HetNet News

FCC enforcement advisory follows $600,000 Marriott fine Hotel operators cannot block guests from using Wi-Fi hot spots rather than the hotel’s network, according to a strongly worded “enforcement advisory” published by …

Sites for small cell, Wi-Fi, towers Melody Wireless Infrastructure on Jan. 26 announced the acquisition of 908 locations. The relatively new independent wireless infrastructure player controls more than 2,000 locations …

Glendale-area stadium, hotels, convention centers get new hardware for big game In the run-up to the biggest football game of the year, international telco AT&T has upgraded the distributed antenna …

Cloud computing, OTT video drive data demand Japan, Singapore and Hong Kong are the latest locales in which Verizon Communications has deployed a 100G fiber network, adding some 11,681 miles …

AT&T DAS networks supported more than 100 terabytes of mobile data used in the 2014 season AT&T distributed antenna systems provide cellular coverage at dozens of college football venues. And …

Virgin Galactic, Qualcomm, Elon Musk in the mix In the past week, OneWeb, with support from the Virgin Group and chipmaker Qualcomm, and tech entrepreneur Elon Musk have announced plans …

Using big data to monetize free Wi-Fi With its recent announcement of a $5 million investment, United Kingdom-based Purple Wi-Fi is poised to expand its workforce and international heterogeneous network …

Multiuser MIMO powers connected home A new generation of routers, many unveiled last week at the 2015 Consumer Electronics Show, promise to deliver connection speeds in excess of 1 gigabit …

Acquisition converges data centers, fiber networks Backhaul and data center services provider Zayo Group announced a $675 million agreement to purchase competitor Latisys Holdings, which handles complimentary data center co-location …

LAS VEGAS – Service providers that want to boost coverage and capacity indoors often consider DAS, small cells, signal boosters and/or Wi-Fi offload, or a combination of these approaches. Infrastructure providers …

Asian telco SingTel has partnered with hardware giant Ericsson on a small-cell pilot program meant to bring more robust 3G and LTE coverage to enterprise buildings and public venues in …

In-building DAS deployments to increase A new report from telecommunications industry analysis firm IGR projects distributed antenna system spending will reach nearly $30 billion by 2018. A DAS is a …

Network operator Windstream has partnered with Cyan, an SDN, NFV and packet-optical solution firm, to upgrade existing metro networks to provide 100-gigabit data capacity. The move toward 100G is seen …

Mobile giant Vodafone has joined forces with JCDecaux, the largest outdoor advertising company in the world, to increase network connectivity by deploying small cells on billboards, benches and other outdoor …

With the ExteNet DAS deployment at the Barclays Center earning the distinction of providing the fastest cellular speeds of any NBA arena, company officials attribute its success to a strong …

AUSTIN, Texas – Industry panelists at the IEEE GlobeCom show pointed to 100G data capacity speeds in dense metro areas as a quickly emerging HetNet trend. Buddy Shaw of Windstream …

UPC Business, a major Irish network services provider, announced the acquisition of operator Bitbuzz, which provides Wi-Fi hot spots to hotels, airports, pubs and other locations. Terms of the Dec. …

Fiber infrastructure expansions from Zayo and Southern Telecom are poised to bring better connectivity options to three American markets. On Dec. 4, Zayo Group Holdings, a publicly traded bandwidth infrastructure …

Claudia Bacco, managing director – EMEA for RCR Wireless News, has spent her entire career in telecom, IT and security. Having experience as an operator, software and hardware vendor and a …

Small Cells Americas is underway in Dallas, and Wi-Fi is a major theme at this year’s event. The show kicked off yesterday with a Wi-Fi monetization workshop, and today ABI …

As the “Internet of Things” expands its reach, consumer goods companies are finding themselves with wirelessly connected devices and reams of data that offer new insight into how their products …

Orbcomm, a New Jersey-based machine-to-machine network solutions provider announced a public offering designed to raise $72 million toward the company’s planned $130 million acquisition of SkyWave Mobile Communications. Canada-based SkyWave …

Sweden-based Bahnhof AB, an Internet service provider, is taking advantage of the climate and population density in Stockholm to turn ventilated data center heat into usable energy. Bahnhof CEO John …

Like San Francisco Giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner, the wireless network at San Francisco’s AT&T park put in some major-league overtime during the World Series. The carrier said its customers used …