Thousands of low-Earth orbit satellites would use millimeter wave tech to bring wireless connectivity to the world
Google’s Project Loon has brought the concept of beaming wireless Internet from the sky into industry discourse, and now Samsung has published a research paper that considers using...
Fiber-to-the-tower expansion supports carrier move toward network densification
Fiber, backhaul and infrastructure services provider Zayo Group this week announced it has sold fiber-to-the-tower services applicable to 800 macro and small cell sites in the past 18 months.
The company estimates the services will yield a more...
OnHub router developed with TP-Link; ‘fast, secure and easy to use’
Google on Tuesday announced a new router, OnHub, that it said is built to support the latest in video streaming, while saving users the savvy fix of unplugging and plugging the unit.
The OnHub router...
African telco expects to invest nearly $100M this year
African telecommunications operator Smile Communications expects to launch commercial LTE services in the Democratic Republic of Congo in January, the company’s COO Tom Allen told RCR Wireless News.
Allen said the LTE network will be initially available...
In case you missed the latest episodes of RCRtv, our weekly recap is bringing you insight on topics and guests featured on RCRtv’s weekly programing.
Episode 11 of "IoT Innovation" aired on Aug. 13, featuring Jason Marcheck, service director for Current Analysis. This episodes focused on...
Mobile subscribers who want to use their phones as personal hot spots have a right to do so, even if they interfere with other Wi-Fi connections. That's the opinion of the Federal Communications Commission, which has again fined a Wi-Fi network operator for blocking...
The board of the First Responders Network Authority has approved its budget, putting $126 million in play for acquisition, consultation and spectrum relocation in the next fiscal year as the FirstNet national network moves closer to reality.
Progress is slowly but surely being made toward a national...
The National Wireless Safety Alliance now has its leadership in place. The organization's board chose Art Pregler, director of national cell site programs at AT&T to be its head man and Phil Larsen of Hazon Solution as vice chairman.
Pregler and Larsen were formally nominated and elected...
Indian telcos band together to address dropped calls
Dropped calls are becoming an increasing problem for Indian telcos, leading operators to band together in calling for a universal national policy to address the issue.
Top telco executives from a dozen Indian operators gathered for a press...
4G device market more than doubles
A report by GfK found a mass transition to "4G" devices is upon us. Led by China, the wireless technology more than doubled its unit share over last year.
Overall, the report found that in the second quarter of 2015,...
There are two important wireless industry conventions coming up. One is CTIA Super Mobility 2015. The other is the 2015 CCA Annual Convention. The Competitive Carriers Association is not as well known by many in the industry, but it should be. Both are important....
This week on HetNet Happenings Sean Kinney, RCR Wireless News managing editor, discusses trends in the small cells space with Current Analysis Service Director Jason Marcheck.
With major carriers like Sprint eyeing small cell rollouts that analysts predict could hit 70,000 units, Marcheck agreed that...
On this week’s show were taking on one of the big questions in wireless: Is mobile/Wi-Fi convergence the way of the future?
Earlier this week we saw a couple of announcements indicating a surge in interest. T-Mobile USA is partnering with Bright House in Florida...
The news this week shows that Wi-Fi continues to gain ubiquity. In the developing world, Cubans are lining up to spend their hard-earned paychecks on expensive connectivity; and, here in the US, cities and towns continue to deploy Wi-Fi infrastructure for public use.
NBC reports...
Mobile operators know they need more spectrum, and many are realizing that not all spectrum comes at a price. Unlicensed spectrum, traditionally the domain of Wi-Fi, is squarely in the sights of mobile operators thanks to innovation from Qualcomm, Verizon Wireless, Alcatel-Lucent and several...
Danish company TT-Network, the joint venture between the local units of Swedish operator TeliaSonera and Norway’s Telenor, has completed the final phase of its Single RAN network sharing project, for which Nokia Networks was the sole radio and services provider.
TTN's process for creating a...
Field Dailies was recently awarded patent protection for its software system that supports submission of daily field reports and closeout documentation for the tower climbing industry.
Field Dailies, the pioneer and global leader in enabling cloud software solutions for telecommunication carriers, OEMs, and turfing vendors,...
Tower assets are consolidating as the carriers sell their portfolios and independent tower owners sell to larger companies. Meanwhile the service industry is also consolidating as providers seek efficiency and scale.
This report addresses how these changes impact spending, hiring and network planning.
What you will...
In an effort to improve network efficiency and battle dropped calls, the Indian government has approved spectrum sharing among mobile operators with the same type of spectrum.
"Sharing will allow efficient utilization of bandwidth and help address issues of call drop and call congestion," Ravi Shankar...
The carrier targeted customers with unlimited data plans, ended practice in June
Much was made of Verizon Wireless' plan (which wasn't put into practice) to throttle data speeds for 4G LTE customers with unlimited data plans. Perhaps not as widely publicized is Verizon Wireless' practice...
Officials want a private partner to deploy the infrastructure and manage the service provisioning
Officials in New Delhi, India, are considering offering residents up to 1 GB per month of free Wi-Fi access, with the first phase to deploy public Wi-Fi in government and private...
Netflix conducts monthly speed rankings based on delivery of its content
Each month streaming-video service Netflix ranks Internet service providers by how fast the networks delivered Netflix content to consumers. The July results were recently released; see how your ISP stacks up.
Although its availability is...
LTE networks are like thoroughbred race horses compared to their workhorse 3G predecessors. LTE is much faster and more powerful, but easily spooked by noise and interference.
“LTE is very sensitive to interference because of higher orders of modulation,” explained CommScope’s Ray Butler, vice president...
Tower assets are consolidating as the carriers sell their portfolios and independent tower owners sell to larger companies. Meanwhile the service industry is also consolidating as providers seek efficiency and scale.
This webinar will look at how these changes impact spending, hiring and network planning.
What...
