What is the Open Compute Project?
The Open Compute project is nonprofit founded in 2011 with the goal of reimaging the design of server, storage and other data center hardware with the goal of driving scalable computing through sharing of information and technical specifications.
The appetite...
New broadband player Starry looks to undercut broadband providers by disrupting infrastructure model
The founder of now defunct Aereo, Chet Kanojia, is looking to disrupt the home broadband market by offering gigabit service delivered over high-band millimeter wave spectrum.
Kanojia broke down the cost differential in an...
Shared LTE network set to launch later this year
Mobile operators VimpelCom and MegaFon announced a joint project to develop base stations and share LTE network infrastructure and operations across 10 regions in Russia.
The telcos said they will share expenditures on the development and use of...
Infrastructure investment to cost approximately $1.5 billion
Thai mobile operator True Move is looking to invest 56 billion baht ($1.56 billion) to launch the country's first LTE-Advanced network this year, the Bangkok Post reported.
True Move expects to use spectrum in both the 900 MHz and...
Company sees more opportunity in services, software
Ericsson reported fourth quarter sales and operating income that were significantly improved from last year and from the third quarter, but fell short of analysts' expectations. Sales for the quarter were $8.6 billion, below the $8.7 billion analysts...
Carriers upgrades DAS, small cells, cells on wheels and more ahead of big game
More than 75,000 football fans are expected to descend on the San Francisco metropolitan area for the Feb. 7 Super Bowl. To keep up with the expected demand for LTE capacity,...
KT uses Nokia Flexi Multiradio 10 in its LTE network
South Korean operator KT and equipment provider Nokia recently conducted what the companies say is the industry's first enhanced machine type communications field trial.
The trial was conducted on KT's LTE network using Nokia's Flexi Multiradio...
The South Wireless Summit Association is pleased to announce the dates for the South Wireless Summit as March 14-16 at Nashville’s Music City Sheraton. The event will host over 700 Wireless Professionals, showcase over 34 exhibitors and will offer 2 days of panel discussions, including...
Third generation (3G) mobile telephony included built-in security from the handset through the service provider’s core network. Fourth generation (4G) long-term evolution (LTE) is an IP-based system and, as such, brings with it long standing IP-based security weaknesses. From the beginning, standards bodies for...
The full duplex relay trial was carried out in the city of Turin
Italian mobile operator TIM carried out what it claims to be the world’s first test of the full duplex relay technology, which doubles the transmission capacity of the current LTE network and...
25 Mbps down, 3 Mbps up is unnecessarily fast, senators say
A group of six U.S. senators this week told the Federal Communications Commission its current broadband benchmark of 25 megabits per second download speeds, 3 Mbps upload speeds could potentially dissuade service providers wary...
Facebook data centers said to be 100% powered by renewable energy
In a Jan. 24 blog post, Facebook announced it will build its second European data center in the small town of Clonee, County Meath, in Ireland.
VP of infrastructure Tom Furlong said the new project...
5 things to know today ...
1. The small cell opportunity for commercial property owners continues to grow. Vertical Bridge has made a deal to manage wireless sites at 250 real estate investment trust-owned health care facilities. Welltower is a REIT that funds real...
Telecom Italia currently owns 60% of telecom infrastructure firm Inwit
A consortium comprising Spanish operator Cellnex and Italian infrastructure fund F2i is the front-runner to buy 45% of Italian telecom tower operator Inwit, controlled by Telecom Italia, Reuters reports.
Earlier this month, Telecom Italia said it...
New solutions to be based on SK Telecom ThingPlug platform
SK Telecom inked an agreement with networking giant Cisco Systems to develop new solutions for "Internet of Things" technology, The Korea Herald reported.
Under terms of the agreement, the two companies will develop new solutions combining...
LTE represents almost 38% of China Mobile overall base
China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile operator, ended 2015 with 312.2 million LTE subscribers, according to the operator’s latest available figures.
The telco recorded nearly 222 million LTE net addition since December 2014, with the network currently...
Swedish firms plan to deploy 5G in Stockholm and Tallinn in 2018
Swedish companies TeliaSonera and Ericsson signed a strategic partnership through which mobile subscribers in Sweden and Estonia will be able to experience "5G" services in 2018.
The two companies plan to develop use cases...
The global data center market is expected to grow into a $22.73 billion business, according to research firm Research and Markets. The study predicts between 2015 and 2019, the industry will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 9.3%. Migration to cloud technologies...
The Internet of Things is bringing new players into the wireless ecosystem and creating new opportunities for carriers. While mobile operators see opportunities in asset tracking, mobile health monitoring and industrial IoT, vendors are focusing on the low power, short range connectivity solutions that...
Bay-Area startup Kumu Networks, which specializes in increasing spectral efficiency with full duplex chip-based technology, raised $25 million in an investment round including Cisco Systems, Verizon Communications and Deutsche Telekom among others.
Kumu says it has developed technology that cancels self-interference, the excess energy that leaks into a...
Solid Technologies has a solid foothold in North America, and now the Korean company has made its commitment clear by purchasing Reach Holdings. Reach has been doing business as Solid in North America for years, and now its team members will be employees of...
AUSTIN, Texas – Market outlook for small cells deployments, in both the enterprise and carrier segments, was a major point of discussion during Verizon's In Building Technology Users Forum; SpiderCloud Wireless director of enterprise services Art King spoke with RCR Wireless News about the...
Indonesian telcos plan to expand LTE service through MORAN system
Indonesian telecom operators Indosat Ooredoo and XL Axiata announced the launch of a LTE network cooperation agreement using a multi-operator radio access network.
Both operators are currently operating a LTE network in several cities including...
LTE is all about high-speed data and lots of it, right? Not always. If your goal is to connect factory equipment, cargo containers or utility meters to the Internet, you probably don't need to transmit a lot of high-speed data in real time. You...
