Monthly Archives: February, 2016

NB-IoT nearing commercialization; 2017 deployment target

After some missteps, NB-IoT is poised to revolutionize low-power, wide-area networks BARCELONA, Spain – Narrow-band "Internet of Things" networks, which are slated for standardization by...

China Mobile aggressive in large-scale small cell deployments

Largest LTE carrier uses Huawei small cells to improve indoor wireless coverage BARCELONA, Spain – Small cells are changing the outside-in paradigm in providing in-building...

NB-IoT tech to go into anything with a battery

NB-IoT Forum members look to revolutionize underserved LPWA market BARCELONA, Spain – With billions of previously unconnected objects being added to cellular networks as the...

Huawei Day 0 highlights NB-IoT, 4.5G, small cells

Ahead of Mobile World Congress, industry convenes to look to the 5G future BARCELONA, Spain – The data explosion driven by video-hungry consumers and the...

Evolving LTE toward ultrareliable networks

Huawei '4.5G' technology supports advanced services, opens up new verticals BARCELONA, Spain – As mobile operators continue to look for new revenue streams, attendees at...

Huawei’s ‘4.5G’ technology looks to extend LTE networks, builds bridge to 5G

Huawei hosts first ever 4.5G Summit ahead of Mobile World Congress BARCELONA, Spain – While much of the discourse in the telecom industry is currently...

Drones deliver data for cell tower industry

Drone operators from other industries look to cell towers for new business The cell tower industry is just one of many that could be transformed...

Will DoT award Austin smart city grant funding during SXSW?

The U.S. Department of Transportation, looking ahead to smart city projects of the future, plans to award $160 million to improve traffic congestion, make...

Test and Measurement: GWS challenges RootMetrics with OneScore

Network testing company Global Wireless Solutions is challenging RootMetrics' popular crowd-sourced ratings of wireless carriers with a new OneScore rating system for wireless carriers, which...

NATE Unite preview

Next week the city that has rebuilt itself will host the builders, suppliers and tower owners who represent NATE, the National Association of Tower...

Apple encryption update, CB radio comeback … 5 things to know today

5 things to know today ... 1. Apple's refusal to open up the iPhone that belonged to one of the San Bernadino gunmen has elicited...

Huawei Innovative Indoor Connected Solution Builds 2016 MWC Smart Venue

2016 Mobile World Congress (MWC) will be held in Barcelona on 22-25 Feb, there will be more than 100,000 worldwide guests attending it, the...

SoftBank taps satellite for LTE backhaul, could expand to Sprint

SoftBank plans to reach remote areas using satellite-based backhaul technology Japanese telecom operator SoftBank said following a successful field trial, it’s looking to support LTE...

ZTE managed service business surged in 2015

ZTE signed more than 177 managed service deals worldwide Chinese telecom and technology vendor ZTE said it’s service business scale increased 20% in 2015, signing...

Cell Tower News: First tower death of 2016

Tower tech falls to his death in Iowa Not even a full week after a safety workshop in the nation's capitol that stressed the reduction in...

Worst of the Week: Sprint, maybe it’s time to take a breath

WOTW loves what Sprint is doing, but for its own good thinks maybe it's time to sit out a few plays Hello! And welcome to...

LinkNYC Wi-Fi project publicly launched

Qualcomm talks LinkNYC and smart cities on this episode of HetNet Happenings LinkNYC, an ambitious project to convert old New York City phone booths in...

Visibility fabric needed for NFV deployments

On this week’s NFV/SDN Reality Check, we look at some top news items from across the space as well as speak with Gigamon about...

5G, IoT and devices set to shine at MWC 2016

MWC set to showcase latest in 5G technology advances, IoT and some high-profile device launches The mobile telecom world is set to again convene in...

Sprint hijacks Verizon bucket plan strategy

Sprint rolled out shared data buckets stealing from Verizon’s naming template, but with more data Sprint continues to tweak rate plans in an attempt to...

Analyst Angle Report: Getting the best QoE – Trends in traffic management and mobile core optimization

The move to real-time processing and virtualization is widening the opportunities for service and revenue generation, improving QoE by managing mobile traffic more efficiently...

Volvo, Ericsson partner on high-bandwidth in-vehicle applications

Volvo and Ericsson are teaming up to add experiential in-car technology designed to provide the infotainment passengers want in a future of autonomous vehicles. At...

Verizon trounces AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile in latest RootMetrics test

Verizon topped all categories in latest RootMetrics tests; rivals differ on reactions RootMetrics released its latest nationwide report on wireless carrier network performance, drawing various...

Sigfox expands IoT network to support Germany’s Industrie 4.0

Low-power, wide-area IoT network also being deployed in 10 U.S. cities Adding to its European dedicated "Internet of Things" network, provider Sigfox plans to expand...

Huawei unveils five initiatives to accelerate digital transformation

Huawei also launched IoT, video and safe cities solutions Chinese ICT provider Huawei announced five "big initiatives" for the telecom industry designed to accelerate digital...
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