Monthly Archives: October, 2016

Reader Forum: Orange is the new bank

France-based telecom operator Orange is pushing into the mobile banking space, highlighting new opportunities for operators The new voice in the telecom industry may not...

Analyst Angle: Densification in the middleprise

A conversation about densification with Ken Sandfeld, president of SOLiD America The below is only a summary. Download a transcript of the complete interview and the full report...

Telefónica abandons plans to launch infrastructure IPO

Telefónica planned to raise up to $1.68 billion with the IPO Spanish telecommunications giant Telefónica has abandoned plans to launch an initial public offering of its...

Qualcomm, SK Telecom conduct ELAA trial in Korea

The ELAA demo used 2.6 GHz licensed spectrum band and 5 GHz unlicensed spectrum band  Qualcomm and SK Telecom are claiming the first over-the-air demonstration of...

5G will require cooperative approaches to spectrum sharing – EC

5G will require new approaches to spectrum sharing, in particular in bands below 6GHz, and could see vertical industries become MVNOs. The November 2015 World Radiocommunication...

Fiber Indexing

Fiber Indexing example using Hardened Adapters and HMFOC.

Kagan: Smart cities, the next revolution

The term smart cities is popping up more frequently. So what does smart city actually mean? It’s a relatively new term, but it will...

CommScope Definitions: What is HFC?

Hybrid fiber coax (HFC) is the term that describes the service delivery architecture used by cable operators and multi-system operators (MSO). The architecture includes a...

The Connected and Efficient Data Center

Check out CommScope's new guide to designing a connected and efficient data center.

Sharing an antenna doesn’t mean giving up control

The practice of network sharing has been a recurring topic of interest in the wireless industry since it was introduced in the early 2000s. The first...

What Is MIMO?

When a mobile user is in an urban setting, the RF signal traveling between the user’s handheld and the base station antenna often bounces...

What is Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM)?

Wave Division Multiplexing (WDM) is a method of combining or separating multiple wavelengths of light in or out of a single strand of fiber...

See the latest advances in FTTH network deployments

Learn how fiber indexing is accelerating FTTH network deployments. Join CommScope at Gigabit Cities Live (Charlotte NC/April 5, 2016) and Broadband Communities Summit (Austin...

Powered Fiber Cable System

Simultaneously power and communicate with small cell, wi-fi hotspots, HD camera and other network access devices.

The Impact of SDN and NFV on Fiber Connectivity and Capacity

Improved network performance, greater agility, lower costs, and new services – the transformational benefits of Software Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV)...

How to make a standardized tower top

Picture this: you are tasked with building a wireless network across a country for an operator. You need this network to support current 2G...

Unified Wireless Infrastructure Next Generation In-building Wireless Solution

CommScope’s Unified Wireless Infrastructure solution ION®-E offers a breakthrough alternative to the expensive, inflexible, limited capabilities of traditional deployments. ION-E achieves true physical layer...

DAS made Simple: ION-U

Distributed antenna systems (DAS) are proliferating fast as operators struggle to meet capacity demands, but DAS deployments can be complex and costly. The answer...

A Common Infrastructure for Connected and Efficient Buildings

Throughout the years, we have seen many examples of the benefits of connecting multiple building systems through a common physical infrastructure: Ave Maria University saved...

Does cell virtualization offer a peek at 5G?

In 2015 the Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN) Alliance published a white paper of 5G requirements, codifying for all intents and purposes the objectives of...

5G: A look back, a look ahead

Progress has been swift since the Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN) Alliance published its influential 5G whitepaper at Mobile World Congress 2015. Just recently, significant...

Small Footprint, Big Advantages: 4.3-10 Connectors

As traffic growth soars in mobile networks, operators and network infrastructure vendors face two related but distinct challenges. First, they must seek ways to improve...
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