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HetNet News: Reports say Wi-Fi is booming worldwide; Gowex launches free Wi-Fi in SF

ABI Research released several recent reports on the Wi-Fi and in-building wireless space. The research firm estimated that Wi-Fi hotspots will reach a total of 6.3 million this year, from 4.9 million globally in 2012. That figure includes wireline and wireless carriers' hotspot networks,...

Small cell silicon vendors target enterprise deployments

Silicon vendors from opposite ends of the wireless supply chain are "meeting in the middle" as they compete to power small cells in the enterprise. Established macrocell chipset suppliers like Texas Instruments and Freescale face growing competition from mobile processor experts Qualcomm and Broadcom,...

HetNet News: Small Cell Summit on backhaul and SON

Some interesting news came out of last week's Small Cell Summit 2013: half a dozen companies have formed a small cell wireless backhaul ecosystem around Cisco's unified RAN backhaul offering, which is a vendor-neutral support for any access technology. The companies include Blinq, DragonWave, Fastback...

Cisco, SK Telecom, Vodafone win Small Cell Forum awards

Vodafone, SK Telecom and Cisco were among the operators and vendors honored for their small cell innovation efforts by The Small Cell Forum, an industry and operator association. Awards were presented at a recent gala in London. The awards, judged by an independent panel of...

CTIA 2013: Verizon Wireless partners with Ericsson, Alcatel-Lucent on small cell plans

LAS VEGAS – Verizon Wireless looks set to move aggressively into small cell deployments, announcing a deal with infrastructure powerhouses Ericsson and Alcatel-Lucent to add small cells to enhance the carrier’s LTE network. The deal with Ericsson calls for the infrastructure provider to provide its...

HetNet News: Range networks integrates its open-source equipment; new Firetide CEO

Range Networks, which makes open-source cellular systems, announced that its equipment now integrates with operators' SS7-MAP core networks and supports 4G. The company, which targets rural and developing markets and private industrial networks with low-cost network equipment, has been collaborating with SS7Ware and said...

Corning looks to ease small cell backhaul concerns

The continued integration of various wireless technologies in order to provide a more complete and seamless user experience has become a significant focus of today’s mobile industry. This includes the greater integration of small cell technologies using both licensed and unlicensed spectrum bands. However, stringing...

Reality Check: The sober reality of small cells

Mobile operators and vendors alike are awakening to the sober reality of the complexity involved in deploying 10s and 100s of hundreds of small cells in a very dense indoor and outdoor area.

Cisco is ‘all in on small cells’

Cisco has been boosting its portfolio in the heterogeneous networks arena with a series of recent acquisitions, aiming to become a star player in the small cell space. The company has purchased Intucell for self-organizing network software that reduces interference in small cell deployment, BroadHop...

DAS in Action: ‘If it’s not nailed to a tower, it’s a small cell’

It's a busy world in DAS right now – this week marked the HetNet Forum's DAS in Action conference, and next week is the DAS & Small Cells Congress in Las Vegas. Iain Gillot of research firm iGR offered perhaps the most expansive view of...

HetNet News: LTE RAN investment to increase 82% this year, says ABI

Welcome to this week's round-up of small cell, distributed antenna systems, Wi-Fi and other wireless infrastructure news.  A new report from ABI Research predicts that global LTE investment in base stations and the radio access network – including small cells – will increase by 82.4%...

DAS Forum spreads focus, now HetNet Forum

Looking to expand its reach into the growing heterogeneous networks space, The DAS Forum announced this morning that it will be changing its name to the HetNet Forum. The news comes the day of the DAS Forum event being held in New Orleans, which...

Reader Forum: Front-haul compression for emerging C-RAN and small cell networks

The vision of small cell and centralized radio access network (C-RAN) has recently generated significant interests among the research community, the device suppliers and the original equipment manufacturers

New tool targets business case for small cell deployments

In a move to help define the business case for small cell deployments, consulting firm Wireless 20/20 unveiled a software platform designed to allow carriers and venue owners to simulate the impact of mixing Wi-Fi and cellular-based mobile broadband services into locations such as...

HetNet News: Qualcomm partners with MLB for stadium coverage

Welcome to this week's news on Wi-Fi, DAS, and small cell deployments. Qualcomm has been named an official technology partner of Major League Baseball, and is partnering with the league's interactive media and Internet company to improve wireless coverage within MLB stadiums. Qualcomm engineers will provide...

Reader Forum: Bringing greater quality-of-service to small cells

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible, but...

Cisco to buy Ubiquisys

Cisco continued its move into mobility this week with the purchase of Ubiquisys for $310 million. Ubiquisys is a British developer of small cell technologies with several major carrier and vendor customers, including Google, T-Mobile USA and Softbank. The acquisition highlights Cisco's growing focus...

HetNet News: Ruckus ready for trackside networks, small cell predictions

Wi-Fi access points from Ruckus Wireless Inc. have met test requirements from railway systems for commuter trains and subways stations and platform, according to the company. Ruckus said that its ZoneFlex 7982 indoor and 7782 outdoor access points passed tests for shock and vibration and electromagnetic compatibility,...

SK Telecom to host NGMN Alliance group, looks to spur LTE-A

South Korean telecom operator SK Telecom said it will host a meeting of the Next Generation Mobile Network Alliance this week to “discuss measures to facilitate commercialization of next-generation mobile networks around the globe.” SK Telecom said the meeting will include carrier representatives from Verizon...

Reality Check: Why low PIM is critical for high-performance DAS

Distributed antenna systems are one of the fastest-growing types of cellular infrastructure. Global annual DAS sales will top $1 billion this year, ABI Research predicts. And by 2017, more than 2.5 million

Cellphone-Mate’s network amplifiers garner FCC approval

Cellular amplifier provider Cellphone-Mate reported that it has gained Federal Communications Commission certification for its devices compatible with Verizon Wireless, AT&T Mobility, T-Mobile USA and for spectrum bands used by Canadian carriers. The Verizon Wireless amplifier includes support for 700 MHz, 850 MHz and...

MWC 2013: LTE-A, small cells, software top infrastructure trends at MWC

RCR Wireless News spoke with Daryl Schoolar, principal infrastructure analyst at Ovum, to get his impressions of the recent Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona, Spain. Schoolar noted that with some relief a number of topics he predicted would garner attention at the show...

MWC 2013: Devices, small cells hot topics at MWC

RCR Wireless News Editor-In-Chief Dan Meyer spoke with Dan Hays, principal and U.S. wireless advisory leader at PwC, about what he viewed as the most compelling topics and under-the-radar trends he spotted at the event. Hays touched on what he felt was some stagnation...

Reality Check: Wireless SON learning concepts

Self-optimizing network applications for heterogeneous networks address coverage and capacity optimization, energy savings and interference coordination, as well as handset management enabling