In-building DAS deployments to increase
A new report from telecommunications industry analysis firm IGR projects distributed antenna system spending will reach nearly $30 billion by 2018.
A DAS is a type of small cell that is primarily deployed to increase coverage and capacity in large indoor...
SK Telecom rolls out tri-band LTE-A service
SK Telecom claims it has commercialized the first tri-band LTE-Advanced service. The company made the announcement Sunday, noting that the service is in an effort to develop so-called "5G" networks.
The tri-band LTE-A service is designed to allow users...
Amazon rainforest to join 4G LTE lineup
Telecom giant Ericsson is working with Telefonica’s subsidiary in Peru to connect schools, health care centers and other rural parts of the Amazon rainforest to a LTE network.
The two companies tout the project as a first-of-its-kind for Latin...
Claudia Bacco, Managing Director – EMEA for RCR Wireless News, has spent her entire career in telecom, IT and security. Having experience as an operator, software and hardware vendor and as a well-known industry analyst, she has many opinions on the market. She’ll be sharing...
Claudia Bacco, Managing Director – EMEA for RCR Wireless News, has spent her entire career in telecom, IT and security. Having experience as an operator, software and hardware vendor and as a well-known industry analyst, she has many opinions on the market. She’ll be...
4G Americas look back, ahead
Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News over the next two weeks will begin to look back at 2014 and ahead to 2015. This will include retrospective columns and “best-of” lists looking back over the past 12 months, as well as 2015...
AUSTIN, Texas – As connected cars fuel the next evolution in the "Internet of Things," what was once a simple means of transportation is now ready to connect like never before.
In 2015, General Motors and AT&T are teaming up to provide this connection by...
Carrier claims VoLTE coverage across 17 states
AT&T Mobility re-invigorated its voice over LTE position, updating its deployment plans that should see the carrier attain equal footing with rivals in the VoLTE race.
The carrier said it’s supporting VoLTE calls across parts of 17 states and...
Carrier aggregation helps Nokia Networks, Ooredoo Qatar, China Mobile achieve 4.1 Gbps speed
China Mobile and Nokia Networks, along with Ooredoo Qatar have announced a new LTE-A speed record with carrier aggregation. The three companies said they reached 4.1 Gbps per second over the hybrid TD-FDD LTE...
A conversation with Mavenir Systems Inc. Chief Technology Officer Terry McCabe
Q: How has VoLTE shifted the way mobile operators conduct business? How has it changed their role as service providers?
TM: In today’s competitive mobile marketplace, it has become more crucial than ever for the traditional service providers...
NTT DoCoMo promotes LTE speeds with shrimp cannon
Japan's NTT DoCoMo is promoting the speed of its LTE network by frying shrimp. The video advertisement shows shrimp flying through cannons and open flames. The shrimp is "cooked" in 3 seconds. The cooking demonstration and advertisement...
Denmark has overtaken South Korea as the most connected country on the planet and Ericsson has partnered with IBM to design a new phased-array antenna.
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The United Nations' Information and Communication Technology Task Force on Nov. 24 released its most recent development index ranking 166...
I spent yesterday at Alcatel-Lucent/Bell Labs' annual FutureX Days. This event showcases the topics the research teams are working on to a mix of customers, partners, press and university professors. The top executives of the organization also share their strategic direction. I have to...
The introduction of Carrier Aggregation in LTE Release 10 (LTE Advanced) allows network operators to dramatically improve throughput performance by combining multiple LTE downlink carriers from different frequency bands.
In this webinar, Rohde & Schwarz will present a technical overview of carrier aggregation and...
DALLAS – Antennas and network signaling in LTE were the highlighted topics as the LTE North America conference got underway this week, underscoring the complexity of the LTE network and its continuing evolution.
Michael Thelander, CEO of Signals Research Group, presented some of his company's data...
DALLAS – The LTE North America conference kicked off this week with a day focused on the role of antennas and network signaling in the function, performance and evolution of LTE networks.
Emil Olbrich, VP of network technologies for Signals Research Group, moderated the latter discussions...
•NTT DoCoMo is teaming up with China Mobile to offer customers traveling to China outbound roaming on the TD-LTE China Mobile network. DoCoMo customers will see speeds up to 150 megabits per second on the LTE network. The company also is planning to partner with other...
Interference from both illegal and unintentional signals is a significant problem for mobile service providers, security services and government regulators. For wireless network operators, various issues such as dropped calls, blocked calls and degraded data throughput often result from interference signals. New ways are...
A quick wrap-up of global carrier news.
• SK Telecom has developed and commercialized new technology that makes 2G and 3G services possible through the LTE network. Enhancing the stability of 2G/3G mobile networks, "2G/3G over LTE" uses the LTE network instead of a fixed-line 2G/3G infrastructure. SK Telecom...
Nokia Networks and Hewlett-Packard this week announced a partnership to provide a telecommunications-focused cloud with network function virtualization designed to help mobile operators become more competitive in the market.
The new initiative is based on a combination of Nokia Network’s virtualized network functions, which allow...
As mobile networks become more heterogeneous in order to support ever-increasing indoor and outdoor capacity needs, testing must take into consideration operators' infrastructure choices. In advanced wireless networks, that can include LTE macro sites, indoor or outdoor small cells, and distributed antenna systems (iDAS...
As mobile networks become more heterogeneous in order to support ever-increasing indoor and outdoor capacity needs, testing must take into consideration operators' infrastructure choices. In advanced wireless networks, that can include LTE macro sites, indoor or outdoor small cells, and distributed antenna systems (iDAS...
Cellular base station installations are changing from the traditional ground or cabinet based radio installations to remote radio head, fiber to the antenna and small cell installations where the radios are installed close to the antennas or the antennas are integral to the radios...
Nokia Networks and Saudi Arabia-based Mobily on Nov. 5 announced a continuation of their partnership, which includes managed services and expansion of the telecom operator’s 2G, 3G and LTE mobile networks.
Nokia and Mobily have been in business together for the past three years and,...
