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...
New Yorkers can now enjoy blazing fast free public Wi-Fi. The first LinkNYC public Wi-Fi kiosks are now active on Third Avenue in the Big Apple.
The 300 Mbps capability is approximately 10 times faster than the average U.S. home Internet connection. The project, which...
Stocks for Sprint and major U.S. tower companies fell dramatically after rumors the carrier was moving away from macro sites surfaced late last week. Sprint’s stock dropped 9% on Friday while American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA Communications lost 3%, 6% and 8% respectively.
The...
The Chinese company expects 23.8% year-over-year revenue growth
Chinese telecom equipment provider ZTE announced 2015 net profits will reach RMB 3.78 billion ($574 million), an increase compared to RMB 2.63 billion reported for 2014, according to preliminary unaudited results published by the company.
The Chinese company also...
Stagnant growth in IT infrastructure investment to drive data center colocation market
Information technology infrastructure is expensive. No matter how much data continues to transition to the cloud, it still needs a place to live in the analog world. With spending on IT infrastructure expected...
The social network inked a bandwidth deal with BSNL
Facebook plans to start offering Internet services in rural areas across India after signing an agreement with Indian state-run telecom service provider Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited.
Under the agreement, the U.S.-based social network acquired bandwidth from BSNL...
A conversation about QoE with Paul Gowans, Wireless & RAN Solutions Marketing Manager, and Ronnie Neil, Customer Experience Assurance Solutions Marketing Manager
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Measuring QoE is difficult and even more...
Swiss telco plans to use the test to evaluate future commercial launch
Network operator Swisscom announced it's currently testing a combination of its fixed-line and mobile networks to offer higher speeds for subscribers.
The European telco said it's testing DSL/LTE bonding with selected residential customers across...
M1 used equipment from Huawei; reached claimed speed through combining carrier aggregation, MIMO
Singaporean telecommunications operator M1 and Chinese vendor Huawei claimed to have successfully LTE peak download speeds of more than 1 gigabit per second and peak upload speeds in excess of 130 megabits...
DOCSIS 3.1, the latest evolution in data over cable service interface specification, could be a game changer for the Internet and TV industry, providing multi-gigabit Internet speeds and interoperability among modem manufacturers and service providers. Many believe the new international telecommunications standard is the...
After announcing merger plans in April, today marks the first day of combined operations for telecom equipment giants Nokia and Alcatel-Lucent.
The merger is valued at $16.5 billion cumulatively and the new company employs more than 100,000 people globally. It remains headquartered in Finland with strategic business...
DOCSIS 3.1, the latest evolution in data over cable service interface specification, is now certified by CableLabs to run in modems from five key suppliers. The modems will be capable of providing multi-gigabit Internet speeds and interoperability amongst products.
Products from Askey, Castlenet, Netgear, Technicolor and Ubee Interactive have...
