LOS ANGELES – Analyst Chetan Sharma held the attention of his late-afternoon audience at this year's HetNet Expo without even discussing small cells or DAS. An adviser to wireless players ranging from China Mobile to Qualcomm, and to new players in mobile including Microsoft...
Building size, carrier involvement, return on investment among determining factors
LOS ANGELES – There are some 4.8 million buildings in the U.S. that are 25,000 square feet or less, yet have the same in-building connectivity needs as much larger spaces. So what’s the best approach...
HetNet Expo keynotes address how to move from LTE to next-generation 5G mobile networks
LOS ANGELES – There are currently around 5 billion devices, largely smartphones, connected to the Internet. By 2020, that figure is expected to explode to 50 billion as the Internet of...
PCIA CEO Jonathan Adelstein kicks off HetNet Expo 2015
LOS ANGELES – Former Federal Communications Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein, and current president and CEO of wireless trade association PCIA, kicked off the 2015 HetNet Expo by discussing challenges to small cell and distributed antenna system deployments.
Adelstein...
Researchers have discovered they can hack voice over LTE implementations on two tier-one mobile carrier networks, gaining access to free data usage or shutting down voice or data access for another user.
A recently published paper (pdf) by academics at the University of California Los Angeles, The...
Broadband Conduit Deployment Act of 2015 emphasizes expanding broadband infrastructure, particularly in rural America
The federal government, of late, has pushed hard to expand high-speed broadband access through rural America; the latest push is the Broadband Conduit Deployment Act of 2015, which calls for fiber...
The telco reached 334 towns and cities with its 4G service by the end of September
Indian telecom operator Bharti Airtel said it served 235.2 million mobile phone subscribers in India at the end of the fiscal second quarter of 2015, up 11.1% compared to...
The In-Building Wireless market is expected to grow from $4.83 Billion in 2015 to $16.71 Billion in 2020, at a CAGR of 28.1% during the forecast period, according to a June 2015 market research report by MarketsandMarkets titled, "In-Building Wireless Market by System Components (Antennas, Cabling, DAS,...
Industry expert discusses lessons learned from rolling out small cells both indoors and outdoors
Small cells present a huge opportunity for the wireless industry, but, despite the promise, small cell deployments have not kept pace with projections largely because changing conditions make the process fraught...
LTE has been one of the mobile industry's most rapidly adopted mobile technologies, with deployments coming particularly quickly in the U.S. Voice over LTE, however, has been a comparatively tough nut to crack and far slower to be launched, much less to gain ubiquity.
According...
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A conversation on customer experience with John Reister, VP of marketing and product management, Vasona Networks
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Data traffic is typically very spiky. Even during congestion periods, wireless network transmission alternates...
India and Southeast Asia led in terms of revenue growth
Swedish telecom equipment vendor Ericsson recorded net income of 3.1 billion kronor ($365 million) in the third quarter of the year, climbing 19% year-on-year, the company said in its earnings statement.
Net revenue for the period totaled...
Earlier this month, the Federal Communications Commission granted AT&T Mobility a waiver related to voice-over-Wi-Fi calling as it applies to people with hearing problems; competitor Verizon Communications is now following suit.
AT&T's waiver is valid until Dec. 31, 2017, and was granted following a complaint lodged by...
Chinese equipment vendor Huawei to invest $1 billion in ICT developers cloud, API and IoT enablement platform
Huawei Internet Plus-related initiatives were showcased at the Huawei Developers Congress (#HDC2015) held in Shenzhen, China, on Oct. 18-19. During the conference, Huawei outlined a plan to invest $1...
Spotlight on the network deployment services business
Adding a macro cell to cover a very low pop count area is not always economically viable, often forcing carriers to postpone a decision to cover certain rural or suburban areas. Until now, carriers have relied on highly customized...
Commissioner: ‘The race to 5G is on and this gets us out the gate’
WASHINGTON – At the Federal Communications Commission open meeting on Oct. 22, commissioners addressed a number of issues that have been circulating the Beltway policy shops including prison phone reform, foreign...
A part of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, the federal government created the First Responders Network Authority to address large-scale public safety network concerns.
When networks go down or get overloaded it can be a huge public safety...
Comcast is reportedly looking to get into the cellphone business. Sources say the cable company has recently notified Verizon Wireless that it plans to activate a years old agreement to use the carrier’s spectrum to offer its customers cell service.
Verizon Wireless made a deal with...
The companies work to launch a joint 5G testbed; test virtual slices optimized for IoT, virtual/augmented reality and other next-gen services
South Korean mobile operator SK Telecom and Swedish vendor Ericsson have successfully demonstrated "5G" network slicing technology.
Through the demonstration held at SK Telecom’s...
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A conversation with Said Mokbel, VP of wireless technology development, chief technology office, TELUS
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The way mobile operators optimize the radio access network and maximize RAN resource utilization is changing as mobile...
Hetnets, or heterogeneous networks, have for years been understood as networks that leverage a mix of radio access technologies and architectures to keep mobile users connected. Now, hetnets are evolving to also describe a mix of connected devices, as mobile operators look beyond smartphones...
RIO DE JANEIRO — Rio de Janeiro is set to host its first Olympic Games next year. From an information technology and telecommunications perspective, sponsors are responsible for implementing the infrastructure needed for the games, as well as provide connectivity at all 38 competition venues across...
AUSTIN, Texas – Focused on enabling business transformation and enterprise agility, Dell and Microsoft announced an integrated hybrid cloud solution during Dell World.
More specifically, modular Dell infrastructure will include Microsoft Cloud Platform System software and Azure services. The hybrid cloud configuration allows an enterprise...
AUSTIN, Texas – This year’s Dell World opened with the buzz of Dell’s proposed $67 billion merger with IT giant EMC still ringing in everyone’s ears. The acquisition makes it clear the Austin, Texas-based company is all in on IT.
At the opening press conference,...
