Network Infrastructure

For the enterprise, small cell or hybrid DAS/small cell makes more business sense, Johnson says Nick Johnson founded ip.access in 1999, and is now the chief technology officer of one …

New home is near one its biggest DAS installations SOLiD Americas has moved its U.S. headquarters from Silicon Valley to Plano, Texas in a move that puts the distributed antenna …

Lack of stability markets early NFV MANO deployments, analyst says Network functions virtualization (NFV) has made significant progress moving from lab tests to early deployments over the last few years, …

Hospitality Technology calls ubiquitous cellular, like what a DAS provides, one of the ‘mega-trends’ in the hotel business Christian Barb, senior vice president of global sales for DAS provider Zinwave, …

Dell report highlights how SDN is redefining human and machine relationship According to a recent Dell Technologies report, software-defined networking (SDN) is poised to play a pivotal role in future …

Nokia highlights interest from operators in the U.S. and Asia Finnish vendor Nokia has announced plans to implement early 5G specifications, enhancing its “5G First” portfolio with the 3GPP 5G …

Snapdragon X16 LTE modem powered mobile devices — including the Sony XZ Premium, the HTC U11, the Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+, and Motorola Z2 Force Edition — can maximize …

CNCF teams up with Packet to provide Lab to developers The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), a non-profit organization dedicated to the development of cloud native applications, announced today it …

Samsung, InterDigital, American Tower, H3C join MulteFire Alliance The MulteFire Alliance, which released its 1.0 specification earlier this year, is focusing efforts on its 1.1 specification to speak directly to …

Gigabit LTE test used Qualcomm chipset, Sony Xperia device The list of two dozen-plus global operators testing gigabit LTE services has a new entrant in Russian carrier MegaFon, which said …

Macquarie Telecom partners with VeloCloud to provide SD-WAN solution for Australian businesses Macquarie Telecom, an Australian telecommunications company, recently deployed a software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) service, which provides innovative …

In partnership with Qualcomm, ZTE and China Mobile hit 700 Mbps downlink in gigabit LTE testing While 5G promises to ultimately deliver multi-gigabit-per-second mobile throughput speeds, carriers around the world …

Los Angeles, Calif.-based Boingo Wireless is commonly associated with airport Wi-Fi, which it has been providing since 2001. And that’s OK, CEO David Hagan said on a recent episode of …

Virtual networks: a bullseye for hackers Virtualization of networks are on the rise as are cyber attacks. According to a report by FireEye and Mandiant, approximately 97% of organizations have …

 The fourth industrial revolution As artificial intelligence is deployed in the realm of customer service, telecom companies are showing increased interest in a number of these tools. Like previous industrial …

At this point, there are nine states and one territory that have signed-off on FirstNet plans States continue to opt-in into the national public safety LTE network that will be built …

Take a look at carrier trials that use LAA to push toward the theoretical limit of gigabit LTE As LTE networks continue to evolve toward 5G, the vital role of …

NFV growing pains Several operators are jumping on board the network functions virtualization (NFV) bandwagon. It promises to provide service providers with the speed and agility necessary to pump out …

Cisco purchases Viptela as part of SD-WAN strategy Cisco completed its $610 million acquisition of Viptela Inc., a privately held software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) company, Tuesday, hastening the company’s …

Verizon used four-channel carrier aggregation, including unlicensed spectrum, to approach theoretical limit of gigabit LTE Gigabit LTE is a hot topic, but, in live network deployments, peak speeds often top …

Microwave backhaul specialist DragonWave delisted from from TSX and NASDAQ; board of director resigns Once a significant player in the microwave backhaul space, Ottawa, Canada-based company DragonWave has effectively shutdown, …

 Packet seeks to provide developers an un-opinionated infrastructure Packet, a New York-based startup that specializes in bare metal infrastructure, recently launched its new edge compute service in 15 locations across …

4×4 MIMO + carrier aggregation + 256 QAM = gigabit LTE In what Peter Carson, senior director of marketing, Qualcomm Technologies, dubbed an international “speed race” (pun intended?), all four …

Marcelo Claure says merging Sprint with another wireless carrier offers “enormous” synergies From a potential tie-up with T-Mobile US to a consolidation with a broadband/pay TV provider like Charter Communications, …

  5G wireless technology has many hopes and promises associated with it, including delivering up to 10 Gbps of throughput per user with much denser networks and super-low latency speeds.  Although not …