Network Infrastructure

The Indian telco paid $526 million for the LTE airwaves Indian mobile telephony operator Bharti Airtel reached a deal to acquire spectrum in the 2.3 GHz band from rival telco …

The market for in-building wireless connectivity, supplied by both distributed antenna systems (DAS) and small cells, is red hot right now. But will the cost and business case associated with …

The market for in-building wireless connectivity is red hot with venue owners spending big on deployments for hotels, shopping malls, concert venues and more. In this DAS case study, learn …

KT aims to launch 5G trial services in 2018 Japanese company NEC Corporation and Korean telecoms carrier KT completed of a Proof of Concept (PoC) trial for a 5G wireless …

Wi-Fi use continues to boom, and the technology has established itself as a crucial part of connectivity in the home, the workplace, and in public spaces. Wi-Fi standards continue to …

Self-organizing network automation technology makes the planning, configuration, management, optimization and healing of mobile radio access networks simpler and faster. SON functionality and behavior has been defined and specified in …

Huawei to develop safe city solutions with government Huawei signed a strategic alliance with Malta to establish an innovation center in that country focused on safe city solutions including nationwide surveillance. …

Cloud-as-a-service trades capital hardware, software and licensing costs into an operating expense Faced with the ever-increasing need to cut costs and boost revenues, many enterprises are turning to digitalization strategies …

Vasona Networks raised $14.6 million to further edge computing R&D, drive QoE In a mobile data landscape dominated by video content, service providers are shifting KPIs to focus on end-user …

CEO Jeff Bezos attributes success to innovation and customer-obsessed approach Highlighting the increasing importance of cloud-based computing and attendant data center needs, Amazon Web Services hit $10 billion in annual …

Chinese ops accounted for 53% of ZTE overall revenue ZTE generated RMB 100.19 billion ($15.45 billion) in full-year 2015 operating revenues, climbing 23% year-over-year. In the Chinese market, ZTE reported operating …

Indoor digitalization driven by capacity demands, business models focused on owner ROI, value-added services Consumers are hungry for mobile data, particularly video content, and the demand for this type of …

Wi-Fi interoperability, enterprise sales and costs could slow small cell adoption The market for the coverage and capacity benefits of a small cell deployment are there, but enterprise adoption is …

Up to 15,000 Nokia employees could lose their jobs by 2018 A year after announcing plans to acquire Alcatel-Lucent, Nokia Networks is looking to save $1 billion in costs in part …

Wi-Fi is becoming almost as critical to business as power and telephony, and some young companies are even forgoing wired connections altogether in favor of “wireless-first” workplaces. Even in older, …

ZTE USA has been busy promoting the Golden State Warriors (one of 5 NBA teams the company sponsors), but the company’s Chinese parent company has had other priorities recently. After …

Looking to extend the reach of high-speed fiber Internet service, the city of Santa Cruz, California, along with a technology partner and the local Internet service provider Cruzio, is using …

Tech leaders agree self-organizing network technology will be key to managing complexity of next generation 5G mobile networks “5G” technology is envisioned as a network of networks, blending different types …

Brocade Communications has agreed to buy Ruckus Wireless in a deal worth $1.2 billion, which the companies say will create a “pure-play networking company.” The goal is to deliver products …

As low-power networks take off, what’s the place of Bluetooth? Invented by Ericsson in the early 1990s and initially standardized in 1999, most people associate Bluetooth with connectivity between a …

The Open Compute Project, as it continues to gain interest of telecom players, is bringing the innovation of white box servers in the hyperscale data center space to new markets. …

AUSTIN, Texas – The 2016 Energy Thought Summit, geared toward innovative approaches to energy management and sustainability, highlighted an important aspect of the growing smart city trend. Representatives from Austin …

Huawei hits revenue record, beating other key infrastructure vendors Huawei recorded CNY 395 billion ($60.8 billion) in 2015 revenues, climbing 37% year-on-year. Net profit for the year was reported at …

San Diego and Chula Vista leaders talk smart city tech AUSTIN, Texas – While the 2016 Energy Thought Summit is largely focused on using technology to drive innovation in the …

Sprint is set to complete the shutdown of its WiMAX network today, as service at sites in 10 states is discontinued. Sprint had originally planned on shutting down its WiMAX …