Alcatel-Lucent wins new router customers
Alcatel-Lucent is winning share in the core router market, which has historically been dominated by Cisco, Juniper and Huawei. CenturyLink has chosen Alcatel-Lucent as its core router vendor, and China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom will all deploy Alcatel-Lucent's...
The four largest wireless operators in the U.S. continue to pour billions of dollars every quarter into mobile network investment. Here is a brief summary on carrier network spending, from their third quarter 2014 reports unless otherwise noted:
-- AT&T said its combined capital expenditures for wireless...
The mobile industry still may be in the process of rolling out true 4G services, but that has not stopped those tasked with developing new technology from looking ahead.
While no official word is expected on what will constitute the so-called “5G” standard for at...
Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry is the largest science museum in the Western hemisphere, with more than 35,000 artifacts. It is the only building that remains from the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, having been rebuilt in the 1930s and re-opened in 1933 as...
Venture-backed fiber provider Zayo Group has completed its initial public offering. The company’s stock began trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ZAYO ticker symbol last Friday, when it rose 17% in its first day of trading.
Zayo offered about 24 million shares...
Adding Intelligence to the Core Network with L4-7 Networking Devices
Fixed and mobile networks today serve an ever-growing quantity of data traffic that passes through an increasing number of applications and services. To optimize performance, keep costs under control and monetize the services, operators need...
The growing demand for connectivity everywhere continues to push operators’ networks to the limit, exposing holes in their coverage and capacity, especially in dense, urban areas. By 2020, cellular data traffic in the U.S. will exceed available macro capacity by almost 90%. This increased...
Today's mobile workers are often more than willing to use personal devices to get work done, and that can mean significant savings for their employers. Not only can IT spending on devices go down, but productivity can go up.
The downside, of course, can be...
CHICAGO – AT&T's Paula Doublin was one of the most memorable speakers at this year's HetNet Expo. The company's AVP for antenna solutions, DAS and small cells did not shy away from questions about AT&T's budget for heterogeneous networks, nor did she sugar coat...
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Today the Federal Communications Commission adopted an order that has been described as the "Super Bowl of regulatory proceedings for those in the wireless infrastructure industry."
The specific provisions of the order include:
·Defining the terms of Section 6409(a) of the Spectrum Act and developing rules...
CHICAGO – Mobile subscribers usually don't know whether they're connected to a macro site, a distributed antenna system or even a Wi-Fi network. They just want to stay connected, everywhere and all the time. If connectivity is a problem, venue owners are often the...
CHICAGO – The HetNet Forum welcomed more than 600 companies to Chicago this week for its HetNet Expo, and most of the companies exhibiting at the show were focused on distributed antenna systems. Several made time to talk with RCR Wireless News about skill...
CHICAGO – This week’s Cisco Internet of Things World Forum was big on the potential of increased connectivity, as well as not shying away from the challenges that lay ahead for the industry. This was seen in a panel discussion on standards and interoperability,...
Small Cells, ranging from Femtocells in domestic applications, through Pico, Metro and Micro Cells in enterprise, and urban applications are revolutionizing the coverage, capacity and availability of wireless data services. The apparently insatiable demand for more and faster data is driving increasingly rapid deployment of...
Americans want mobile broadband, and they want good jobs with potential for growth. The wireless industry can deliver both, but only if adequate training is available for the workforce.
Department of Labor, FCC announce wireless apprenticeship program
Right now, thousands of wireless infrastructure jobs are going...
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Small Cell RF Engineer / PM
Matrix Resources, one of the largest professional services companies in the US is seeking Small Cell RF Engineering with project management experience to oversee the optimization and commissioning of highly...
American Tower told analysts last week that it could have an interest in the Verizon Wireless towers if the carrier does decide to sell. The tower portfolio is not officially on the market, but Verizon has reportedly hired the same investment bank that helped...
Samsung is trumpeting a Wi-Fi breakthrough that it says will offer Wi-Fi speeds that could rival the fastest fiber speeds available today. Using the 60 GHz spectrum band and beamforming technology, Samsung says it has achieved Wi-Fi speeds of up to 575 megabytes...
Nokia's 20-year history with China Mobile is paying off as the world's largest carrier builds its TD-LTE network. On Friday Nokia Networks said China Mobile will spend $970 million dollars on Nokia's equipment, software and services this year and next.
This contract news puts some...
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There are different ways to implement edge clouds, depending on the access technology. Macro cells vendors embed secured computing and...
NATE joins FCC safety workshop
Two months ago the FCC announced that it would host a tower climber safety and injury prevention workshop in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 14. An industry event this huge seems like something the National Association of Tower Erectors (NATE) would...
The Wi-Fi Alliance has enhanced Passpoint, the multivendor standard designed for seamless identification and authentication of Wi-Fi hot spots. Service providers can now distribute their specific subscriber policies, such as which networks to join and in what order of preference. In addition, users can...
PCIA has won a $750,000 grant from the Department of Labor to establish standards for wireless training programs, and certifications to enable workers to meet those standards. The grant is part of the federal government's broad initiative to fund job-specific training, a program which...
