Copper or fiber, past or future? Is new FCC rule a 'major step back?'
WASHINGTON – Bruce Mehlman, U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Tech Policy under the George W. Bush administration and Internet Innovation Alliance founding co-chairman, spoke with RCR Wireless News about the Federal...
The global mobile infrastructure market surpassed $1 billion in revenue in the second quarter, led by the Asia-Pacific region, according to a recent report by ACG Research.
LTE-Advanced deployment, evolved packet core deployments, voice-over-Wi-Fi trials and increased interest in end-to-end voice-over-LTE solutions drove the quarter-over-quarter...
The telco created new business units to launch services
Kuwait-based telecom operator Zain ended June with 46.3 million customers in its global operation, which includes networks in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Sudan, South Sudan, Jordan and Bahrain. By the end of the second quarter, Zain...
Fatal fire call to 911 delayed, blamed on cell towers
This week a fatal fire broke out in Forestdale, Ala. While deadly fires aren't a unique phenomenon, unfortunately, blaming the fatality on the cell tower is somewhat less common. According to Forestdale Fire Chief Don...
This report will look at the current Global State of the Union of LTE as a baseline for discussion of VoLTE deployments. The topics that are helping and hindering VoLTE becoming more widespread will be covered along with interim generations of LTE on the...
The fiber started going in back in 2008 but many areas of the city are still not hooked up
Tension has been brewing between New York City residents and political leaders who feel Verizon Communications hasn’t held up its promise to blanket the city with...
Metro Transit to add express buses to free Wi-Fi program
The Twin Cities in Minnesota will soon be a testbed for Wi-Fi on transit routes. Metro Transit in the cities is making free Wi-Fi available on selected urban and local express routes.
The program, which begins this month, will be...
Authorities in the Indian state of Gujarat have reportedly shut down mobile Internet service for the 63 million area residents in light of political protests in the region.
The apparent cause of the protests, as reported by TNW News, is the detention of community leader...
Contract stipulates deployment of small cells for 3G, 4G services
Nokia Networks won a contract from mobile operator Ooredoo Qatar to deploy small cells in hot spots across the Arab country. The agreement follows a trial using Nokia Networks' LTE and 3G small cell solution...
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In this edition of Cell Tower News, Host Joey Jackson talks with Trey Nemeth, VP of operations for stealth concealment, about the growing concealed tower market.
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As cellular technology becomes pervasive...
Hardware vs. software is one of the biggest questions wireless network architects face as they design networks that can handle not only today's traffic but tomorrow's as well. There is no shortage of purpose-built hardware for mobile networks, and there is also no shortage of...
This webinar will look at the current global state of the union on LTE as a baseline for discussion of VoLTE deployments. The topics that are helping and hindering VoLTE from becoming more widespread will be covered, along with interim generations of LTE on...
With the growing demand to store more data and increase processing power, server space is becoming prime real estate. According to IDC, revenue in the worldwide server market has increased by 6.1% over last year, raking in $13.5 billion in the second quarter of...
Rising importance of Wi-Fi drives M&As
The rising importance of Wi-Fi to cable companies is generating new alliances and rivalries. The cable operators are reshaping the U.S. telecom landscape. They are leveraging their powerful combination of ready-made small cell backhaul and economical carrier Wi-Fi access...
AT&T hot spot advertising raises security questions
On a recent trip through Washington Dulles International Airport, Jonathan Mayer, a computer scientist and lawyer at Stanford University, noticed that when he pulled up the Stanford University website through an AT&T hot spot at the airport, the...
Devicescape, iPass partner on 50M Wi-Fi hot spot network
Wi-Fi service providers iPass and Devicescape joined Wi-Fi networks to create a global network of some 50 million hot spots, which the companies and industry watchers are calling the world’s largest Wi-Fi network.
Wi-Fi evangelist and telecom industry...
Revenue from the region accounted for more than 10% of Ericsson’s global business in Q2
Ericsson is seeing increased opportunities for both LTE and 3G projects in the Middle East and Northeast Africa, the company's president for the region Rafiah Ibrahim told RCR Wireless News.
Ericsson posted revenue...
Radio Access Networks (RAN) have evolved considerable from the traditional “macro” access networks of the past. Today, the ability to cost-efficiently address network issues around capacity, coverage and quality has become a reality with the successful implementation of small cells, Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS)...
Kathrein antennas for small cells and outdoor distributed antenna systems provide on-demand capacity in an easily concealed solution
Network densification, marked by increasing deployments of small cells and distributed antenna systems, is a key component of an ultimate 5G standard. As carriers race to not...
One of the hottest topics around the mobile industry is “5G.” When it will happen; how it will be monetized; who’s going to lead the charge geographically; which operators; which vendors; etc. How far away is 5G and is it appropriate to be putting so...
August 19 was the inaugural episode of Cell Tower News with host Joey Jackson, editor and production manager for RCR Wireless News. On this episode, site acquisition, towersource.com, and related topics are discussed by Jackson and CEO and president of Mosaik Solutions Bryan Darr. Jackson is...
Traveling can be a burdensome process even when everything goes right. And chief among frequent flyer complaints is the lack of Wi-Fi access, or, when it's available, the low quality of Wi-Fi, which in airplanes is often far too slow to stream video.
Gogo, a...
The new MVNO will launch mobile service through Zain’s network infrastructure
Saudi Arabia's Communications and Information Technology Commission has extended the deadline for bids for a mobile virtual network operator license that will enable the holder to offer services through mobile operator Zain's network infrastructure.
Interested...
BICS today announced the first end-to-end voice-over-LTE call between Asia and Europe. Working together with SK Telecom's SK Telink – international carrier services division – located in South Korea and Proximus located in Belgium, this trial was conducted on a live commercial network with...
