American Tower now earns more than half its revenue outside the United States. The company reported fourth-quarter domestic rental and management revenue of $681 million (up 9.3%) and international rental and management revenue of $349 million (up 15.9%). Earnings before depreciation, interest and taxes...
LAA-LTE: Looking beyond coexistence
The first time I heard about LTE in the 5 GHz license-exempt band, my reaction was: “Why do we need it? Wi-Fi works well, it’s cheap, and it’s in every device.”
The growth in cellular data has been stunning, and we are...
Paarl, South Africa - Atlas Tower builds first towers inSouth Africa. Atlas Tower, a successful Colorado - based company that owns and operates communication towers in 11 US states, announced successful completion of its first seven towers in South Africa. With thirteen more in Construction and...
HP to buy Voltage Security
Hewlett-Packard announced plans to buy data-encryption company Voltage Security in what appears to be a push toward cloud-based security products.
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
HP said it fold Cupertino, Calif.-based Voltage into its security division, Atalla. Stanford University...
Public Wi-Fi being tested in buses and subway cell build-out underway
The city of Los Angeles Department of Transportation is looking to help keep riders connected by deploying cellular and public Wi-Fi solutions in city buses and subway tunnels.
The city is currently testing Wi-Fi deployments on...
When it comes to wireless infrastructure, even the sleekest new technology may never get off the ground if it is difficult to deploy. No one knows this better than Ericsson, the world's largest maker of mobile communications equipment. The company says its new radio...
Huawei plans initial deployment in Europe
China-based hardware manufacturer Huawei announced a new L-band antenna designed to support ultra-wideband and multiband mobile connectivity.
Huawei said it began research and development for the new L-band antenna last year, noting it’s the first to join UWB and multiband...
Ntelos sells 85 towers
Grain Management announced the closing of a deal to acquire 85 towers from Ntelos Holdings. The towers are said to be worth $2.2 million in cash flow, though the exact cost of the transaction has yet to be disclosed. This deal...
Alcatel-Lucent and Freescale are targeting the convergence of wireline and wireless technologies with their latest cooperative venture. The companies are working to create a universal access device that can be used for any combination of wireline and wireless connections.
"This really has the potential to...
P&O Ferries offers satellite/terrestrial Wi-Fi on shuttle boats
U.K.-based P&O Ferries deployed a Wi-Fi solution designed to keep passengers connected as they make the 22-mile crossing of the English Channel from Dover, England, to Calais, France.
The ferry company, which moves more than 9 million passengers...
Millimeter wave radios connect to city’s fiber backbone
Baltimore’s historic Inner Harbor received a touch of modernization with the city’s recent deployment of free public Wi-Fi powered by 60 GHz radios manufactured by Siklu and mounted on lamp posts.
Siklu spokesman Kevin Tanzillo said the installation...
Ethertronics launched its Active Steering EtherChip EC482 designed for multiple-input/multiple-output 5 GHz and Wi-Fi applications.
According to the company, the chip can be integrated into any antenna system and is designed to provide improvements in range and data throughput for video streaming, as well as interference reduction, connection...
Nokia Networks announcement ahead of Mobile World Congress
Nokia Networks announced a cloud-based network architecture targeting telecom operators designed for dynamic allocation of resources using existing transport and access infrastructure. The platform includes the Nokia Radio Cloud, Nokia Cloud Security Director, a commercially available Nokia...
Tower companies are adding capacity to cellular networks by co-locating more than one carrier per tower, and many towers are feeling the strain. In addition, LTE architectures place electronics at the tops of towers instead of on the ground, further adding to the weight at...
Mobile operators are continually faced with new challenges to ensure their customers receive a high-quality experience on their mobile devices. One of these growing challenges is that of HTTPS encrypted traffic and the toll it takes on the mobile network infrastructure. Vasona Networks today announced additional...
A small cell that can support up to four operators is in development at SpiderCloud Wireless. Small cells can boost connectivity in buildings that are hard for cell tower signals to penetrate, but so far they have typically been deployed by a single carrier...
Small cell advancements coming at Mobile World Congress
San Jose, Calif.-based SpiderCloud Wireless today announced a new line of small cell products that feature carrier aggregation, low-energy Bluetooth beacons and virtualized functions, among other upgrades.
SpiderCloud rolled out the new features ahead of Mobile World Congress,...
Crown Castle owns Down Under footprint of 1,800 towers
Cellular infrastructure giant Crown Castle is considering a sale of its Australian tower assets, which comprise some 1,800 towers that support carriers Optus, Telstra and Vodafone Hutchison Australia.
The company announced that it is exploring a sale...
PAARL, SOUTH AFRICA – Atlas Tower, a successful Colorado-based company that owns and operates communication towers in 11 U.S. states, announced successful completion of its first seven towers in South Africa. With 13 more in construction and expected to be completed by April, Atlas is in a...
América Móvil's tower move in Mexico
All may be quiet on the American tower front after last week's big move from American Tower, but this week Latin American mobile operator América Móvil provided an update on its plans to spin its tower interests off into its own...
Investing $4.6B to hook up 4 million new sites to superfast broadband
Dubbed Project Lightning, Virgin Media has announced plans to spend more than $4.6 billion to bring 152 Mbps broadband Internet to some 4 million homes and businesses in the U.K.
Virgin touts its data...
Equipped with a hefty research grant, a professor in the U.K. is taking a novel approach to bringing Wi-Fi coverage to rural Wales: sheep outfitted with collars that transmit an Internet signal.
Professor Gordon Blair from Lancaster University was awarded about $267,000 from the Engineering...
As mobile data usage skyrockets and data ARPU continues to decline, mobile operators are looking to increase their network capacity and coverage while minimizing their deployment and operational costs. Small Cells and HetNets offer a cost-effective way to expand mobile networks, at a fraction...
Accedian Networks’ revenue climbs 38% in 2014
Accedian Networks saw its revenue grow 38% in 2014, thanks in large part to global Long Term Evolution mobile network expansion.
The Montreal-based company also cited North American small cell deployments and increased demand for enterprise-to-data center connectivity as factors...
