BROWSING: in-building wireless

Spectral and wireless/wireline convergence mark move to 5G During a recent discussion with RCR Wireless News, a group of subject matter experts from CommScope discussed a number of key trends shaping the telecoms industry, including the evolution from LTE to 5G, sharing the 3.5 GHz...

Comba has deployed a turnkey in-building wireless solution for Dubai’s new architectural landmark, the Dubai Frame Hong Kong-based wireless solution provider Comba Telecom Systems announced it has deployed a turnkey in-building wireless solution for the Dubai Frame, a new architectural landmark in Dubai. Comba said that...

  Traditionally, development kits and advanced toolsets allow designers to quickly and efficiently leverage new technologies. Integrating and aggregating In-Building wireless architectures is one of those areas where development expertise can help engineering teams rapidly and seamlessly adopt new technologies and bring them to market...

Comba said the new cards and remote units will be commercially available during June California-based Comba Telecom has announced support for 600 MHz, 2.3 GHz  and 2.5 GHz frequencies for the company’s ComFlex distributed antenna system solution. Comba’s ComFlex DAS is a modular, multi-band and multi-operator...

The DAS will provide cellular coverage and capacity for French carriers Orange, Bouygues Telecom and SFR Wireless communications solutions provider JMA Wireless has delivered its distributed antenna system to provide improved cellular coverage and capacity at 10 Grenelle, an office complex comprised of over 30,000...

New Jersey-based Honeywell is helping organizations to boost efficiency through the use of an application with the aim of improving the quality and comfort levels of workspaces. The Honeywell Vector Occupant app, which is available for iOS and Android devices, represents the first step...

  Westell Technoliogies said it is testing an expanded suite of products for this specific segment Wireless infrastructure provider Westell Technologies is looking to capture growth opportunities in the in-building wireless market for public safety, company Chairman Kirk Brannock said during a recent conference call with...

Westell aims to attract growth opportunities in in-building public safety, network densification, small cell and 5G Westell Technologies, a provider of wireless infrastructure solutions, recorded revenues of $3.2 million in its in-building wireless (IBW) segment in fiscal Q4, ended March 31, down from $5.2 million...

  CommScope deployed a DAS solution as well as an intelligent lighting solution in its Madrid office Last year, CommScope decided to consolidate several offices in Madrid, Spain, to a single facility that opened in June 2017. As it made that change, the company faced the...

  Boingo ended the first quarter with 41 DAS venues live and 84 DAS venues in backlog Revenue from the distributed antenna system (DAS) segment accounted for 41% of Boingo Wireless’ overall revenue in the first quarter of the year, up from a contribution of 37%...

  There are many reasons why in-building cellular coverage can be challenging. The placement of cell towers, geographical terrain, or building materials can all play a role in poor in-building coverage. Even where there is a proliferation of cellular towers, there can be topographic or...

Telenor calls enterprise in-building wireless a "top priority" The middleprise is currently the white whale of the in-building wireless vendor market. Declining carrier spend puts the capex impetus onto venue owners who know they need in-building wireless, but might not be fully aware of the...

DAS and digital electricity combine to solve in-building wireless coverage and capacity needs With more than 5 million-square-feet of retail, office, hotel, restaurant space, Michigan Plaza has a complicated set of needs related to in-building wireless. In addition to being a LEED-certified complex with Low-E...

Fiber gives flexibility to 600-antenna DAS system The San Diego Convention Center, with some 615,000-square-feet of exhibition space and 204,00-square-feet of meeting, is high-end, waterfront real estate that boasts an approximately 75% occupancy rate. As such, Karen Totaro, facility senior vice president and general manager,...

CommScope's Morgan Kurk, EVP and COO, and Ben Cardwell, SVP of Mobility Solutions, sat down with RCR Wireless News during Mobile World Congress 2018 to share the company's perspective on the development of fixed wireless solutions that tap high capacity millimeter waves, as well...

Dali Wireless is adding fronthaul protocol translation to its DAS solution in an effort to help operators mix-and-match different protocols, vendors, and technologies. The company’s intelligent router supports translation between CPRI, eCPRI, RoE, and Ethernet. These are all protocols that baseband units use to...

vRAN architecture improves flexibility and lowers total cost of ownership Virtualization of network functions is helping operators decrease network-related capex and opex by replacing expensive, proprietary solutions with software that can run on off-the-shelf hardware. As it relates to the radio access network, a vRAN...

Two leading distributed antenna system vendors have announced new initiatives to help target enterprise customers. CommScope is launching a digital DAS for centralized radio access network (C-RAN) architectures, and ADRF is partnering with Cheytec for faster access to radio signal sources. (More on Cheytec.) “Driving...

Small cell agreement includes enterprise, CBRS and multi-operator units As operators continuously densify their networks, small cell deployments are set for a big year in 2018. Sprint and T-Mobile US, for instance, have made clear plans to deploy thousands of small cells this year. At...

Boingo Wireless CTO discusses MulteFire opportunity The ability to deploy LTE in all unlicensed spectrum significantly lowers the barrier to entry for enterprises looking to take control of their connectivity needs. Driven by the MulteFire Alliance, and with compatible equipment coming to market, MulteFire will...

In-building wireless solutions help add capacity and support IoT projects As enterprise connectivity needs continue to evolve, cellular-based access is increasingly complementing Wi-Fi to serve new use cases including the internet of things (IoT). Consider a commercial real estate owner. Tenants, and in turn the...

MulteFire deploys LTE solely in the unlicensed 5 GHz band Solving for in-building cellular connectivity is an increasingly pointed problem for venue owners. In the context of Class A real estate, tenants have to have strong, multi-carrier in-building cellular, but, in many cases, carriers aren't...

Unlicensed spectrum creates opportunity for carriers to add capacity and for enterprises to deploy private LTE networks For both voice and data connectivity, as well as support for internet of things-type devices, operators are working to keep up with insatiable and steadily-increasing demand for capacity....

Nextivity adds multi-carrier support to hybrid active DAS solution "You’ll see folks try to implement DAS, but no enterprise wants to pay $5-per-square-foot for cellular coverage they think the carrier should be paying for anyway. It’s just too much for the enterprise." That was the message...