Mobile and Wireless Industry Reports

Change is the only certainty for the fast-moving wireless industry, so mobile network operators want to focus on flexible operating expenses instead of huge capital investments in technologies that could …

The world’s fortunes are made in its cities. To a greater extent, its defining challenges – climate change, poverty, inequality – must also be solved in them. And solutions must …

The radio environment is getting ever more complex and crowded, as new technologies, new devices and new spectrum bands come into play. Meanwhile, dynamic spectrum sharing is becoming the new …

The commercialization of 5G fixed broadband technology and use cases won’t be like turning on a light, rather it will be a more gradual, phased approach. Early consensus suggests the …

Operators finally have the tools they need to optimize their networks in real time and, in doing so, to increase the efficiency of network resources and improve subscribers’ QoE. To …

Low-cost sensors and modems are enticing more and more enterprises to explore embedded connectivity for a wide range of devices and systems. But there are many choices to be made. …

The challenge of improving connectivity for the enterprise involves multiple stakeholders: building owners, tenants, equipment suppliers, integrators, infrastructure providers and of course wireless carriers. Successful solutions are those that can …

Innovations in 5G, virtualization and cloud technologies will make new applications and services possible in both personal and industrial IoT in the next several years. The evolution of the RAN …

Spectrum is a finite resource. And it is a resource that has become extremely useful – necessary, in fact – to virtually all of us: individuals, businesses, public agencies. Picture …

Wi-Fi carries a significant portion of enterprise and consume data traffic and increasingly, voice. Mobile operators are increasingly looking to unlicensed spectrum to supplement their licensed holdings to boost performance …

Fiber will enable next-generation networks, smart cities and the internet of things. Fiber to the tower has already separated radio heads and antennas from base station equipment, and now that …

After years of planning and pilot projects, the national public safety wireless broadband network known as FirstNet is poised to soon become a reality. RCR Wireless takes stock of FirstNet’s …

City governments around the world are increasingly adopting schemes to integrate information and communication technology (ICT) and Internet of Things (IoT) solutions in order to tackle several challenges for the …

While some futuristic IoT applications will take years of R&D before being commercialized, many other IoT applications are creating business value today. Let’s take a look at how carriers are …

Location, location, location. Multiple-access Edge Computing (MEC) and edge computing in general are gaining acceptance in both fixed and mobile networks as we increasingly realize the power of location in …

The concomitant push to virtualization, and the heightened requirements for latency and QoE are changing the way mobile operators decide which functions and what content have to be centralized, or …

Smart manufacturing describes the ongoing shift in industrial production marked by ever-increasing efficiencies realized through the introduction of technology. In a smart factory, the manufacturing process will be more intelligent, dynamic …

One underlying tenet of the move towards virtualized platforms using NFV, SDN and cloud technologies has been the need for open source architectures that can allow for greater interoperability between …

C-RAN and 5G create much stricter latency and capacity requirements for backhaul and fronthaul, and expand the role of fronthaul in transport. In this webinar, we talk about the evolution …

Services beyond connectivity are expected to play a large role in how operators derive value from adding millions of connected vehicles to their networks, from billing and analytics to software …

Consumer demand for mobile connectivity and cloud-based platforms has resulted in mobile networks transmitting more data than ever, which puts carriers in a prime spot to use analytics in order …

Networked devices are at the heart of building smarter cities. Connecting a smart phone to the Internet is one thing, but connecting an industrial asset—like a transformer or a stop …

Small cell and distributed antenna system deployments require careful planning and coordination of a number of different processes. Zoning, permitting, lease agreements, backhaul, power and “negative assets” all need to …

As more “things” from watches to sensors to vehicles are given connectivity, there are two fundamental goals: make sure the technology works as expected, and make sure it is secure. …

Densification is more than small cells. Or DAS. Or Wi-Fi. The demand to carry more traffic, to more device types, with more reliability and lower latency creates the need for …