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...
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...
The rapid spread of smartphones and many new Cloud services in the last decade has led to explosive growth in mobile data traffic. Simultaneously, the new LTE and LTE-Advanced mobile technologies with faster data throughput are driving dramatic increases in mobile data traffic as well, naturally...
As mobile networks evolve from present architectures and business models to NFV/virtualized, software-based architectures and customer-centric business models, network planners and architects have come to recognize Analytics as a foundational cornerstone that is central to the business transformation that is underway. In Parallel the...
The use of multiple input multiple output (MIMO) severely complicates the process of measuring eNodeB power and modulation quality in LTE systems. The difficulties include the fact that spectrum analyzers have just one receiver, while two or more receivers are needed for complete demodulation...
Q: What is the business case for investing in VoLTE? Is it new revenues, cost savings or some other reason?
A: These days nobody is asking "Why VoLTE?" as VoLTE is a given in every MNO’s technology plans as a result of the adoption of...
Mobile operators and service providers are deploying thousands of small cells and Wi-Fi access points in an effort to improve network capacity, close coverage gaps and enhance the customer experience. If small cells are poised to solve many of the issues facing the industry...
Linkbit Studio and Legion Test Solutions Verifies LTE & 3G Network Functionality and Performance Stability
Linkbit, Inc., announced today that F5 Networks selected Linkbit’s Test Solution to help ensure the quality of F5’s products for converging networks of 3G and LTE.
With the current buildup of 3G and...
Where Wireless Comes Together
The TESSCO ONE Innovation Showcase, the Premier Summit for Professionals Who Deploy Wireless Systems, to be held February 3-4, 2015
The summit at Dallas AT&T Stadium will feature expert insights and product innovations for building, maintaining and reselling wireless voice, data and video...
Radio equipment at conventional cell sites is located at the base of the tower, transmitting RF signals via coax to antennas at the top of the tower. However, these coax-based feeders produce most problems in cell sites due to their inherent loss and susceptibility...
Network functions virtualization (NFV) has made remarkable progress on many fronts. This includes market acceptance, architecture definition and supporting specifications. As a result, the industry will very soon move into the commercialization phase, leveraging the many business and technical lessons learned in proof-of-concept (PoC)...
Next Generation wireless networks (4G/LTE/LTE-Advanced) are being based on the premise of
100 Mb/s data transmission to the handset. Imagine being able to live stream 1080P HD video
to your device any time, anywhere, even as you are traveling by car (though not while in the
driver's...
Network traffic is increasing dramatically and signaling is set to grow even faster as a result of VoLTE and legacy interworking. The Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine to Machine (M2M) communications will further burden the signaling network infrastructure.
As the signaling landscape evolves to...
Laird launches two new antenna products enabling superior performance in very different environments
Global technology leader Laird (LRD: London), today launched two new antenna solutions, including an industry first. With applications including commercial, industrial,and the "Internet of Things," these antennas are the result of extensive investment in research,...
Organizations of all sizes have been migrating to the cloud for increased flexibility, accessibility, and cost efficiency. While the benefits of shortened deployment times, lower CAPEX, pay-as-you-go convenience, and technology independence are well documented, the cloud subscribers face challenges in the area of data...
A conversation with Mavenir Systems Inc. Chief Technology Officer Terry McCabe
Q: How has VoLTE shifted the way mobile operators conduct business? How has it changed their role as service providers?
TM: In today’s competitive mobile marketplace, it has become more crucial than ever for the traditional service providers...
A shift to better subscriber experience and network utilization
With the growth in mobile data, operators face more than an increase in the volume of traffic. The complexity of managing that traffic has also intensified, driven by subscribers expecting an ever-higher quality of experience(QoE), and by...
Proactively embracing the power of mobility in the enterprise
As mobility becomes an increasingly hot topic in the enterprise, business and IT leaders are beginning to understand the potential of mobile apps to transform business processes and change the way people work.
This short report will:
Outline the mobile...
The introduction of Carrier Aggregation in LTE Release 10 (LTE Advanced) allows network operators to dramatically improve throughput performance by combining multiple LTE downlink carriers from different frequency bands.
In this webinar, Rohde & Schwarz will present a technical overview of carrier aggregation and...
Please join ABI Research and Corning for the 2015 Outlook for Indoor Wireless Technologies, which will include highlights of ABI Research’s study: “DAS Rises to the Small Cell Challenge.”
During this webinar, the panelists will discuss the benefits of fiber optics and converged DAS, Wireless...
Interference from both illegal and unintentional signals is a significant problem for mobile service providers, security services and government regulators. For wireless network operators, various issues such as dropped calls, blocked calls and degraded data throughput often result from interference signals. New ways are...
November 12, 2014 - Prostar Mobile Solutions - Sprint’s exclusive B2B Master Agent in the Southwest is actively looking to partner with experienced B2B dealers and agents. Sprint has almost completed their “Network Vision” build out of their network and it’s time to begin taking advantage of...
SQUAN Construction Services LLC ( “Squan”) names Leighton W. Carroll Chief Executive Officer
November 10, 2014 – Englewood, NJ - SQUAN is proud to announce and welcome Leighton Carroll as Chief Executive Officer. Leighton will be responsible for expanding Squan’s geographic presence and portfolio of...
Cellular base station installations are changing from the traditional ground or cabinet based radio installations to remote radio head, fiber to the antenna and small cell installations where the radios are installed close to the antennas or the antennas are integral to the radios...
