Network Infrastructure

LTE-Advanced service available in 976 cities across Japan Japanese telecom operator NTT DoCoMo’s “Premium 4G” service is currently available in 976 cities across Japan, according to a company presentation. The …

Washington, D.C., elected officials are considering empaneling a task force to explore provisioning of a public Wi-Fi network geared toward closing the so-called digital divide. Led by city council member …

Intel CEO Brian Krzanich, in a post to the company’s web site, laid out an internal transformation from a PC company to a cloud company poised to support the Internet …

Indoor coverage remains a major issue and Small Cell Forum reports that as many as 61% of enterprises have noticeably poor indoor coverage (I’m sure many of us can relate …

A conversation with Michael Campbell, Director of Service Assurance, EXFO Download a transcript of the interview and be the first to receive the report “Voice comes to the fore, again. VoLTE …

Broadband is changing. It runs at ultra-fast Gigabit speeds and is getting faster and stronger as more companies jump into the new space. Today the leader by far is AT&T …

Wi-Fi standards are focusing not only on faster and more efficient Wi-Fi (although that continues to be part of the standard’s evolution), but in expanding Wi-Fi’s use in different spectra …

Multi-user multiple input, multiple output, or MU-MIMO, is an advanced features for 802.11ac Wi-Fi, part of Wave 2 features that are in some cases, already on the market and will …

Top 5 smartphone makers, American Tower earnings, CWA vs. T-Mobile 1. In another good sign for the U.S. tower industry, American Tower beat Wall Street’s expectations with its first quarter …

With the advent of LTE-U and LAA, Wi-Fi may face radical change — or will it? RCR looks at the status of the Wi-Fi ecosystem and its near-term future, from …

I just returned from the well-organized and well-attended Wi-Fi Now conference in Washington, D.C. Topics at the three-day conference included enterprise applications, home security, innovations, leadership, carriers, spectrum, LTE-U, the “Uber-ization” of …

The hottest seats in the house at the Wi-Fi Now conference last week were those of the panel members debating the impact of LTE on Wi-Fi as the cellular system …

Add capacity with off-the-shelf hardware to maximize spectrum resources Spectrum is an inherently limiting factor to communications service providers; it’s expensive, there’s a finite amount available, and regulation mechanisms can …

With predictions of billions of new devices with wireless connectivity over the coming years, the “Internet of Things” is expected to have a major influence on multiple verticals and consumers’ …

Industry leaders discuss the importance of involvement in 5G standards process There’s a lot of industry excitement around 5G and associated use cases, but, as it stands, there’s still a …

VIENNA, Va.–Wi-Fi is enabling new market entrants and business models, and a wide range of businesses are capitalizing on unlicensed spectrum. A few of those approaches were highlighted at the …

A study revealed that only four markets have allocated more than 30% of the spectrum suggested by the ITU The lack of sufficient spectrum for the development of mobile services …

CFO discusses Verizon 5G, densification plans during earnings call Verizon CFO Fran Shammo, during a Q1 earnings call Thursday, discusses the carrier’s ambitious plans for commercializing 5G network technology. “We …

The concept of deploying LTE in unlicensed spectrum (LTE-U) has taken several forms including LAA, which requires an anchor deployed in licensed spectrum, LWA, which aggregates LTE and Wi-Fi, and …

New business units and changes in North America Ericsson reported another quarter of disappointing financial results and said that it will reorganize and change parts of its executive leadership team. …

While 5G is still in the process of standardization, the industry agrees that access to new, high-band spectrum, as well as millimeter wave beamforming and steering, will be fundamental aspects …

Goal is to commercially launch LTE-Advanced Pro in 2017 Swiss mobile telephony operator Swisscom has successfully tested LTE-Advanced Pro, reaching a peak connection speed of 1 Gbps. The trial was carried out …

VIENNA, Va.—Wi-Fi is one of the factors contributing to a major shift in the wireless market, one that may ultimately lead to disruption in network operation models and service providers’ …

4G LTE subscriber base reaches 5 million Indonesian telecoms operator Telkomsel announced its 4G LTE network currently reaches 100 cities across the country. The telco has already deployed more than …