EJL Wireless

EJL Wireless Research estimates that macrocell digital baseband unit (BBU) shipments increased by 13% in 2016 as compared with shipment levels in 2015. While Huawei Technologies maintained its market leadership …

Stand alone small cell vendors continue to look for exits. CommScope acquired Airvana in 2015. We recently learned that Corning Optical Communications plans to buy SpiderCloud Wireless. Sources external to …

In-building wireless BTS/controller-based small cell solutions finally reach critical size BTS/controller-based small cell deployments are typically targeted for enterprise vertical applications such as: Class A Office Hospitality Healthcare Large Retail …

Makers of wireless infrastructure are often careful about naming the semiconductor companies that supply their chipsets, creating a tension between chip vendors who want to promote their customer wins and …

The market for small cell chipsets has not developed as quickly as vendors hoped it would, but that is probably a function of carrier and consumer choices that have little …

Is it three or two? With the acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent now completed at Nokia, we believe that a review of the RAN market share for the combined new company is …

How did we end up here? A history lesson In the beginning, there were six global wireless radio access network equipment vendors: Alcatel, Ericsson, Lucent Technologies, Motorola, Nokia and Nortel …

Distributed antenna systems (DAS) are often the reason that we can make mobile phone calls inside airports and sports arenas, or on crowded downtown streets. Mobile operators distribute capacity throughout …