Network Infrastructure

Pictures of Always Dreaming, the winner of the 2017 Kentucky Derby race, were spread across social media sites by the 263,000 fans on hand at Churchill Downs. In fact, based …

Wi-Fi carries a significant portion of enterprise and consume data traffic and increasingly, voice. Mobile operators are increasingly looking to unlicensed spectrum to supplement their licensed holdings to boost performance …

Wi-Fi carries a significant portion of enterprise and consume data traffic and increasingly, voice. Mobile operators are increasingly looking to unlicensed spectrum to supplement their licensed holdings to boost performance …

Greatest access to gigabit networks is in the United States, Singapore and South Korea A new report tracking the progress and availability of gigabit broadband deployments shows there was a …

The broad in-building wireless market, including small cell vendors, is increasingly targeting sales to the enterprise market as a way to solve for current coverage and capacity problems, as well …

Data traffic is expected to grow sevenfold by 2021 according to the latest Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI) report, driven by the continued increase in the number of smartphone users, …

CWDM and DWDM are two acronyms that mobile operators are hearing a lot as they densify their networks with small cells. CWDM is coarse wave division multiplexing and DWDM is …

Supplier deal follows on billion-dollar Corning purchase Verizon Communications continued its steady diet of fiber with a new supplier arrangement with Prysmian Group, under which Prysmian will supply more than …

Scroll down to view white paper One of the hottest topics in the Land Mobile Radio (LMR) industry today is the use of private Long Term Evolution (LTE). Although there …

Reader Forum Eighty percent of cellular connections originate indoors, but most enterprise users complain about spotty service in their offices, and they typically blame their company or the building owner …

In this video, learn how to overcome building structure, low emissivity glass, adjacent buildings and other RF barriers that can adversely affect in-building wireless systems.

Wave division multiplexing is a way for service providers to increase the capacity of fiber optic networks without adding new fiber. This is done by combining optical signals of different …

Fiber is the backbone of many wireless networks, and in recent years it has also made its way into the radio access networks. One of the biggest developments in the …

Ericsson and Etisalat, Nokia and KT test mobile 5G While major operators are devoting significant time and resources to testing fixed wireless 5G systems, T-Mobile made waves this week by …

5G NR standardization The telecom industry is very excited to deliver commercial 5G services ranging from immersive virtual and augmented reality to remote industrial control that are supported by ultra …

C-RAN is a mobile network architecture that is expected to be a cornerstone of 5G, and C-RAN and fronthaul go hand-in-hand. That’s because C-RAN separates two elements of the radio …

In the U.S. Nokia has asked the FCC for permission to use experimental equipment in millimeter spectrum As carrier spending for LTE network infrastructure slows, infrastructure vendors are eagerly awaiting …

5G wireless networks are going to usher in a new age of higher data rates, Industry 4.0, IoT devices, and driverless cars. To support the millions of devices invading our …

The network vendors will be involved in 5G deployment, which will include tapping T-Mobile’s 600 MHz spectrum With T-Mobile eyeing a 2020 nationwide 5G network launch with its 600 MHz …

Interoperability, architecture and framework for Wi-Fi roaming The global mobile workforce is set to increase from 1.3 billion in 2014, accounting for 37.4% of the global workforce, to 1.75 billion …

Learn how ip.access and Baicells are addressing the need for multi-carrier small cells Providing ubiquitous cellular coverage and capacity inside buildings is a big challenge the vendor community is working …

  The First Responders Network Authority recently made its long-awaited contract award, and AT&T will build the new, nationwide Band 14 LTE network for public safety. FirstNet has laid out …

CTO Neville Ray says T-Mobile plans nationwide 5G coverage for 2020 using 600 MHz spectrum T-Mobile, in usual fashion, is blasting its competitors’ 5G efforts, while making big promises of …

While the nature of distributed antenna system (DAS) deployments is changing to incorporate Wi-Fi, small cells, IPTV, internet of things and other systems dependent on connectivity, DAS remains a go-to …

After hanging in limbo over a bidding dispute, we’re now one month into the public-private partnership between AT&T and FirstNet that will see the U.S. carrier spend more than $40 …