LONDON – When two giants of the industry merge – although in this case the merger was a takeover – it can often take a while for the dust to settle and for the new company to begin to realize the benefits. Sometimes the...
Sprint says it plans to defer most of its network densification spending into its 2017 fiscal year. Overall, the carrier projects roughly $3 billion in capital spending this fiscal year, down 36% from last year.
"Their huge cut to network spending suggests that they are...
A conversation with Terry McCabe, CTO, Mobile Division, Mitel
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With VoLTE and Wi-Fi Calling, the role and reach of voice is changing...
LONDON – In previous years, a speaker on the stage at Small Cells World Summit who claimed: "The 5G network looks a lot like a small cell network,” would almost certainly have been an equipment vendor.
The vendors in this market, and industry body Small...
Nokia said lower mobile network sales hit business, but highlighted the positive integration with Alcatel-Lucent
Nokia recorded 5.6 billion euros ($6.38 billion) in net sales for the first quarter of 2016, down from 6.1 billion euros in the same quarter last year. In the first quarter, Nokia’s...
HetNet densification requires robust fiber infrastructure
LONDON – At the Small Cells World Summit, Telefonica O2 CTO Brendan O’Reilly risked offending delegates when he claimed the technology “isn’t that important.” But, O’Reilly was addressing the topic of commercializing the heterogeneous network from the consumer standpoint.
It...
Small cell market to grow to $6 billion by 2020 with enterprise growth leading the way
LONDON – The "World Summit" of the small cell industry kicked off in gloomy and grey weather in London’s Docklands – but the mood inside was anything but downbeat.
Kicking...
DAS makes sense for the enterprise even if carriers won't pay for it
Distributed antenna systems and in-building small cells have traditionally been used by carriers to keep enterprise customers happy, and now those customers are starting to purchase mobile infrastructure on their own. The...
5g, 4g, SDN, NFV, Small Cells – what is a common requirement for the success of each of these? Reliable, scalable, performance driven backhaul. Tier1 Cell carriers have recently added new technical and service level mandates for backhaul. These specifications highlight the structural shift...
The First Responders Network Authority is planning to award a contract for a new, nationwide public safety LTE network to a commercial partner by November 1, with caveats that the service will start out as essentially a mobile virtual network operator and eventually shift...
A conversation about voice testing with Robert Bichefsky, Senior Manager, and Jagdish Vadalia, Senior Manager, GL Communications
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In this conversation, we talked...
4G backhaul deal worth $29 million
Avanti Communications, a provider of satellite data communications services in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, won a contract to supply U.K. mobile operator EE with satellite capacity for "4G" backhaul. Under the terms of the agreement, Avanti will...
Outdoor use cases for small cells and DAS range from cities to venues to suburbia
Outdoor small cells and distributed antenna systems can be used by mobile network operators to boost capacity in crowded urban areas, to add capacity at high-value venues, to extend coverage...
There’s been a few questions asked recently in RCR Wireless News and Network World about the go-to-market challenges faced by the small cell community, especially in the enterprise space. And of course it is true, there are some questions to be answered.
The pleasing element...
France-based dedicated "Internet of Things" network provider Sigfox is investing big in the U.S. IoT market with plans to deploy its purpose-built network in 100 cities by the end of the year.
Sigfox currently operates in 18 countries and claims more than 7 million registered...
As virtualization, VoLTE and more add network complexity, make QoS simple
Telecom—and all the industries it touches—stands on the precipice of a foundational transformation. Consumer demand for mobile video is exploding and enterprises are looking to embrace the full promise of the Internet of Things....
A conversation with Shyamal Ramachandran, Director of Product Management, Qualcomm Technologies about VoLTE and Wi-Fi Calling
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In this conversation with Shyamal Ramachandran,...
NICE, France – In an exclusive interview with Carl Piva, VP of strategic programs at TM Forum, RCR Wireless News learned about the group's growing emphasis on smart cities technology, as well as the outlook for adoption, potential pitfalls and more.
Although not specifically defined,...
NICE, France – The days of just monitoring network performance metrics to gauge overall performance have given way to much more consumer-facing indicators designed to go beyond service assurance and into gauging customer experience. This trend toward evaluating how the end-user experiences network services...
Within the telecom industry, views differ widely on the scale of the IoT investment opportunity
Asked at a recent conference when the "Internet of Things" will make a material difference to his company’s financial performance, the CEO of one major telecom operator replied: “Not in my tenure.”
That...
Verizon 5G plans could be bolstered by 39 GHz spectrum
The pending Verizon Communications acquisition of XO Communications has drawn the ire of satellite-TV provider Dish Network, which in a Federal Communications Commission filing claims the deal will give Verizon an unfair advantage as "5G"...
BT 4G, fiber expansion comes as telco records $1.65 billion net profit in fiscal Q4
Including its Openreach broadband unit and EE mobile business, BT said its "4G" and fiber expansion plans will cost a projected 6 billion pounds ($8.7 billion) over the next three...
Each outdoor deployment, whether it is small cells or outdoor DAS is a learning lab for operators and vendors, and this webinar digs into the specifics of site acquisition, network design, equipment selection, installation and testing. Metro deployments that are in both the planning...
Sprint 5G efforts supported by Nokia and Ericsson
As carriers and vendors around the world race to trial "5G" technologies ahead of standardization, Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure, during a call this week with investors, detailed the carrier's 5G trial.
Sprint has extensive spectrum holdings in the...
