Network Infrastructure

Digital Bridge, the communications infrastructure company founded by tower investor Marc Ganzi, has bought a Texas company that owns and operates data centers. DataBank, formerly owned by a private equity …

Vodafone selects Ericsson for network upgrade in the Czech Republic Vodafone selected Swedish vendor Ericsson to upgrade its network infrastructure in the Czech Republic. The upgrade is said to allow …

Small cells will benefit many companies, but some winners are easier to predict than others Small cell deployments in dense urban environments have progressed more slowly than many carriers and …

Steps to becoming a telecommunications engineer With “5G” standards in the works and an estimated 20.8 billion connected “internet of things” devices in use by 2020, telecommunications engineers have never been needed …

Background The telecommunications industry is the backbone of today’s mobile landscape, deploying voice, data, graphics and video at ever-increasing speeds and in a growing number of ways. Wireline telephone communication was …

RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazilian Elly Resende is leading the orchestration of all information technology and communication infrastructure providers for the 2016 Rio Olympics and Paralympics. Less than a month …

5G: The next generation of mobile The goal is for next generation mobile standards related to “5G” technology to be ready by 2020. That’s the deadline for when the International …

The two firms aim to launch FDD-LTE three-component carrier aggregation in Moscow Nokia and Russian mobile operator MTS said they have deployed FDD-TDD carrier aggregation technology on MTS’s commercial LTE …

Operating income falls 22% A tough year is getting tougher for Ericsson, according to CEO Hans Vestberg. Today, Vestberg told investors the negative trends that hurt financial performance during the …

After Swedish media outlet Svenska Dagbladet reported accusations that Ericsson was inflating revenue figures by recording income before billing clients, the telecom equipment vendor’s stock lost more than 5% of its …

Small cell regulations review Section 6409(a) application contents and processing Under the Section 6409(a) Rules, localities that process eligible facility request applications may not require applicants to provide any information beyond …

In a new report, researchers from Nerd Wallet ranked the top mobile-friendly cities in the U.S. based on criteria including carrier performance, availability of in-person customer service, crime risk and …

OSS Interoperability Initiative geared toward simplifying deployment and management Three global ICT powerhouses – Huawei, Ericsson and Nokia – renewed and updated the joint OSS Interoperability Initiative initially agreed to in …

What is an IoT (LPWAN) network? An “internet of things” network is a low-power, wide-area network designed for machine-to-machine applications. These networks purposefully transfer data at low speeds in order …

The need for a smart highway Traffic jams do not benefit anyone. According to Cisco, for every minute spent clearing an accident from a road, there is a four-minute delay to …

Verizon CDMA network shutdown is set to happen by Dec. 31, 2019 According to reports, Verizon Wireless plans to shut down its 2G CDMA network by the end of 2019; …

5G demo slated for 15 GHz range Ericsson, in a recent filing with the Federal Communications Commission, is seeking special temporary authority to conduct a “5G” demo for T-Mobile US …

Drones are already in use for cell tower inspections, next step could be drones as small cells AT&T has been testing potential drone applications for a year now, and this …

This webinar presents an overview of tower technology and tower investment trends, followed by a discussion of drone usage on cell towers and fiber testing. Three of the four major …

This report highlights the types of tower technology amendments that carriers foresee in the months ahead and ways that the tower companies can support the carriers as networks evolve. Carrier …

Initially geared toward the consumer market, Google Fiber is now targeting small business customers with internet service plans topping out at 1 gigabit per second. In a post to the …

Gap Wireless, a leading stocking distributor of mobile wireless solutions, has added industry-leading drones, sensors, software and UAV support services to its roster of available products and solutions. The solutions …

Federal leaders outline ‘must dos’ for smart city success Innovation is taking place at the local level. Across the U.S., cities are striving to become “smart cities,” which in its …

What is Domain 2.0? Domain 2.0 is an initiative from AT&T to transform its network and infrastructure into a system that resembles cloud computing services. In order to do so, …

Using Cat M-1 standard, AT&T looks to cut costs, extend battery for internet of things deployments Looking to run internet of things traffic on its LTE network, AT&T will begin …