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...
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...
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.
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...
