Network Infrastructure

Hurricane Harvey leads to massive flooding, power outages; carriers offer free service in impacted areas As Houston continues to be deluged with rain, the four national wireless carriers are waiving …

The threat of cyber attacks Securing any sort of technology is an arduous undertaking, especially in a world of cyber threats. SAP reports more than 80% of all cyberattacks are …

The CBRS test used four-channel carrier aggregation Verizon and Ericsson today announced a joint test of a Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) small cell using four-channel carrier aggregation combining licensed …

5G fixed wireless access growth as a wireless alternative to last mile fiber 5G fixed wireless access is poised to be the first phase of commercial 5G deployments with major …

Government providing funds to operators to install new fiber optic infrastructure nationwide The Japanese government is already working to develop better fiber optic and other technologies to meet the future …

Q&A with director of Dell EMC’s Extreme Scale Infrastructure Unit on the network edge, telco’s real estate advantage compared to hyperscale players and more Jyeh Gan, director Dell EMC’s Extreme …

A two-year-old dog named Harley had eaten a large toy, resulting in a severe bowel obstruction that required surgery to save her life. Her owners couldn’t afford the entire cost …

Siklu provided gigabit millimeter wave equipment for project Looking for a lower-cost alternative to fiber to connect multi-tenant public housing units, as well as a nearby homeless shelter, in Cleveland …

Warriors4Wireless program equips veterans with skills and certification required for work in wireless telecommunications Among the 20.9 million veterans living in the U.S., about 450,000 are either unemployed or without …

According to the Pew Research Center, there are 5 million households with school-age kids that don’t have access to high speed internet. Couple that reality with the fact seven out …

AT&T leverages network to tackle causes customers care about AT&T is using its network to enable customers to take action on a number of social issues, from carbon emissions to …

Network provider Boingo Wireless has a charitable initiative called Boingo Cares that focuses on several causes including breast cancer awareness, support for troops and veterans and helping at-risk youth. Boingo …

Smart city initiatives and business development are goals of small cell outreach While some city’s take a combative posture toward wireless deployments for reasons ranging from community health concerns to …

The telco said it will cooperate with a number of partners from various industries in the 5G space China Telecom said it expects to trial 5G networks in six cities …

Nearly 25 years after the introduction of mobile phones, it is still disconcertingly familiar to see people leaning against a window, holding phones in the air or rushing around as …

Dense small cell networks seen as key to 5G While small cell technologies are being used to add capacity and coverage for LTE networks, scalable deployments have proven problematic given …

D-Link teams up with Pluribus Networks as part of open networking partnership In an effort to gain footing in the enterprise market, D-Link, a networking equipment manufacturing company based in …

AT&T this week expanded the reach of its home broadband services with a combination of new fiber deployment and leveraging G.fast to improve data speeds in multiple-dwelling units using existing …

Learn from iBwave how to minimize costs while delivering carrier-grade Wi-Fi Whether in large corporate campuses or public venues like stadiums and transportation hubs, Wi-Fi connectivity is required by enterprise …

Gigabit LTE trial completed in Antigua and Barbuda Network infrastructure vendor Ericsson and operator C&W Communications (C&W) announced the completion of a gigabit LTE trial on the Caribbean islands of …

A container renaissance? Data centers have a new found interest in containers these days. The technology provides an alternative way to host multiple processes on an individual console without using …

Versa Networks seeks to simplify branch management Versa Networks, a vendor in the SD-WAN and SD-security market, announced its new Software Defined Secure Branch (SD-Branch) managed service is now available …

Nokia-led 5G-MoNArch focused on 5G for vertical markets including automotive, healthcare and media Network slicing, seen as a key 5G enabler, partitions a single physical layer into multiple virtual networks. …

WiGig use cases include wireless docking and untethered VR The 802.11ad standard, also called WiGig due to its ability to deliver multi-gigabit throughput using unlicensed 60 GHz frequencies, has been …

Microsoft Just-In-Time Virtual Machines (VM) Access aims to thwart unauthorized access to virtual machines Microsoft recently debuted a new security tool called Just-In-Time VM Access in an effort to better …