BROWSING: TE Connectivity
TE Connectivity to acquire Seacon Group
TE Connectivity has agreed to buy Seacon Group, which provides underwater connector technology and systems, for $490 million in cash.
The Seacon Group serves verticals that do sub-sea work including remotely operated vehicles, such as oil and gas, environmental and oceanographic applications and the military...
Cell Tower News: NATE Unite 2014; Tower helps in murder case
Welcome to this week’s edition of cell tower industry news, brought to you by Towercrews.net.
Last week two of the biggest events in the world of telecom happened simultaneously: Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, and NATE UNITE in San Diego, California. As such, there's plenty...
MWC 2014: DAS makes a comeback
Small cells were in the spotlight at this year's Mobile World Congress 2014 event, but distributed antenna systems continue to outpace small cells in terms of carrier spending. And in Barcelona, it was quite clear that DAS is not giving way to small cells....
Cell Tower News: Tower climber falls & survives; TE Connectivity & ALU DAS Partnership
Welcome to this week’s edition of cell tower industry news, brought to you by Towercrews.net.
This week's update will be short and sweet since the industry is focused on all the happenings at NATE Unite and Mobile World Congress, so expect a lengthier update next week.
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Cell Tower News: OSHA warns tower industry; CommScope’s top of tower plug & play
Welcome to this week's edition of cell tower industry news, brought to you by Towercrews.net.
Ever since the fatalities a few weeks back, the tower industry has been very quiet. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) used the radio silence to write an open...
Cutting the cost of DAS
In-building wireless solutions continue to attract significant investment from operators and neutral host providers, with the $4.4 billion market projected to almost double by 2019. Alcatel-Lucent and TE Connectivity have joined forces in an effort to help operators cut costs on distributed antenna system...
TE Connectivity posts record quarterly earnings
TE Connectivity Ltd. (TEL) recorded its best quarterly earnings ever, and the company is raising its guidance.
Sales were up 6% year-over-year to $3.33 billion. Operating income soared from $293 million in the previous year's first quarter to $479 million, and net income jumped from...
HetNet News: Gogo expands to Canada
In-flight Wi-Fi provider Gogo Inc. has expanded its network to Canada, with its first phase of its air-to-ground network live now and the rest expected to be turned on in the first quarter.
The expansion will allow Gogo to offer in-flight Internet service on flights...
Cell Tower News: AT&T tower deal cemented; NATE talks safety
Welcome once again to our weekly wrap-up on tower technology. RCR Wireless News brings you the top stories related to the tower industry and tower-related technology in one place so you don't have to scour the internet to stay in the know. This week...
Tower Technology Weekly Wrap-Up: AT&T tower deal cemented; H-Block spectrum auction delays; NATE talks safety
Welcome once again to our weekly wrap-up on tower technology. RCR Wireless News brings you the top stories related to the tower industry and tower-related technology in one place so you don't have to scour the internet to stay in the know. This week...
Tower Technology Weekly Wrap-Up: Crown Castle, AT&T strike deal; TE Connectivity’s big DAS deals; Cellphone-Mate boosters in hotels
With the ever-increasing demand for tower climbers and the increased number of recent tower deals, RCR Wireless News thought the time was nigh to introduce a weekly Tower Technology weekly wrap-up. Each week we will gather all the top stories in the world of...
Cell Tower News: Crown Castle, AT&T propose deal; TE Connectivity’s big DAS deals
With the ever-increasing demand for tower climbers and the increased number of recent tower deals, RCR Wireless News thought the time was nigh to introduce a weekly Tower Technology weekly wrap-up. Each week we will gather all the top stories in the world of...
Video: Trends & challenges in in-stadium wireless coverage
Keeping fans connected at college and professional sports stadiums and other large venues is becoming increasingly important to mobile operators, venue owners and the teams themselves.
TE Connectivity announced this week that it has been upgrading wireless services at Major League Baseball Stadiums including Yankee...
HetNet News: DAS in MLB stadiums; Aruba expands distribution
DAS provider TE Connectivity announced some of its recent Major League Baseball stadium installations to improve 3G and "4G" coverage. TE’s InterReach Spectrum, InterReach Fusion and FlexWave Prism DAS products have been recently deployed at stadiums including Yankee Stadium; Citifield, home of the New York...
Reader Forum: Building high-speed optical RF networks
Large wireless deployments at stadiums and in other dense areas demand high capacity and high performance, but it’s not always easy to provide these when a venue may need 18 to 20 sectors of capacity and
TE Connectivity, Tessco report earnings
TE Connectivity had a better than expected quarter, reporting net sales of $3.45 billion that exceeded the high end of its guidance but were down slightly from the same period last year.
The company provides connectivity solutions in multiple verticals including healthcare, aerospace, and automotive,...
Reader Forum: CPRI and DAS
One of the enduring challenges in matching up a distributed antenna system with a mobile base station has been the need to use RF as the method of interface. Using RF as the interface adds complexity and
MWC 2013: DAS as part of the small cell ecosystem
DAS has had to take a back seat this week, as small cells appear to be stealing the infrastructure show at Mobile World Congress, with a fresh crop of product announcements from both providers and component makers as well a new report calling for...
Reader Forum: Improving network uptime, QoS with managed connectivity
Through developing wireless networks that serve more mobile subscribers, in more places, with more devices, over licensed and unlicensed spectrum, mobile operators have developed remarkably diverse infrastructure.
Argentina’s Estadio Kempes de Cordoba taps TE Connectivity to deploy DAS
With thousands of soccer fans taking pictures, shooting videos and sharing them in social networks, what is the the best way to support the rapid growth in data demand during soccer games? The Estadio Maria Alberto Kempes, a soccer stadium in Argentina, has chosen...
PCIA 2012: TE powers up new DAS antennas
TE Connectivity unveiled new distributed antenna systems at the PCIA Wireless Infrastructure Show this week that include increased power designed to lower the needed number of antennas.
Increased power in the remote antenna units means few antennas are needed for deployment, and the RAUs can...
Reader Forum: Changes, challenges and solutions for next-gen networks
Advanced mobile services such as LTE are forcing mobile operators to re-evaluate macro-focused network architecture. Even 3G service coverage maps are believed to be optimistic in many cases,
Feature Report: Covering the Conventions: DAS considerations for the 2012 Democratic and Republican National Conventions
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Politics is a 24/7 proposition, but every four years politics takes on a more significant tint thanks to the presidential elections. Most found the 2008 election season to be the first that really began to include mobility as a core outlet for voters and...
Covering the Conventions: DAS Considerations for the 2012 Democratic and Republican National Conventions Editorial Webinar
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RCR Wireless News Editor-In-Chief Dan Meyer and panelists discuss the indoor DAS market and how deployments can help carriers solve coverage and capacity challenges from large events taking place in indoor venues. The upcoming Republican and Democratic National Conventions are set to showcase the...