Small Cell Forum collaborates with industry standards bodies to support densification ahead of 5G Network densification is seen as an imperative to support the vision of 5G. This requires many …
The United States is big–around 3.8-million-square-miles–and has widely varied geography. As such, providing true nationwide broadband service is a heavy lift. And, naturally, service providers only have so much money …
Nokia working with Jordanian operator on fiber network build In Jordan, a country of more than 9 million people covering some 34,000 square miles, the vast majority of internet users …
“Those that have adopted IoT are pushing ahead at scale, spending more…than 12 months ago,” Erik Brenneis, Vodafone internet of things director and CEO of Global Enterprise, wrote in the telecom …
From business case to technology, enterprises need in-building cellular, but how do you find the solution that’s best for you? Often referred to as the fourth utility, right up there …
Last year former Ericsson CEO Hans Vestberg, now in a key leadership role at Verizon, left the top spot, which he held for seven years out of a total of …
NFV, SDN and mobile edge computing, all major aspects of 5G, creates an opportunity for disruption of telecom vendor ecosystem The sheer complexity of 5G and attendant use cases–mobile AR/VR, …
A deep dive into the enhanced mobile broadband use case of 5G New Radio Legendary British science fiction writer and futurist Sir Arthur C. Clarke wrote in a 1973 revision …
CBRS focus often on private LTE for enterprise and industry, but what what the fixed wireless access use case targeting rural broadband deployments? The rugged Sierra Nevada foothills, which range …
Particularly for latency-sensitive applications, edge computing augments the cloud Ericsson–and every other telecom infrastructure vendor–are pushing hard to develop the underlying 5G technologies that will support a broad range of …
As CBRS awaits the regulatory go-ahead, operator and vendor interest continues to pick up In the 5G future–ideally at least–we’ll see dynamic radio support for any blend of licensed, unlicensed …
Traction around gigabit LTE portends enhanced mobile broadband aspect of 5G A major aspect of what the in-the-works 5G New Radio specification entails is an enhanced mobile broadband experience–essentially providing …
A conversation with CommScope about the power, backhaul and siting challenges facing small cells today and in the context of 5G Deployment of small cells at scale has dogged operators …
As Florida Keys network recovery continues, tower crews brace for Maria Adam Ruge is a project manager for Fort Lauderdale, Florida,-based Data Stream Mobile Technologies, a construction outfit that specializes …
5G to transform smart grid, transportation, massive IoT and media delivery 5G is billed as the great enabler–ultra high capacity and ultra low latency communications will blow open digital transformation …
The Florida Keys are a special place. My then-girlfriend, now wife Katherine and I moved there in 2008 after we finished college. As a graduation gift, my parents took us …
Rajeev Suri on Fourth Industrial Revolution for ‘productivity gains, economic growth and business success’ SAN FRANCISCO–“Certainly there’s plenty of hype,” Nokia CEO Rajeev Suri said of the ICT-enabled, socalled Fourth …
American Tower and Philips Lighting partner on connected light poles to add network density for smart city applications SAN FRANCISCO–Siting of wireless infrastructure in urban spaces is often a tricky …
Millimeter Wave Networks Project Group eyes 60 GHz band SAN FRANCISCO–The Facebook-led Telecom Infra Project this week created a new working group dedicated to creating broad industry support for solutions …
Mayor Andy Berke wants other mid-size cities to leverage fiber for economic development SAN FRANCISCO–The Chattanooga, Tenn., that Mayor Andy Berke grew up in “was a steel and foundry city. …
Millimeter wave is seen as a key part of 5G given the massive capacity associated with the high-band spectrum. But, millimeter wave comes with a number of propagation challenges. Right …
LAA demonstration, which builds on field tests, is set for Mobile World Congress Americas Earlier this year AT&T worked with infrastructure vendor Ericsson on a field trial of License Assisted …
PwC principal: Line between LTE and 5G is ‘blurry’ In the run up to the inaugural Mobile World Congress Americas, kicking off Sept. 12 in San Francisco, Dan Hays, a …
T-Mobile, Nokia, Qualcomm hit 1.175 Gbps in test Who says you have to wait for 5G to get gigabit-plus-per-second speeds to your mobile device? As operators continue to advance their …
The non-standalone variant of the 5G New Radio standard is set for finalization in December, an accelerated timeline agreed to earlier this year and meant to speed delivery of commercial …
