Network Infrastructure

Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) stock is up this morning on renewed rumors that Nokia wants to combine forces in order to take on market leader Ericsson. Nokia has a new CEO, a …

RCR Wireless News outlines the importance of video optimization for carriers, introduces key solutions vendors, and highlights opportunities for video monetization. Increasing efficiency of video delivery is critical for reducing …

Recent LTE market growth illustrates the rising implementation of LTE technology within the telecom sector.

Test and measurement company Ixia has released an e-book on heterogeneous network deployment, compiling strategies and lessons learned from its work over the past couple of years with vendors and …

Beyond Wi-Fi offload As cable operators increase their public Wi-Fi deployments, mobile operators may see some Wi-Fi hotspots reaching out to grab their customers. Last week during The Cable Show, …

In wireless infrastructure news this week, Sprint is demanding more accountability of its tower crews, and Foxconn will reportedly target service provider networks with server hardware. Sprint prioritizes tower crew …

Welcome to this week’s edition of cell tower industry news, created by Jarad Matula and brought to you by Towercrews.net. Police have used data culled from cell towers for a while …

Antenna Evolution – Meeting the Demand for LTE, Small Cell, & DAS Networks Implementations of Small Cell and DAS systems have many challenges; not the least of which is the …

Aruba Networks announced this week that it has a new training program for building and maintaining wireless local area networks, and the curriculum is already being used by three educational institutions. …

Huawei has successfully completed an LTE-A Category 6 connectivity test with download speeds reaching 300 megabits per second. The Chinese infrastructure, device and chip manufacturer worked with Qualcomm, and used …

Infrastructure solutions company CommScope (COMM) reported net income of $64 million on sales of $935 million in the first quarter of the year, driven by its wireless offerings and strength …

The Chinese manufacturing giant that makes most of the world’s iPhones is looking for new opportunities in other parts of the mobile ecosystem. Foxconn is reportedly teaming up with HP …

LAS VEGAS – The increased adoption of corporate mobile solutions impacts the telecommunications industry as they typically require more bandwidth and network performance improvements. Therefore, communications service providers need to …

Nokia (NOK) named Rajeev Suri as its new CEO, elevating the leader of Nokia Solutions and Networks now that it has completed the sale of its device business to Microsoft. …

Netflix will reportedly pay to play on Verizon Communications’ FiOS network, after claiming for months that its video service was being throttled by Verizon. Netflix is calling the deal a …

Range Networks is moving from the lab and pilot-project stage into more significant deployments of its open-source cellular systems and seeking to become a platform for innovation, according to the …

Facebook is set to offer more voice and data services once it completes its planned purchase of mobile messaging service WhatsApp. WhatsApp is now selling prepaid SIM cards in Europe. …

ABI Research is arguing that operators should deploy carrier-grade Wi-Fi at the same time that they are rolling out cellular-technology small cells, looking for an integrated solution in order to maximize …

Antenna and site solution company PCTel saw its revenues drop 6% year-over-year to $23.7 million, and recorded a loss for the quarter of $146,000. Marty Singer, PCTEL‘s chairman and CEO, …

Ericsson restructures networks unit The world’s largest maker of telecom equipment is splitting its networks unit into two groups. One group will concentrate on radio technologies while the other will …

Does SDN technology have staying power, or is it simply a passing fad?

Welcome to this week’s edition of cell tower industry news, created by Jarad Matula and brought to you by Towercrews.net. The plague of copper thefts continues for tower companies. This time …

Nuage Networks says it has conducted 30 successful trials of network virtualization around the world in the past year, and that its initial focus on the data center environment is …

Wireless connectivity and distributed antenna provider TE Connectivity reported a strong second quarter performance, with net sales up 6% year-over-year to $3.43 billion. The company’s orders and sales were up …