Study finds China Mobile accounted for 32% of total cellular IoT connections at the end of Q3 2017
Mobile operators in China had more than 46% of global IoT cellular connections at the end of the third quarter of 2017, according to a recent study...
Gigabit LTE creates a wireless fiber experience
Back in January, Telstra launched the world's first gigabit LTE network in partnership with Ericsson, Qualcomm and Netgear. Based off the LTE Advanced specification, gigabit LTE networks have three fundamental building blocks: 4x4 multiple-input, multiple-output, multi-channel carrier aggregation...
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AT&T buys FiberTower for millimeter wave
AT&T agreed to purchase FiberTower and its millimeter wave spectrum rights for an undisclosed...
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What is millimeter wave and how does it fit into 5G?
Millimeter wave spectrum is the band of spectrum between 30 GHz and 300...
IoT is an emerging technology currently in piloting and live implementation phase at a number of operators across the globe. IoT is expected to multiply the number of mobile connections in coming years, being one of the main growth initiatives for operators and network...
Vermont has already decided to opt in to AT&T's build-out of a nationwide public safety LTE network, but leaked documents from consultants' assessments of the First Responders Network Authority plans in Vermont have made some state officials fear that they could face a lawsuit...
The marketplace is only just beginning to realize how FirstNet it is a new and real growth opportunity for AT&T. What it does not yet understand is it is also a growth opportunity for other companies as well, like CNM Wireless and Siyata Mobile....
Governor Sununu says the state will pursue build-out with Rivada Networks
New Hampshire has become the first state to opt out of AT&T's nationwide build-out of a public safety LTE network for the First Responders Network Authority, as the Dec. 28th deadline approaches for all...
MAUI, Hawaii--Qualcomm's Snapdragon 835 mobile platform is a fundamental part of most smartphones. Now that same technology is coming to personal computers. At the Snapdragon Technology Summit, ASUS and HP announced new PCs billed as always-on--no waiting for the OS to kick-in; open the...
Russian telcos aims to deploy large 5G trials during the Fifa World Cup 2018
Ericsson and Russian telco Rostelecom announced they will carry out a 5G trial at the Hermitage Museum, in Saint Petersburg. The two companies said the trial is scheduled for the first half...
Managing the communication needs of IoT devices is a work in progress. There are a number of short-range and long-range wireless network protocols — Bluetooth, BLE, Zigbee and LoRaWAN, to name a few—that have their place but also have limitations, especially when it comes...
Managing the communication needs of IoT devices is a work in progress. There are a number of short-range and long-range wireless network protocols — Bluetooth, BLE, Zigbee and LoRaWAN, to name a few—that have their place but also have limitations, especially when it comes...
Improvements in MIMO technology support advanced mobile network capacity and 5G commercialization
MIMO (multiple input, multiple output) isn’t new technology. Early research on multi-channel transmission systems dates back to the 70s, with significant progress for cellular networks gaining traction in the 90s. However, the use...
This white paper explains how Sequans’ Single-SKU technology works through a design technique that eliminates the need for surface acoustic wave (SAW) filters in the radio front-end architecture of an LTE system, thereby enabling a single hardware design to work in any LTE band...
This white paper explains how Sequans’ Single-SKU technology works through a design technique that eliminates the need for surface acoustic wave (SAW) filters in the radio front-end architecture of an LTE system, thereby enabling a single hardware design to work in any LTE band...
Airports, subways, etc...a good fit for CBRS small cells
The 3.5 GHz Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) band is the subject of much attention in the telecom community. As the U.S. Federal Communications Commission works toward formalizing a three-tiered spectrum access systems to divvy up...
The role of wireless infrastructure in the enterprise has been steadily expanding since the introduction of Wi-Fi – so for about two decades. In some Asian countries, operators have deployed in-building infrastructure in the enterprise for a long time, driven by high indoor usage...
The gigabit LTE discrepancy hinges on market availability of carrier aggregation, 256 QAM and 4X4 MIMO
Last week at a media and analysts event in San Jose, Calif., T-Mobile US updated its gigabit LTE deployments. There are three primary elements of offering gigabit LTE: 4X4...
IoT is an emerging technology currently in piloting and live implementation phase at a number of operators across the globe. IoT is expected to multiply the number of mobile connections in coming years, being one of the main growth initiatives for operators and network...
Analysts see growth for equipment providers regardless of FCC decision
Companies from inside and outside the wireless industry are excited about the Federal Communications Commission's plan to make more spectrum available in the 3550-3700 MHz band. Citizens broadband radio service, or CBRS, could deliver the...
Gigabit LTE footprint extends to 920 markets; plans to deploy LAA
SAN JOSE, Calif.--In the race to boost capacity while optimizing usage of network resources, T-Mobile US today announced that it has deployed gigabit LTE technologies in 920 U.S. markets, which the operator says outpaces...
AT&T has more IoT devices on its wireless network than any other U.S. carrier, and the company sees partnerships as a key driver of its success. The carrier has leveraged its relationships with the world's biggest providers of cloud services to create new partnerships...
Understanding the end user quality of experience created by gigabit LTE
Built on technologies 4x4 MIMO, 256 QAM and multi-channel carrier aggregation including of unlicensed spectrum bands, 41 operators in 24 countries are in varying phases of testing and deploying gigabit LTE networks. In a...
On October 25, the ZTE Fixed Network User Conference was convened in Berlin, Germany during Broadband World Forum (BBWF) 2017. More than 20 operators from Europe and across the world attended the conference, where they discussed fixed network construction modes and shared their experience...
