Antenna

DALLAS – Antennas took center stage on the first day of the LTE North America conference, with discussions centered around the evolving environment for these frequently overlooked contributors to the functionality …

New antenna law expected to speed network deployments Brazil President Dilma Rousseff approved a new antenna bill (law nº11.116) laying down new rules for the installation of antennas used by mobile operators. The law aims …

AT&T drops cells on wheels to double capacity at SxSW AUSTIN, Texas – AT&T has deployed a super cell on wheels equipped with a Luneburg Lens, which is designed to …

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 …

DAS will improve data, cellular by 2016 The city of Santa Clara, Calif., is looking to enhance cellular and Wi-Fi services by installing an outdoor distributed antenna system in busy …

An estimated one in eight LTE operators have commercially launched TD-LTE networks, changing the landscape of antennas. “They have 65-degree multiband, multibeam antennas. We see those progressing to higher and higher …

Editor’s Note: In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this Reader Forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We …

LAS VEGAS — Galtronics Corporation Ltd., a Baylin Technologies (TSX:BYL) company, has unveiled its newest EXTENT D5778i 60/60° MIMO panel antenna, designed for use in high-capacity venues such as stadiums, arenas, …

RCR Wireless News takes stock of the latest in tower and antenna technologies. We will look at fiber to the antenna (FTTA) and remote radio head (RRH) use, as well …

RCR Wireless News takes stock of the latest in tower and antenna technologies. We will look at fiber to the antenna (FTTA) and remote radio head (RRH) use, as well …

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 …

Introducing the PEAR M5542i from Galtronics. Today the company announced this low profile, MIMO, PIM Certified iDAS antenna, available commercially for cost-effective in-building small cell LTE applications. Low Profile, 8.19″ PIM …

Anritsu Webinar: Distance-to-PIM™ (DTP) is an important feature to help identify the location of Passive Intermodulation (PIM) faults both inside the feed system as well as beyond the antenna.  When used …

The Brazilian government has approved a tax reduction for locally produced smartphones. According to the decree published in the Official Gazette, the PIS/COFINS tax levied on smartphones priced up to …

The Chilean Claro has applied to the Chile’s secretary of telecommunications (Subtel) to become an infrastructure concession operator. A Subtel spokesperson confirmed that Claro had submitted the application and said that the agency …

Aiming to evolve telecommunication services in Brazil, minister of communications Paulo Bernardo, told members of the press that some important measures might be taken in upcoming months, such as voting …

A new legal regime to manage and rationalize the deployment and use of cellular antenna infrastructure across Chilean cities is set to take effect this week with the enactment of …

The Chilean Constitutional Tribunal (TC) has approved a law that regulates the installation of towers and antennas for mobile telephony. The decision was announced last Wednesday and now telecom companies …

The Chilean Senate has approved 33 – 0 new regulations on mobile phone antenna installations (read the document in Spanish). This agreement is expected to be ratified in the coming …

Let it not be said that the RCR team is not dare deviling and adventurous, dear readers! This past week our team climbed the world’s fourth largest telecom tower – and the second tallest freestanding tower in the world – in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to get some good shots of the structure, whose antenna reaches up to a whopping 421 m (1,381 ft).

TAIPEI, Taiwan – While Computex may famously be the most famous computer show of the IT industry, the world of wireless is certainly having an effect on the Taipei trade …

PC Magazine Online | February 7, 2011 | Mark Hachman Alcatel-Lucent on Monday unveiled a technology to shrink a cell-phone tower down to about the size of a small handheld …

Telecom Paper | January 12, 2011 Ecuador’s telecoms regulator Supertel is working with the Association of Municipalities of Ecuador (AME) to develop a draft ordinance to facilitate the mobile operators’ …

Business News Americas | January 6, 2011 | Patrick Nixon The number of mobile phone antenna towers that are shared or leased to third parties in Latin America could expand …