The Chinese firm also targets LTE-A projects in the region
Chinese vendor Huawei said it's seeing significant growth opportunities in the Middle East region with small cells projects, the company’s VP of international media affairs for EMEA, Ronald Sladek, told RCR Wireless News.
“Many operators within...
Intelligent Energy, a U.K.-based power technology company, signed a 1.2 billion pound ($1.8 billion) deal to convert 27,400 Indian telecom towers to use hydrogen fuel cell technology. The deal looks to strengthen the unreliable Indian power grid while at the same time reduce carbon emissions.
Essential Energy, an Intelligent...
GigaPower costs $70 per month in Google Fiber markets; $110 per month in areas where Google Fiber doesn't have a presence
After announcing the availability of its GigaPower 1-gigabit-per-second Internet service in new metro markets, AT&T is getting called out for charging less for the...
Distributed antenna systems (DAS) are often the reason that we can make mobile phone calls inside airports and sports arenas, or on crowded downtown streets. Mobile operators distribute capacity throughout crowded venues and connect antennas back to a centralized headend to process signal and...
SVP of Technology Dave Mayo said small cells haven’t been a big focus for carrier
In a recent interview at the Tower and Small Cells Summit in Las Vegas, Dave Mayo, SVP of technology at T-Mobile US, discussed the surging carrier’s approach to small cells,...
The deal stipulates network upgrades in Jakarta and Central Java
Indonesian telecom operator XL Axiata signed a three-year contract with Swedish vendor Ericsson for design and implementation of a LTE network and upgrade of existing 2G and 3G networks in Jakarta and Central Java.
The agreement...
Moves further competition between AT&T and Google Fiber for gigabit Internet to the home
AT&T this week expanded its GigaPower fiber-to-the-home service in several major metro markets in Florida, Texas, Georgia, Nashville, Indiana and Illinois.
In several of the markets, AT&T's fiber service is in direct...
Fiber networks to support gigabit Internet services are major trend in telecom space
Service providers are working to extend fiber networks to support ever-faster Internet speeds to meet the booming demand for mobile and streaming video applications. In its latest Mobility Report, Swedish telecom infrastructure...
Tecore’s’ Portable LTE network supports mission critical communications in the most challenging use cases.
The aftermath of a disaster is a trying time for everyone involved. In these moments of uncertainty, it’s essential that public safety professionals can coordinate the mission-critical processes crucial to response and recovery regardless...
FCC balancing historic preservation with need for small cells, DAS
CTIA filed comments with the Federal Communications Commission urging the agency to ease rules under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, which could slow deployment of towers, distributed antenna systems and small cells.
In...
Active Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS) are growing rapidly, yet deploying them successfully and on time remains a challenge faced by the entire ecosystem (service providers, venue owners, NEMs, contractors, neutral hosts.) In this webinar, we will explore the challenges associated with DAS, and review...
In an interview with Mobile World Live, Huawei small cell marketing director Philip Song said the telecom equipment vendor expects to significantly grow its market share in the small cell sector.
Song emphasized the benefit to network operators who purchase macro base stations and small...
Small cells deployment would be key part of potential new mobile network
Singapore-based Internet service provider MyRepublic has completed a funding round for a total of SG$23 million ($16.1 million) in a move to finance the launch of mobile services and become the country’s fourth...
The companies who are bringing LTE-Unlicensed to the industry have added new partners and launched a new coalition to promote the technology, seeking to reassure both regulators and Wi-Fi stakeholders that running LTE in unlicensed spectrum will not impact Wi-Fi.
Founding members of the Evolve...
5 things to know today this Monday ...
1. The scramble for unlicensed spectrum is turning enemies into allies, as carriers team up to promote LTE in the 5 GHz spectrum band currently used by Wi-Fi. Today, Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile US joined Qualcomm and...
Google over the weekend confirmed speculation that its launching a public Wi-Fi project, in cooperation with Indian Railways and RailTel, to bring public Wi-Fi to 400 train stations across India.
The company announced the project via a corporate blog post by CEO Sundar Pichai. the...
Both parties will promote global standardization for 5G technology
The European Union and China have signed an agreement for the future development of "5G" networks. The deal was inked during the EU-China High Level Economic and Trade Dialogue in Beijing.
Under the terms of the agreement,...
Internet access is a key for economic development
Of the more than 7 billion people on Earth, more than half of them don't have access to the Internet. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, along with U2 frontman Bono, want to change all that by 2020.
The duo...
As Apple rolls out its new iPhones, T-Mobile US is making upgrades of its own to networks throughout the country. Markets such as Los Angeles, Washington D.C., Austin, Texas, Houston, Miami and Fresno, Calif. are the latest to get the carrier's 700 MHz extended range...
XCellAir report tallies up opportunity cost related to Wi-Fi access in 10 global markets
Network management company XCellAir has been studying the effects of poorly-managed, unregulated spectrum and concluded that operators are set to miss out on as much as $18 billion if the current...
Multiprotocol label switching has been around for 20 years and has served the enterprise well as the go-to method for global connectivity. It’s popular as a response to business needs for reliable and predictable network performance across the wide area network. MPLS provides access...
UK telcos to pay almost £200 million per year to use 900 MHz, 1800 MHz bands
U.K. telecom regulator Ofcom has published revised annual fees for mobile operators, which determine the amount of money they must pay to use certain parts of the mobile spectrum.
In 2010, the...
OpenSignal has released its State of LTE report tracking the changes over the last three months to not only global LTE deployments from a coverage perspective, but also speed performance.
The Asia-Pacific region is clearly in the lead on all counts, which likely isn’t a...
Thai operator aims to reach 5,000 4G LTE base stations by end of 2016
Thai mobile operator Dtac plans to launch 4G LTE through 10 MHz of spectrum in the 1,800 MHz band in October. The telco already offers 4G in Thailand using 5 MHz...
