Research from Ovum tells us that in 2013, mobile operators forfeit $32.5 billion dollars in messaging revenues to free applications like WhatsApp and Viber. There is an old Stoic proverb describing
Microwave Backhaul
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Mobile cell sites are transitioning from simple base stations for voice and low-speed mobile data access to multi-functional hubs for delivery of new services, multimedia-rich content and
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Wireless networks are being asked to handle an increasing amount of traffic both from the growth in overall wireless services as well as growing consumer appetite for mobile data services. Further complicating the issue are tougher zoning regulations and requirements …
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A large, fixed wireless broadband network in several major metropolitan areas has been capitalizing on the flexibility and nimbleness of wireless as a supplement to fiber connectivity for enterprise. Business Only Broadband, or BOB, acquired a network in 2006 that …
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Reader Forum: Mobile fronthaul – mobile’s new kid on the transport network block
by Dan Meyerby Dan MeyerThe world of mobile communications is a rapidly moving one. Apps, smartphones, “4G,” small cells, heterogeneous networks and many more drivers have helped shape the mobile communications market in recent years and this
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There are dozens of players involved in the many facets of the microwave backhaul market, so many in fact that analysts predict consolidation at some point will be necessary in order to reach a sustainable level of competition. In a …
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Has microwave backhaul for LTE and 3G networks run its course in the United States and internationally or will heterogenous networks and small cells create another surge in microwave backhaul demand? Join RCR Wireless News as we explore backhaul options …
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Has microwave backhaul for LTE and 3G networks run its course in the United States and internationally or will heterogenous networks and small cells create another surge in microwave backhaul demand? Join RCR Wireless News as we explore backhaul options …
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Consumers have discovered the value of mobile broadband and they are building expectations for it to be available everywhere. The explosion in the adoption of mobile devices, including smartphones and tablets, is driving limitless
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What will be the impact on network planning when the next generation of E-band radios (those that operate in the 80 GHz band) hit the market? Some have predicted they will become the mainstay radios
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Wireless backhaul provider DragonWave said it plans to cut one-third of its senior management positions in a cost-cutting move and has altered its current working framework with Nokia Siemens Networks. The job cuts are part of DragonWave is calling “ongoing …
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Continued growth in mobile broadband deployments propelled the mobile backhaul market to more than $8 billion in sales last year, according to Infonetics Research. The company cited HSPA/HSPA+ and LTE deployments as driving sales up 7% from 2011 levels. Infonetics …
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Typical microwave links tend to be 25 miles or less in length, but sometimes they need to be longer – much longer. For example, inter-island hops in the Caribbean and elsewhere need longer
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Due to the rapid adoption of tablets and new bandwidth intensive applications, mobile data traffic doubled in 2011 and user demand is expected to increase 18-times by 2016. This tremendous capacity growth
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Not since The Police has Synchronicity been this sexy. The coming together of two seemingly unrelated events such as Ethernet and timing, while not new, is profoundly necessary to make widespread Ethernet mobile backhaul a reality. There are a number …
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Exalt Communications announced that Will County 911 in Illinois has deployed the company’s microwave backhaul systems to connect its new dispatch center, also known as public safety answering point (PSAP), in Bolingbrook, Ill. with a regional switching center approximately 13 …
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Wireless technology helps battle the Las Conchas fire in Los Alamos, N.M.
by Marc Speirby Marc SpeirLOS ALAMOS, N.M. – The largest fire in New Mexico history still has some life left in it. The Las Conchas fire may be around 70% contained but continues to burn in the northern and western parts of the state. …