October 2016

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 be a voice at all. …

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 “Massively densified networks. Why we …

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 infrastructure unit Telxius. “Telefónica and …

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 enhanced licensed assisted access and …

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 Conference (WRC15) came to the …

Fiber Indexing example using Hardened Adapters and HMFOC.

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 be huge going forward. I am …

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 combination of fiber optic cabling and …

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

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 network sharing agreements were conceived as …

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 off the many buildings in the …

Wave Division Multiplexing (WDM) is a method of combining or separating multiple wavelengths of light in or out of a single strand of fiber with each wavelength of light carrying …

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 TX/April 5-7, 2016)

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

Improved network performance, greater agility, lower costs, and new services – the transformational benefits of Software Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) for service providers are truly compelling. …

Picture this: you are tasked with building a wireless network across a country for an operator. You need this network to support current 2G and 3G technologies, but also be …

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 convergence with IT infrastructure, leveraging your …

Distributed antenna systems (DAS) are proliferating fast as operators struggle to meet capacity demands, but DAS deployments can be complex and costly. The answer is ION®-U, the next-generation solution that …

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 over $1 million on building costsby …

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. The paper includes things like …

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 steps forward were announced in the …

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 network efficiency in an attempt to …