tier 1 African operator using Ceragon to build backbone network New Jersey-based Ceragon Networks is working on a $4 million project to expand the wireless backhaul capabilities of a tier one …

ExteNet providing hardware for $32.5M upgrade Distributed antenna system vendor ExteNet Systems will contribute to the Chicago Transit Authority’s project to bring 4G LTE to the Windy City’s subway. City …

Some 75 mobile network operators have deployed small cells As carriers race to create true heterogeneous networks for consumers, the Small Cell Forum reported that some 10 million small cells …

AT&T brings cells on wheels, Luneburg Lens for festival AUSTIN, Texas – AT&T deployed numerous network infrastructure components to accommodate the crowds of super-users attending the annual South by Southwest …

Self-organizing network capabilities for hetnet deployments In order to provide multivendor coordination, AirHop Communications unveiled its eSON software, which brings self-organizing network capability to heterogeneous network deployments. The new architecture …