Getting fast, reliable wireless broadband coverage from locations with iffy reception is a challenge, but necessary for users ranging from public safety to broadcast media. Mushroom Networks specializes in what CEO Cahit Akin describes as "wide area network orchestration," or intelligently managing multiple connectivity links...
LTE stations accounted for over 50% of deployments
Russian mobile operator Mobile TeleSystems said it has deployed more than 9,160 base stations across the country, compared to 5,730 base stations installed during the same period last year.
The Russian telco said that approximately 53% of the base...
Tower companies appear to be outspending carriers
U.S. carriers have been selling their tower portfolios to raise cash for spectrum purchases and deployment, and the move away from infrastructure ownership may extend to small cells and distributed antenna systems as well. Two of the three...
Teko centralized DAS earns NEBS Level 3 compliance certification
JMA Wireless, based in Liverpool, N.Y., announced its Teko distributed antenna system platform was accredited for Level 3 Network Equipment-Building System compliance.
NEBS is a standard devised by Bell Labs, with Level 3 compliance indicating the equipment...
Site360 delivers 3-D map of tower sites, compounds and equipment to reduce opex and drive efficiency
Since its founding in 2000, B+T Group has evolved from a structural engineering firm into a one-stop wireless engineering shop that offers a full suite of wireless infrastructure managed...
Part of four-carrier plan to connect all 279 Metropolitan Transit Authority underground stations
Verizon Wireless will continue to expand its underground network in phases four and five of the Metropolitan Transit Authority’s plan to bring cellular and Wi-Fi into New York City’s subways.
Verizon Wireless and...
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August 7th was the series premiere of RCRtv’s newest edition, Wi-Fi NOW with host Claus Hetting. Wi-Fi NOW focuses on public...
AUSTIN, Texas – This week on HetNet Happenings, RCR Wireless News Managing Editor Sean Kinney takes viewers inside National Instrument's annual NI Week conference and exhibition.
Kinney talks with James Kimery, National Instrument's director of marketing for RF, communications and software defined radio, about the...
China's decision to devalue its currency will make it even harder for Europe's wireless equipment makers to compete with Huawei and ZTE. Investors sold shares of Ericsson, Nokia and Alcatel-Lucent on the heels of the Chinese government's announcement. Part of the decline can be...
The telco aims to expand the new technology to other cities in Denmark this year
Danish mobile telephony operator TeliaSonera kicked off a test of LTE-Advanced technology in the country's capital of Copenhagen. The telco plans to expand the LTE-A trial to other cities across...
India will end 2015 with 5.8M LTE subscribers
Telecom operator Bharti Airtel has launched its 4G LTE services in 296 towns and cities across India. Bharti Airtel had initially launched India's first 4G LTE network in Kolkata in April 2012, through spectrum in the 2300...
Trial in Orlando and Tampa allows for hot spot access and Wi-Fi to VoLTE handoff
T-Mobile US, with partner Bright House Networks, is testing Wi-Fi Passpoint access and Wi-Fi to voice over LTE hand-off in the Tampa and Orlando, Fla., markets.
Cable operator Bright House Networks...
Telenor Sweden has tapped Ericsson to upgrade its core network to enable voice over LTE and voice over Wi-Fi. The two services go hand-in-hand because the IP multimedia subsystem core that enables VoLTE also facilitates calling over Wi-Fi networks.
Ericsson's IMS core includes a multimedia...
China Mobile LTE expansion set to cover 60% of China's population and 100M 4G LTE subscribers
As China Mobile, the largest mobile carrier in the world, continues to expand its network, Ericsson has signed on as the radio equipment provider for a 14-province expansion of LTE...
Alcatel-Lucent’s undersea cabling business completed deployment of an undersea cable linking Florida and Ecuador, as well as entered into an agreement to run undersea cable along the coast of Alaska.
The 3,700-mile link from Central America to Florida is dubbed the Pacific Caribbean Cable System...
DT touts 7 million LTE subscribers in Germany
Deutsche Telekom posted revenue of 17.42 billion euros ($18.94 billion) in the second quarter of 2015, surging 15.3% year-on-year. The operator’s net profits for the quarter reached 712 million euros, flat vs. the year-ago quarter.
Second-quarter earnings before...
Communications Workers of America continue working without new Verizon agreement; National Wireless Safety Association announces board of governors and roadmap for tower climber assessment and certification programs
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AUSTIN, Texas – Steady gains are being made on the road to 5G, with partnerships between major players key to the development process.
At this year's NIWeek, two of National Instruments' biggest partners, Samsung and Nokia, talked about the gains they are making on the...
Expansion to 400,000 unserved locations funded by federal Connect America project
Communications service provider Windstream this week announced receipt of $175 million from the Connect America Fund that’s earmarked for providing broadband to 400,000 rural locations in 17 states.
Connect America is an initiative governed by...
Orange and SFR encouraged to cede part of the spectrum to rival operator Free Mobile
France’s telecom regulator Arcep authorized mobile operators Orange and SFR to reuse their 1800 MHz spectrum bands for the provision of LTE services beginning next year. The regulator said that...
Includes unlimited talk and text, plus 1 GB of free data, in Canada, Mexico and a dozen Latin American countries
An official reveal of the plan is expected on Aug. 7, but that didn’t stop one Reddit user from posting details of Sprint’s upcoming Open...
San Antonio is next city slated for fiber-to-the-home deployment
Google Fiber this week announced plans to expand its 1-gigabit-per-second home Internet service into San Antonio market; once the network is up and running, San Antonio will be the largest market covered by the tech giant's...
Public Wi-Fi can be a great way to have your personal data compromised
With mobile data use exploding, Americans are increasingly at risk of compromising personal information as a function of using unsecured networks including public Wi-Fi.
According to a new survey conducted by the American...
The operator paid almost $25M for spectrum in both 800 MHz and 2.6 GHz bands
Mobile operator Ooredoo has acquired additional 4G LTE spectrum in Oman in a move to boost 4G coverage across the Sultanate. The telco paid OMR 9.6 million ($24.9 million) for...
