LTE expansion is primary goal of investment
Spanish group Telefónica has announced two major investments in Peru and Argentina. The Telco confirmed that it will invest approximately $2 billion in 2015-17 to deploy telecom infrastructure throughout Peru.
During a visit to the country, César Alierta, Telefónica's president, reinforced...
NEW ORLEANS, La. – At DAS and Small Cell Congress 2015, Dali Wireless announced it will be charged with building out and upgrading the public safety communications network at the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.
Dali, a global provider of advanced all-digital RF routers, will provide the...
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This week on HetNet Happenings, RCR Wireless News Managing Editor Sean Kinney takes a look at news from the annual TM Forum Live telecom software exhibition held in Nice, France.
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The 40-member Public Safety Advisory Committee received its first formal update on the status of FirstNet pilot projects around the country in the ongoing effort to lay the groundwork for a national LTE network for public safety broadband.
The PSAC was formed to provide the...
Consumer demand for mobile data continues to overtake demand for voice capacity, a trend that places greater emphasis on data throughput. Operators must optimize data networks to maximize revenue opportunities and achieve Quality of Service (QoS) and Key Performance Indicator (KPI) benchmarks that will...
Germany’s telecom regulator, the Bundesnetzagentur, this week began the bidding process for spectrum licenses in the 700 MHz band, becoming the first European country to open up the spectrum band deemed ideal for broad LTE deployments. Also on the block are spectrum licenses in the 900...
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A conversation with Ziemowit Neyman, RAN Assistant Director, and Seppo Hämäläinen, RAN and SON Tools Assistant Director, Ooredoo
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LTE unlicensed is expected to use the 5 GHz spectrum more efficiently than Wi-Fi, but does the...
Three-year investment aims to increase connections and speed while cutting service costs
China’s State Council this week announced plans to boost Internet speeds nationwide, while also cutting costs, in a three-year program reportedly worth a staggering $182 billion.
In a policy statement, the State Council noted...
Largest private wireless company in the country deployed new revenue management platform
Mississippi-based communications service provider C Spire this week went live with a new billing platform designed by NetCracker Technology.
C Spire offers pre- and postpaid 2G, 3G and LTE service, along with 1 gigabit...
Nokia LTE network in a box
First responders and workers in the energy industry are the target users for Nokia's LTE network in a box, a compact macro cell for remote locations. The device combines the core network and the RAN in one box, creating...
Unlicensed spectrum is hugely valuable, and mobile operators are increasingly eager to leverage that spectrum. They started with Wi-Fi offload, and are now moving to LTE-Unlicensed and new ways to integrate Wi-Fi in their networks (carrier Wi-Fi, LWA). The Senza Fili report, “LTE unlicensed and...
Operator will continue 4G rollout through a combination of LTE-TDD and LTE-FDD
Indian mobile telephony operator Bharti Airtel has launched 4G LTE-FDD trials for its existing customers in Chennai and Mumbai.
During the trials, customers in these two cities can obtain a complimentary upgrade to Airtel...
Brazilian carriers Oi and NII Holdings posted losses for the first quarter of 2015. During a conference call about the results, Oi President Bayard Gontijo asked analysts and investors to trust the carrier’s reorganization plan and claimed Oi will return to profitability. The company has laid off thousands of employees, including some...
Private wireless infrastructure firm charges COO with small cell, DAS
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Privately held wireless infrastructure firm InSite Wireless Group on May 12 announced its acquisition for undisclosed consideration of Capital Tower.
Industry veteran Richard Grimes, former CEO and co-founder of Capital Tower, will become the COO of...
Operator plans LTE-A deployment, $600M investment in Philippines
Philippine operator Globe Telecom expects to more than double its current base of 4G LTE subscribers by the end of the year, Joel Agustin, Globe Telecom SVP and head of the service management division in the network technical...
Assessment of LAA-LTE market prospects, role of LAA-LTE in mobile networks, coexistence/competition with Wi-Fi, impact on small cells, traffic management across licensed/unlicensed channels (data and control plane; coordination of macro- and small-cell traffic), and backhaul implications.
What you will learn: This webinar will assess the...
Operator aims to achieve data transmission speeds of 750 Mbps
South Korean mobile operator LG Uplus has carried out the first demonstration of LTE in unlicensed spectrum in the country.
The telecom firm said that LTE-U technology, which works with the 5.8 GHz unlicensed spectrum, is...
A conversation with Puneet Sethi, Director of Product Management, Qualcomm Atheros Inc.
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Qualcomm Technologies was one of the initial proponents of LTE unlicensed, along with vendors such as Ericsson and operators such as Verizon Communications. LTE unlicensed...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YwnZ3kexpA
A conversation with Mike Schabel, VP of Small Cells, Alcatel-Lucent
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Densification of the network infrastructure with small cells and Wi-Fi is one path that Alcatel-Lucent has pursued over recent years. With the newly announced Wireless Unified...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tCbQnAsvwc
A conversation with Edgar Figueroa, President and CEO, Wi-Fi Alliance
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Wi-Fi Alliance has an unmatched experience in managing the coexistence of multiple networks in unlicensed spectrum. Certification ensures that multiple Wi-Fi devices meet standards requirements and behave...
In previous issues of RCR Wireless News, we discussed Near-Far and its effect on in-building DAS performance, which included details on uplink and downlink Near-Far. For more details, check out our recent editorial posts: “Effect on In-Building DAS Performance,” “Uplink Near-Far: Causing Degraded DAS...
LTE-A, VoLTE likely to hit Taiwan in 2016
Taiwan's main mobile telephony operators launched LTE services in May 2014, and by the end of the first quarter of 2015, nearly 90% of the territory had LTE coverage, according to tech consultancy firm IDC Taiwan senior...
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A conversation with Jim Miller, director radio standards, InterDigital
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With its focus on enhancing wireless technologies and expanding wireless access and usage, InterDigital has had a keen interest in the development of LTE unlicensed from the beginning, because the technology naturally fits within InterDigital’s core...
China Telecom gained 9.67 million LTE subscribers in Q1 of 2015
Chinese mobile telephony giant China Telecom announced that its 4G base reached 16.75 million subscribers by the end of March. That growth equates to a net addition of 9.67 million 4G LTE subscribers during...
