Wireless networks are being asked to handle an increasing amount of traffic both from the growth in overall wireless services as well as growing consumer appetite for mobile data services. Further complicating the issue are tougher zoning regulations and requirements when attempting to install...
RCR Wireless News will take a look at the current state of tower and small cell technologies including fiber to the antenna, remote radio head, network densification, Wi-Fi 2.0 and related heterogeneous network integration. Wireless networks are being asked to handle an increasing amount of...
ABI Research says that business and residential femtocells will increase in unit volumes this year and next, due to demand driven by operators such as AT&T, Vodafone, Telefonica, Softbank and Sprint after "lackluster" years in 2011 and 2012.
ABI's latest forecast for the indoor small...
Microwave backhaul vendor DragonWave reported a net loss of about $6.6 million for the quarter ended May 31, its fiscal first quarter of 2014. That figure is roughly half of the $12.6 million loss in the same period during the prior year.
Revenues for the...
Has microwave backhaul for LTE and 3G networks run its course in the United States and internationally or will heterogenous networks and small cells create another surge in microwave backhaul demand? Join RCR Wireless News as we explore backhaul options available to mobile operators...
Has microwave backhaul for LTE and 3G networks run its course in the United States and internationally or will heterogenous networks and small cells create another surge in microwave backhaul demand? Join RCR Wireless News as we explore backhaul options available to mobile operators...
Time Warner Cable is expanding its Wi-Fi network in New York to up to 10,000 hotspots across the city by the end of this year, and offering temporary free access during Major League Baseball's All-Star Week.
The company said that it already has more than...
The Wi-Fi Alliance has begun its certification program for 802.11ac products, and said that more products with the certification will be available in the second half of the year.
The 802.11ac standard operates at 5 GHz vs. 2.4 GHz, and is expected to deliver speeds...
ABI Research released several recent reports on the Wi-Fi and in-building wireless space. The research firm estimated that Wi-Fi hotspots will reach a total of 6.3 million this year, from 4.9 million globally in 2012. That figure includes wireline and wireless carriers' hotspot networks,...
Some interesting news came out of last week's Small Cell Summit 2013: half a dozen companies have formed a small cell wireless backhaul ecosystem around Cisco's unified RAN backhaul offering, which is a vendor-neutral support for any access technology.
The companies include Blinq, DragonWave, Fastback...
Enterprise Wi-Fi provider Aruba Networks announced three customer wins: Oil States International; two hotels in Seattle; and the Fashion Institute of Technology's New York campus. In the case of FIT, which is part of the state university system, the coverage involves buildings with an...
LAS VEGAS – Verizon Wireless looks set to move aggressively into small cell deployments, announcing a deal with infrastructure powerhouses Ericsson and Alcatel-Lucent to add small cells to enhance the carrier’s LTE network.
The deal with Ericsson calls for the infrastructure provider to provide its...
Range Networks, which makes open-source cellular systems, announced that its equipment now integrates with operators' SS7-MAP core networks and supports 4G. The company, which targets rural and developing markets and private industrial networks with low-cost network equipment, has been collaborating with SS7Ware and said...
Third-generation and "4G" wireless networks are facing a severe capacity crunch caused by massive data demand created by smart phones and tablet devices. Deployment of macrocells will not solve the problem since most of the demand is generated indoors. Service providers are moving towards heterogeneous solutions...
The explosive growth in smartphones and the proliferating demand for mobile Internet and mobile video threatens to overwhelm current network infrastructure and leaves the industry at the cusp of a new frontier. A new kind of wireless network platform is needed that can handle...
Wi-Fi provider Boingo Wireless announced agreements to become the first international Wi-Fi provider at three major Chinese airports: Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (CAN), Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) and Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA). Boingo says it now provides Wi-Fi at four of the five busiest...
Time Warner Cable is expanding a free Wi-Fi network for its customers in Austin, Tex., and plans to add hundreds of additional hotspots this year, the company said.
The city-wide TWC Wi-Fi network is already available in some areas, the company said, and it will...
SAN DIEGO -- Sprint Nextel Corp. is working to deploy a network that will be multi-band and multi-mode, including both FDD and TDD flavors of LTE, according to Doug Alston, director of technology and strategy for the carrier.
Alston was speaking at the LTE Innovation...
Welcome to this week's news on Wi-Fi, DAS, and small cell deployments.
In macrocell news this week, CommScope and international telecom company Ooredoo said that they are partnering on a new design and production method for tower tops, producing what they believe is the industry's...
Welcome to this week's news on Wi-Fi, DAS, and small cell deployments.
Qualcomm has been named an official technology partner of Major League Baseball, and is partnering with the league's interactive media and Internet company to improve wireless coverage within MLB stadiums.
Qualcomm engineers will provide...
Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible, but...
Welcome to this week's roundup of HetNet news.
The city of Santa Clara, Calif., turned on free Wi-Fi service last week as part of an electrical grid project. Silicon Valley Power, the city's municipal electric utility, is providing Wi-Fi access as part of its SVP...
Wi-Fi access points from Ruckus Wireless Inc. have met test requirements from railway systems for commuter trains and subways stations and platform, according to the company.
Ruckus said that its ZoneFlex 7982 indoor and 7782 outdoor access points passed tests for shock and vibration and electromagnetic compatibility,...
Ruckus Wireless has had strong market share growth, according to a new report from Dell’Oro Group, and has the No. 2 market position in the service provider segment.
The report examined the indoor and outdoor wireless local area network market for the fourth quarter of...
