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To answer the need for more throughput at lower cost, wireless network providers have moved to using a remote radio head (RRH) where the radio equipment is connected to the …

What do you think of when you hear “Internet of Things” (IoT)? Controlling your thermostat remotely with your cellphone? Getting a break on your auto premium using a monitoring dongle …

Sprint taps Google Apps to bolster enterprise service, while Broadcom announced plans to slash 2,500 jobs … 2 years ago this week Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in …

Gap Wireless, a leading stocking distributor of mobile wireless solutions, has added industry-leading drones, sensors, software and UAV support services to its roster of available products and solutions. The solutions …

But the devil is in the details… The Internet of Things (“IoT”) era has begun, and rapid growth is upon us. Experts predict that by 2020 anywhere from 21 billion …

More than 80 percent of mobile data traffic today originates or terminates indoors, and with the explosive adoption worldwide of both 4G and Wi-Fi technologies, ABI Research predicts that, by …

Field Dailies software for field crew management helps monitor expensive operational resources during increasingly complex network rollouts In an era of exploding demand for mobile data, service providers around the …

Mobile edge computing (MEC) is one of the most significant current developments in wireless networks, with immense promise to transform the economics of dense data networks and to enable new …

It’s been more than 14 years since VoiceStream (now part of T-Mobile) bought the assets of MobileStar, which went bankrupt trying to build a public Wi-Fi network. Ownership is one way …

As backhaul becomes more flexible and complex, make SLA monitoring simple The consensus is there will be a “5G” radio access standard by 2020. However, 5G networks will be much …

No matter what industry sector you operate in—health, insurance, safety, government, or consumer discretionary, etc.—it’s unlikely that the Internet of Things (IoT) hasn’t become your market’s latest must-have. A key …

Imagining the “city of the future” is becoming easier to do thanks to recent examples of smart cities innovation. Common urban challenges like traffic, energy and waste reduction are all …

The Internet of Things depends on three pillars, the silicon (in the device itself), the software (in the application that uses it) and the communication (providing the connectivity that allows …

The Internet of Things depends on three pillars, the silicon (in the device itself), the software (in the application that uses it) and the communication (providing the connectivity that allows …

Nokia has had a long and twisted history in the mobile device space, with its recent reincarnate set to continue that story The Nokia brand has lived a very colorful, …

Despite all the hype about small cells, digital repeaters are still the easiest, lowest cost, and most reliable solution for improving in-building wireless coverage for all carriers. I am not …

Maintain market competitiveness as macro builds give way to DAS deployments The next major hurdle for carriers is providing the LTE coverage customers expect everywhere, indoors and outdoors. As the …

There’s been a few questions asked recently in RCR Wireless News and Network World about the go-to-market challenges faced by the small cell community, especially in the enterprise space. And …

As virtualization, VoLTE and more add network complexity, make QoS simple Telecom—and all the industries it touches—stands on the precipice of a foundational transformation. Consumer demand for mobile video is …

Each outdoor deployment is a learning lab for operators and vendors, and this report digs into the specifics of site acquisition, network design, equipment selection, installation and testing. Metro deployments …

Indoor coverage remains a major issue and Small Cell Forum reports that as many as 61% of enterprises have noticeably poor indoor coverage (I’m sure many of us can relate …

I just returned from the well-organized and well-attended Wi-Fi Now conference in Washington, D.C. Topics at the three-day conference included enterprise applications, home security, innovations, leadership, carriers, spectrum, LTE-U, the “Uber-ization” of …

Add capacity with off-the-shelf hardware to maximize spectrum resources Spectrum is an inherently limiting factor to communications service providers; it’s expensive, there’s a finite amount available, and regulation mechanisms can …

Consistency in nationwide public safety networks is critical; how DAS systems must measure up Public safety networks are critical to the safety of people everywhere – they are implemented across …

With the revolution of the network, enabled by new technologies like Network Function Virtualization (NFV) and Software Defined Networking (SDN) firmly underway, how and where application awareness is deployed in …