Network Infrastructure

Continuing to build out its global infrastructure, while leveraging hardware designs compiled via the Open Compute Project, Facebook announced it will break ground in October on its seventh data center. …

As Google stakes a claim to utility poles, union workers worry about job security AT&T is fighting to keep Google from changing the rules in cities targeted for Google Fiber, …

Apparently homeless people were hogging the tablets at LinkNYC kiosks to watch porn Due to “unexpected challenges,” managers of the LinkNYC project, which in eight months has installed some 400 …

Learn how to pinpoint uplink interference while reducing tower climbs and saving money Interference can make or break a cell site commissioning. From the macro tower layer to indoor small …

Densified networks are necessary to support increasing traffic loads with the current spectrum allowances. The webinar will assess multiple densification strategies: indoor vs. outdoor; public spaces vs. enterprise; small cells …

Ericsson said the new launch will help boost broadband coverage in underserved areas by decreasing total cost of ownership Swedish vendor Ericsson said it has unveiled a new set of solutions …

Apple and Cisco are making good on last year’s promise to team up in support of business mobility. With the release of Apple’s iOS 10 operating system, iPhones and iPads …

As new smartphone customers become harder to find in the U.S. mobile market, carriers are shifting their operational focus from growth in average revenue per user growth to churn management, …

Since its beginning, Black & Veatch has had close ties to the public sector. Engineers E.B. Black and N.T. Veatch had been in business for just two years when the …

As the company faces shareholder pressure and searches for a new CEO, Ericsson of late has made a number of major moves to bolster its growing pay-TV business line. Last …

Virgin Media recently completed the acquisition of Arquiva’s Wi-Fi business U.K. firm Virgin Media has reached an agreement to acquire infrastructure provider Arqiva’s Wi-Fi business. Arqiva Wi-Fi operates more than 31,000 …

Suddenly Google Fiber seems to be struggling in the marketplace. When it started several years ago they were a hot commodity. However, as other competitors like AT&T GigaPower are rapidly …

Asia leads in LTE subscriptions with a 57.7% share Global LTE subscriptions totaled 1.45 billion at the end of the second quarter of the year, after a net addition of 160.3 …

Open fiber network provider Chorus is expanding the reach of its wholesale broadband footprint with the goal of, “Making New Zealand a true ‘Giganation,” CEO Mark Ratcliffe said. Chorus owns …

New site deployments and the need for more RRU’s at the top of the tower can be costly as your network grows to meet capacity demands, so network sharing is …

Vendors focus on indoor coverage at Super Mobility Bolstering indoor cellular coverage economically continues to be a challenge for mobile operators, and a number of vendors launched new products aimed at …

Nokia introduced 33 new Flexi Zone Multiband and Mini Macro small cell variants Finnish vendor Nokia has announced the expansion of its Flexi Zone portfolio of small cell radios with new …

LPWAN leaders find partners for new modules, added security Ingenu, a low-power wide-area network provider, and u‑blox, a company that specializes in wireless and positioning of modules and chips, today announced a partnership …

FirstNet driving the networking big boom Network coverage for public safety communications and first responders has become a growing and critical focus for integrators, building owners and enterprise customers. The …

Major cloud customers include the U.K.’s Ministry of Defense and Aston Martin Microsoft has expanded its cloud offerings with the addition of Azure and Office 365 to data center locations …

The UK telco plans to offer LTE-Advanced services in the largest cities during 2017 U.K. mobile operator EE, part of the BT Group, said it has added a third carrier …

Are you able to easily manage your multi-vendor SIP network and quickly monetize new services? Over the past decade, a majority of the Service Providers have migrated away from TDM …

A conversation about DAS and Wi-Fi with James Hammond, Director of Information Technology, Carolina Panthers, and Kevin Schmonsees, CTO, Beam Wireless The below is only a summary. Download a transcript of …

It has been a big week for carrier aggregation. On Monday, Sprint discussed how three-channel carrier aggregation is active on 500 Chicago-area cell sites, followed by Verizon Wireless announcing that two- …

MyRepublic, TPG Telecom and airYotta submitted expressions of interest in mobile carrier license Three companies have submitted expressions of interest in participating in an upcoming spectrum auction to become Singapore’s …