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3 data center trends to watch in 2016

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...

Editorial Webinar: IoT – Opportunities for Carriers and Vendors

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...

Kumu Networks raises $25M with Cisco, Verizon, DT

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 acquires U.S. business

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...

Dual mode LTE small cells, enterprise outlook

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...

Indosat Ooredoo, XL Axiata announce LTE cooperation

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 and IoT

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 York unleashes 300 Mbps free public Wi-Fi

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...

Investor reaction to Sprint’s network plans too hasty?

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...

ZTE 2015 profits to reach $574 million

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...

Data center colocation: A business case

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...

Facebook to become an ISP In India?

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...

Analyst Angle: An end-to-end, real-time approach to using QoE in network optimization

A conversation about QoE with Paul Gowans, Wireless & RAN Solutions Marketing Manager, and Ronnie Neil, Customer Experience Assurance Solutions Marketing Manager Download a transcript of the interview and be the first to receive the Getting the best QoE report Measuring QoE is difficult and even more...

Swisscom tests DSL, LTE bonding to offer higher speeds

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...

Huawei, M1 achieve 1 Gbps downlink on LTE network

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 paving the way for next-gen TV and Internet

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...

Nokia, Alcatel-Lucent officially combine operations today

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...

CableLabs deems DOCSIS 3.1 ready for retail

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...

Subsea fiber optic networks: Past, present and future

Continents, cultures linked by subsea fiber optic networks The world is becoming an increasingly connected place. In this wireless world it’s easy to forget all these connections require hundreds of thousands of kilometers of fiber optic cable to carry terabytes of data across the world’s...

FirstNet RFP released

The First Responder Network Authority released its official request for proposals for the nationwide LTE network for public safety it is responsible for planning and building, and asked potential partners to respond by April 29. The FirstNet RFP has been the organization's major focus for more...

Telefonica plans to spin-off 11,500 towers and datacenter unit

Spanish operator aims to complete the process this year Spanish telecommunications company Telefonica is working on the spinoff of its domestic infrastructure unit, Reuters reported. The European telco may decide to list the new company or sell a minority stake at the new firm during the...

Some IoT use cases will require ruggedized hardware

The "Internet of Things" revolution, particularly in the industrial IoT space, promises to bring connectivity to everything from manufacturing and shipping to more environmentally challenging industries like mining, oil and gas and the like. That means in addition to providing reliable connectivity, IoT hardware...

AT&T subs could be without wired service for weeks

The combination of a construction mishap and wet weather could leave AT&T Internet, TV and phone customers in Pompano Beach, Florida, without services for two weeks or more, according to reports. The Sun Sentinel reports 412 of an initial 591 AT&T customers are still without...

Alcatel-Lucent dives into Myanmar undersea cable project

Alcatel-Lucent signed on to help Camapana, a Singapore telecommunications infrastructure firm, build what it claims is the first private subsea Internet  cable into Myanmar. The new cable, called the Myanmar-Malaysia-Thailand-International Connection or MYPHIC, is said to deliver 300 gigabits per second capacity to the...