Small Cells

The small cell market is set for a boost from the Federal Communications Commission, which today unveiled a notice of proposed rulemaking to create a “Citizens Broadband Service” in the …

Boingo Wireless’ Wi-Fi offering received a boost in Japan as the company has expanded its current relationship with the country’s largest wireless operator. That expansion now includes Wi-Fi roaming and …

DALLAS – Small cells and network evolutions beyond LTE dominated conversations – or at least the agenda – during the opening day of the 2012 LTE North America conference in …

The battle for small cell supremacy is expected to shape the wireless infrastructure for years to come as operators decide on how to densify their mobile broadband networks in order …

AT&T kicked off an investor conference in New York with news that it will invest $14 billion in broadband during the next three years. $8 billion of that will go …

The small cell market continues to outgrow its “small” nature with continued development across the space. The latest development is an agreement between two factions of the space: traditional small …

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Almost every presentation at the conferences this year includes the “tsunami chart.” You know the one: It shows growth of mobile data demand, doubling every year.

ORLANDO, Fla. – The tower industry shares many similarities with its customer segment – wireless carriers – including the penchant for merger and acquisition activity. Recent history has seen a …

The roll out of LTE and the need for expansion and improvements of 3G networks comprise the biggest challenge for the telecom industry across Latin America and the Caribbean. In …

Brazil has not yet adopted a regulation for the use of femtocells across the country, but both the minister of communications, Paulo Bernardo, and the president of telecom regulator Anatel, …

Even as LTE deployments begin in earnest, Latin American and Caribbean wireless carriers continue to focus investments on the expansion and improvement of 3G networks. Wi-Fi, femtocells, microwaves and towers …

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4G and LTE technologies will only partially deliver the efficiencies required to handle the necessary network capacity. Service providers are looking towards the use of small cells to help alleviate the capacity issue.

In the near future, small cells, which encompass femtocells, picocells and microcells, will cost less than smartphones, thus providing a wide avenue to support mobile data growth, Qualcomm CEO, Paul Jacobs …