MediaTek said it will need to obtan government permission to resume shipments to the Chinese vendor
Taiwanese chip maker MediaTek confirmed that it has suspended delivery of products to Chinese vendor ZTE, after Taiwanese authorities issued an order for all the country's companies to temporarily...
Nokia’s CEO Rajeev Suri said the vendor expects sales to be boosted by deals for large-scale 5G deployments in the U.S
Finnish vendor Nokia experienced a challenging first quarter due to lower sales in the North American region, which negatively impacted the vendor’s quarterly earnings....
Telenor calls enterprise in-building wireless a "top priority"
The middleprise is currently the white whale of the in-building wireless vendor market. Declining carrier spend puts the capex impetus onto venue owners who know they need in-building wireless, but might not be fully aware of the...
Mobile workforces present unique connectivity challenges when compared to a traditional office environment. Traveling along bumpy roads, traversing service areas, and powering devices using a vehicle battery are factors requiring special considerations and planning.
A total solution should take into account all aspects of virtual...
Chinese vendor says the restriction would also affect the interests of some U.S firms
Chinese vendor ZTE said that a U.S. ban on the sale of components and software to the company is unfair and threatens its survival but will also potentially affect the interests...
What drives the capacity beast? Traffic!
According to GSMA, 4G mobile connections surpassed one billion in 2015. Additionally, 3 billion LTE devices are expected to ship by 2020, doubling the quantity in 2017. Although 4G connections represented only 26% of mobile connections in 2016, they...
Department of Commerce says the ban on ZTE will last until March 2025
The U.S. Department of Commerce has banned American companies from selling telecommunications equipment to Chinese vendor ZTE after the firm allegedly did not live up to the terms of an agreement that...
Initial 5G trials will take place in Toronto and Ottawa, Rogers says
Canadian telecom operator Rogers Communications announced a multi-year initiative through which it aims to deploy 5G technology in partnership with Swedish vendor Ericsson.
Rogers' network plan includes the continued rollout of its gigabit LTE...
Enterprises in the Asia-Pacific region are forecast to deploy 1.67 million of small cell units this year
The Asia-Pacific (APAC) region accounted for 58.6% of all non-residential small cells deployments last year, according to the latest report by the Small Cell Forum. Last year, a...
Network densification remains one of the greatest challenges facing mobile operators as they look to implement 5G, add 4G capacity and increase user speeds. However, achieving massive densification requires a new approach to small cell deployments, from site acquisition to RF planning, integration with...
5G standards, spectrum and the continued investment in LTE
Ahead of the industry trade association's 5G New Horizons Wireless Symposium, set for May 16-17 in Austin, Texas, RCR Wireless News caught up with 5G Americas President Chris Pearson to get a preview of some of...
The Australian operator has recently deployed 50 4G small cells in the Melbourne area
Australian telecommunications operator Telstra announced plans to rollout small cells across the country in a move to boost capacity and speed in some of the country’s busiest locations, said Channa Seneviratne,...
UK carriers have paid £1.35 billion ($1.9bn) in the first stage of bidding for new 3.4 GHz radio spectrum, for use with 5G services, including high-bandwidth IoT-based concepts like autonomous driving. The new 3.4GHz allocation is the first bandwidth to be made available for...
While commercialization of 5G as early as later this year is a high priority for Tier 1 carriers like AT&T or Verizon, for rural carriers the next-generation of cellular is a little further out. But, when the time comes, commercialization can proceed more quickly...
Verizon said nearly 62% of all wireless deployments last year were small cells
Verizon Wireless announced plans to install small cells in Napa, California, during 2018 in a move to expand its current coverage in the region famous for its vineyards.
The telco said it has...
Private LTE is a major MulteFire opportunity
With the coming release of its 1.1 specification, the MulteFire Alliance has focused on the internet of things (IoT) as the market entry point for the emerging technology, which deploys LTE solely in unlicensed 5 GHz spectrum. Nokia...
Unlicensed networks, mostly based on LoRa and Sigfox, make up two-thirds of low-power wide-area (LPWA) networks today, according to a study of 100 LPWA networks by IoT research firm ON World. A third of the total network deployments are geared towards smart city applications,...
As 2G and 3G networks shut down, more and more IoT devices need to quickly migrate to next-G capability. Get ahead of impending network sunsets with a better understanding of what to plan for when migrating to 4G and beyond.
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Security and simplicity drive enterprise investment in the IoT
Although complexity and security have slowed adoption, taking advantage of the money-saving benefits enabled by the Internet of Things is top-of-mind for enterprise decision-makers. With the pending commercialization of standards-based 5G networks, support for secure, massively-scaled...
Boingo Wireless CTO provides an update on CBRS, MulteFire
Derek Peterson, chief technology officer of Boingo Wireless, sees unlicensed and shared spectrum as a major opportunity for the telecom industry. The combination of CBRS and MulteFire allows for new entrants into the cellular market and...
Boingo Wireless CTO provides an update on CBRS, MulteFire
Derek Peterson, chief technology officer of Boingo Wireless, sees unlicensed and shared spectrum as a major opportunity for the telecom industry. The combination of CBRS and MulteFire allows for new entrants into the cellular market and...
AT&T plans to add Band 14 to one-third of its cell sites this year
ORLANDO, Fla.--One year into the public-private partnership between AT&T and the First Responders Network Authority, the focus has significantly shifted from the years-long planning and outreach process gathering support for state...
CommScope's Morgan Kurk, EVP and COO, and Ben Cardwell, SVP of Mobility Solutions, sat down with RCR Wireless News during Mobile World Congress 2018 to share the company's perspective on the development of fixed wireless solutions that tap high capacity millimeter waves, as well...
ORLANDO, Fla.--FirstNet CEO Mike Poth missed last year's International Wireless Communications Expo because the First Responders Network Authority's 25-year contract with AT&T for a national public safety broadband network was in the process of initial execution. This year, he was on-stage giving a keynote...
