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FUZE platform designed to minimize fiber cost; uses powered Ethernet In an effort to drive down the cost of distributed antenna system deployments, JMA Wireless today announced its new FUZE DAS platform, which offers new mounting and power options. JMA …

Demo reached data rates of up to 375 Mbps Nokia Networks and Nordic mobile operator TeliaSonera conducted a live demonstration of LTE-Advanced three-band carrier aggregation using Category 9 devices in Finland. The companies claim the demo reached data rates of …

The FirstNet early builder project in New Jersey, known as JerseyNet, provided coverage at a pair of recent weekend beach concerts in Atlantic City, enabling the police department to sidestep the usual crashing of their mobile security cameras and actually …

New software suite optimized for indoor deployments; features enhanced downlink, uplink speeds As venue owners work with carrier partners to provide robust indoor connectivity, telecom equipment vendor Ericsson is looking to support those efforts with its new LTE software suite. …

3G mobile subscriptions grew by 50M during the second quarter of 2015 Global LTE subscriptions reached 740 million connections at the end of the second quarter, surging from 280 million a year earlier, according to Swedish vendor Ericsson. During Q2, …

CEO John Legere says some customers with unlimited data plans are abusing policy related to tethering devices Apparently some users are actively subverting T-Mobile US’ policy regarding use of tethering devices by customers with unlimited data plans. And T-Mobile US …

On this episode of HetNet Happenings, RCR Wireless News Managing Editor Sean Kinney is joined by industry experts to discuss the intersections of 5G, Wi-Fi and the Internet of Things (IoT).   Kinney is joined by Franklin Flint, the chief …

Operators are increasingly turning to VoLTE and WiFi Calling (VoWiFi) to protect their lucrative voice business against the ever increasing rise of “free” over the top (OTT) applications. The challenges they are facing relate to various deployment phases, including network …

The telco created new business units to launch services Kuwait-based telecom operator Zain ended June with 46.3 million customers in its global operation, which includes networks in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Sudan, South Sudan, Jordan and Bahrain. By the end …

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 …

Contract stipulates deployment of small cells for 3G, 4G services Nokia Networks won a contract from mobile operator Ooredoo Qatar to deploy small cells in hot spots across the Arab country. The agreement follows a trial using Nokia Networks’ LTE …

Revenue from the region accounted for more than 10% of Ericsson’s global business in Q2 Ericsson is seeing increased opportunities for both LTE and 3G projects in the Middle East and Northeast Africa, the company’s president for the region Rafiah Ibrahim told …

One of the hottest topics around the mobile industry is “5G.” When it will happen; how it will be monetized; who’s going to lead the charge geographically; which operators; which vendors; etc. How far away is 5G and is it appropriate …

The new MVNO will launch mobile service through Zain’s network infrastructure Saudi Arabia’s Communications and Information Technology Commission has extended the deadline for bids for a mobile virtual network operator license that will enable the holder to offer services through …

BICS today announced the first end-to-end voice-over-LTE call between Asia and Europe. Working together with SK Telecom’s SK Telink – international carrier services division – located in South Korea and Proximus located in Belgium, this trial was conducted on a …

LTE technology represents more than 23% of the operator’s overall mobile subscribers The world’s largest mobile telephony operator China Mobile ended the first half of 2015 with 189.6 million subscribers in the 4G segment, according to the operator’s latest financial …

It’s no surprise that long-term evolution (LTE) networks are quickly becoming the global norm for wireless communications. With significantly higher data speed than 3G, LTE unlocks the power of our mobile devices that are an increasingly important part of our …

The telco ended Q2 with 6.57M mobile subscribers in Switzerland Swiss mobile telephony operator Swisscom has launched a new mobile service combining the FDD and TDD LTE standards. The technology, which is currently available at the company’s Füssli shop in …

Court case in Berkeley; carrier aggregation in Europe, and Sprint’s network upgrade 5 things to know today: 1. Carriers have a lot riding on a California court case scheduled for today. The city of Berkeley wants mobile phone retailers to …

China Mobile, Huawei and Qualcomm Technologies said they completed the commercial verification of TDD+ uplink data compression technology on a commercial LTE-TDD network. UDC is claimed to enable operators to maximize LTE-TDD uplink resources, increasing the number of uplink users …

African telco expects to invest nearly $100M this year African telecommunications operator Smile Communications expects to launch commercial LTE services in the Democratic Republic of Congo in January, the company’s COO Tom Allen told RCR Wireless News. Allen said the …

4G device market more than doubles A report by GfK found a mass transition to “4G” devices is upon us. Led by China, the wireless technology more than doubled its unit share over last year. Overall, the report found that …

Danish company TT-Network, the joint venture between the local units of Swedish operator TeliaSonera and Norway’s Telenor, has completed the final phase of its Single RAN network sharing project, for which Nokia Networks was the sole radio and services provider. …

The carrier targeted customers with unlimited data plans, ended practice in June Much was made of Verizon Wireless’ plan (which wasn’t put into practice) to throttle data speeds for 4G LTE customers with unlimited data plans. Perhaps not as widely …