According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, e-commerce sales were up 15.1% in the third quarter of 2015. When compared to an 1.6% increase in total retail, it’s easy to see that brick-and-mortar stores are facing a serious competitive challenge.
However, brick-and-mortar stores have...
FirstNet's LTE network for public safety is getting some early use at major sporting events, with small-scale temporary deployments that are giving first responders a taste of what it's like to have their own cellular network amid heavy traffic on commercial carriers.
At Super Bowl...
Value-added resellers help DAS vendors target enterprise customers
How real is the market for enterprise DAS? The companies that make and market distributed antenna systems know they need to convince enterprises to finance their own in-building systems instead of waiting for the wireless carriers to...
LinkNYC, an ambitious project to convert old New York City phone booths in public Wi-Fi access points, is still in the beta phase, but project backer Qualcomm is looking forward to the impact smart cities technology will have in an era marked by massive...
About 90% of mobile service providers globally have already moved to 4G LTE, to support the exploding mobile data demands of today. But each month, consumer mobile broadband traffic continues to grow unbounded and the Internet of Things (IoT) means there will be more...
The introduction of new cellular technologies has significantly improved spectral efficiency; however, data demand has outpaced the spectral efficiency benefit. Cellular spectrum holdings cannot keep up with mobile data growth. For operators to meet data demand and retain profitability despite a falling cost per...
Companies cut costs and complexity by outsourcing wireless infrastructure
Wireless infrastructure is increasingly differentiated by software, and enterprises are learning that they can reduce complexity by outsourcing infrastructure management. Many enterprises are taking this one step further by turning infrastructure ownership over to suppliers in...
According to a report by Bloomberg, Google, which buys its data center server chips from Intel, could take that highly lucrative business to competitor Qualcomm if that company's chips meet performance standards.
Citing "people familiar with the matter," Bloomberg reports the search giant "is planning to...
On this episode of HetNet Happenings, host Sean Kinney, managing editor at RCR Wireless News, learns about antenna concealment solutions from Jon Fitzhugh, CEO of Colorado-based ConcealFab. Fitzhugh highlights how concealment solutions can help ease deployments, as well as how it's important to produce...
There is no way around Voice over LTE (VoLTE). It is the future of voice communications via wireless networks. A recent study on how it compares to its contender, namely OTT VoIP services (that’s over-the-top Voice over IP for the layman), against the backdrop of...
Small cell deployment in San Francisco shows results
Jake Hamilton has spent two years preparing for the Super Bowl, but when Sunday afternoon comes he will not be watching the game. Hamilton is the Verizon Wireless engineering director for Northern California, and he and his...
LTE to account for 40.5% of overall mobile connections by 2020
Mobile users are expected to reach 5.5 billion by 2020, representing 70% of the global population, according to the latest Cisco Visual Networking Index Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast.
According to the report, there...
Fiber-based 2 Gbps service reaches 18 million Comcast customers; DOCSIS 3.1 extending utility of copper plant
Cable and Internet giant Comcast this week announced a major expansion to its high-speed cable Internet offering, which uses the new DOCSIS 3.1 standard, as well as noted a...
IP circuit monitoring, reporting makes or breaks success with carriers
The explosive growth in mobile data traffic is steadily adding complexity to how service providers deliver backhaul. Multi-faceted service level agreements ideally ensure that bandwidth is supplied in a reliable manner that gives mobile carriers...
The coaxial transmission lines that move RF signals from the base station to the top of the tower are one of the most critical components in an RF site. Once properly installed on the tower, they can move high levels of RF power with...
IWCE’s Network Infrastructure Forum is a new event co-located with International Wireless Communications Expo (IWCE) that brings together the industry’s wired and wireless players to examine the communications technology infrastructure. Targeted to service providers, tower owners, public safety, government, utilities and transportation professionals, the...
As LTE mobile networks continue to evolve, new technologies designed to bolster throughput by tapping into unlicensed spectrum bands are steadily approaching commercialization. Licensed assisted access, which aggregates LTE in both licensed and unlicensed spectrum, is one such technology set for standardization as part...
Worldwide, carriers are looking for solutions to cope up with the ever growing demand of mobile data. While Wi-Fi accounts for more than half of the traffic on mobile devices, carriers have traditionally used Wi-Fi for cellular data offload for residential, enterprise and hotspots....
VoIP veteran Charlie Vogt sees $40 billion market for video optimization and delivery, partners with HPE
Video optimization has received a bad wrap lately, but carriers and other service providers know it is the reality of IP-based video delivery.
"Nobody's getting uncompressed video," explained Charlie Vogt,...
WiGig expected to increase enterprise Wi-Fi capacity
WiGig, or 802.11ad Wi-Fi, promises speeds of up to 4.6 gigabits per second, according to Qualcomm and Intel. Today, the two chipmakers said they have demonstrated interoperability between their WiGig solutions, laying the groundwork for an 802.11ad ecosystem....
Project Natick is Microsoft's effort to make a more efficient, better located data center under the sea
Cloud computing heavyweight Microsoft, looking to boost the operational efficiency of data centers while physically locating content closer to users, has tested running servers sealed in a pod located...
Learn more about data center power needs and moves toward sustainability
As the demand for streaming video, mobile applications and other technologies that require high-bandwidth continues to proliferate, the need for data centers will continue to increase. In this article, we look into data center...
DAS, temporary sites and beefed up towers part of T-Mobile US upgrades in the Bay Area
With Super Bowl 50 set for Feb. 7, carriers are making numerous network upgrades around Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara and San Francisco where many of the 75,000 expected...
The mobile carrier plans more LTE base stations by end of March
Japanese telecom operator NTT DoCoMo said its "Premium" LTE service is currently available in 825 cities across Japan, according to a company presentation. The service, which was launched in March 2014, offers download...
