Westell Technologies Inc. has acquired Cellular Specialties Inc. for $39 million. CSI develops in-building wireless systems including distributed antenna systems (DAS) and small cell connectivity.
Rick Gilbert, chairman and CEO of Westell, called CSI a "great complement" to Westell's portfolio for site solutions and "an...
Editor's note:Â Â This is a compilation of Mobile World Congress 2014 news in the HetNet space, including small cells, Wi-Fi and distributed antenna systems (DAS). This list will be updated daily. Email khill@rcrwireless.com to have your release included.Â
NSN expands its Flexi Zone small cell line...
Nokia Solutions and Networks kicked off Mobile World Congress  with the introduction of new small cell solutions in its Flexi Zone line. Its newest small cell models support TDD-LTE and support for additional frequency bands, as well as Wi-Fi. NSN said that its new...
 ABI Research projects a 14% compound annual growth rate for the in-building wireless market in the next few years, increasing from a forecast $4.4 billion market in 2014 to more than $8 billion by 2019.
North America will dominate distributed antenna system investments. ABI pegged...
Fiber optic broadband provider Fibertech Networks said that it has activated what it believes is the first outdoor metro small cell site in the country.
Fibertech did not name the "wireless carrier carrying commercial traffic" who is using the site, but noted that it holds contracts...
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 Ruckus Wireless, Inc. is providing Wi-Fi products to the Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing Corp. USA facility in Lincoln, Neb. that includes the use of hundreds of mobile phones and iPads. The facility produces recreational and utility vehicles and includes more than 2 million square feet of...
 Global Wi-Fi sharing network company Fon has just completed a $14 million round of funding. Qualcomm Ventures, Qualcomm Inc.'s venture capital arm led the round; it is already a significant investor in Fon.
Fon said it is in the process of developing a new router...
Satellite broadband provider Hughes Network Systems LLC is partnering with Aruba Networks on a new managed Wi-Fi service for retailers which optimizes network traffic from the in-store wireless local area network (LAN) to the corporate wide-area network (WAN). The two companies said that the...
In-flight Wi-Fi provider Gogo Inc. has expanded its network to Canada, with its first phase of its air-to-ground network live now and the rest expected to be turned on in the first quarter.
The expansion will allow Gogo to offer in-flight Internet service on flights...
Verizon Wireless has turned on new network sites across California, boosting its 3G and LTE coverage in areas including Modesto, Contra Costa County, Sacramento, Fresno County, Gilroy, Alameda County, Santa Cruz, Sonoma County and San Jose, among others.
--SNS Research expects that heterogeneous network infrastructure...
AT&T has upgraded its wireless infrastructure at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C., home of the Carolina Panthers NFL team.
The venue, which seats more than 74,000 people, has more than 645 Wi-Fi access points as well as an in-stadium distributed antenna system that...
New York subway riders are getting free access to Boingo's Wi-Fi network this month, courtesy of Visit Phoenix's marketing campaign.
Passengers who want to connect a smartphone, tablet or laptop on the subway's Wi-Fi system are told that free Wi-Fi comes courtesy of the tourism...
Amdocs is moving into network-based solutions for small cells and Wi-Fi with the goal of helping service providers better monetize heterogeneous networks.
The company has launched its Amdocs Small Cell Solution, which provides automated technical design using network technology-specific building blocks, according to Amdocs, and...
China Mobile and Huawei have chosen software tools from U.K.-based Ranplan for designing and simulating in-building wireless.
Ranplan's iBuildNet will be used in Huawei's R&D center in Beijing, along with the Ranplan Radio Propagation Simulator (RRPS) for radio propagation and channel modeling. Huawei engineers will...
Real estate is said to be about three things: location, location and location. The same is true of radio access networks. Spectrum and heterogeneous networks are all about location.
SpiderCloud Wireless has launched an enterprise small cell that simultaneously offers both UMTS and LTE service. One of the limitations on small cells thus far has been that most offerings have been single mode, so carriers would have to roll out multiple small cell...
Boingo Wireless has tallied more DAS wins. The company was selected by the Memphis International Airport to design, build and manage the airport's first DAS. Boingo already provides Wi-Fi there and will soon offer tiered Wi-Fi services, including a free Wi-Fi option offset by advertising...
Aruba Networks announced two new deployments of next-generation Wi-Fi technology. The company said its 802.11ac equipment is being used at both Stony Brook University and the Australian Catholic Education Office in Sydney.
Aruba said the latter is one of the largest installations of 802.11ac to...
Enterasys Networks and PCM Inc. have launched a joint offering for cloud-managed wireless LANs, using Enterasys' Wi-Fi access points and OneFabric management system.
The PCM Cloud Wireless Service includes access point hardware, software capabilities, implementation and day-to-day management for one price, with optional hardware upgrades...
Research firm Mobile Experts expects to see rapid growth for distributed antenna systems, projecting that the number of DAS nodes will double between this year and 2016 and that more than half of DAS networks will include small cells and Wi-Fi by 2018.
"Multiple operators...
Boingo Wireless has agreed to acquire Advanced Wireless Group, which claims to be the second-largest airport Wi-Fi provider in the United States. Terms of the deal were not disclosed; it is expected to close by year end.
AWG provides public Wi-Fi access in 17 domestic airports,...
Sprint turned on Long Term Evolution service in 34 markets today, mostly in the South and Midwest. The markets included Oklahoma City; Amarillo, Tex.; Greenville, Miss.; Montgomery, Ala.; and Salem, Ore. A full list is available here.
The carrier now has 185 LTE markets around...
As part of a major renovation of New York's famous Empire State Building, the skyscraper is getting a new distributed antenna system from Extenet Systems Inc. that will provide better coverage for Verizon Wireless and Sprint customers up to the 102nd floor.
Extenet will design,...
