Network Infrastructure

Facebook enters the fray, China Telecom faces investment concerns and telecoms lean on acquisitions to build out their offerings in this week’s capital markets news round-up.

Urban small cell initiatives have been challenged by concerns about backhaul and site acquisition, but now more and more deployments are seeing the light of day. Small cells are moving …

Verizon received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for a converged health management software platform.

The giants of the personal computer world are a force to be reckoned with at this week’s MWC 2014 event, and their agendas are strikingly similar. Intel, Dell and Hewlett-Packard …

An industry safety task force is kicking off an education campaign this week aimed at increasing the safety of tower climbers by urging them to tie-off 100% of the time. …

Telecom Software Press Releases AT&T introduces user-defined network cloud Alcatel-Lucent partners with Intel for cloud solutions Telefonica to use Alcatel-Lucent’s CloubBand NFV platform Ericsson also partners with Telefonica for NFV …

AT&T broadened its international LTE roaming to 13 countries, building on an initiative it began late last year. The carrier said it now offers LTE roaming services across 15 countries. …

As the mobile industry gears up for one of the biggest events of the year, the industry is buzzing about what new technologies and innovations are going to surface at this year’s Mobile World Congress.

Suppliers of small cells and the components that differentiate them are heading into Mobile World Congress with confidence, as their solutions finally start to gain traction in the market. AT&T …

Berg Insight reported that alarm systems and vehicle tracking applications have helped spur the market for wireless M2M modules in European nations.

Google is reportedly working on a new app to automatically connect users to its Wi-Fi network. Other top stories: U.S. lags in network speeds The U.S. has seen a greater …

Telecommunications providers can now leverage a new big data analytics tool, a spectrum interference and monitoring system, an improved network testing tool and a platform for better deployment of business mobility services.

Aruba Networks, Inc. posted record revenue of $176.4 million in its most recent quarter, up 14% from the same period last year and up 10% sequentially. The company performed better …

The United States trails 13 countries when it comes to LTE network speeds, according to the latest OpenSignal report. The report found that average LTE network speeds in this country …

Backhaul can be a major gating factor in a carrier’s analysis of potential small cell deployments, especially in outdoor venues where Ethernet is not an option. Chipmakers see opportunity in …

A number of telecommunications and technology companies underwent employment changes this month, including Syniverse, Lantiq and Extreme Networks. Texas Instruments also named a new vice president, a new head of education technology, and bid goodbye to a retiring individual.

Software is becoming an increasingly important component of wireless network deployments as mobile operators look to trim the billions spent on rolling out advanced, next-generation networks. One of the ways …