Network Infrastructure

With multiple wireless operators pursuing voice over Wi-Fi as well as the ongoing, often-heated debate over using LTE in unlicensed spectrum, 2016 will see the relationship between Wi-Fi and LTE …

Cloud providers Amazon.com, Facebook, Google and Microsoft are driving demand for white box servers The explosion in demand for streaming video content – to both homes and mobile devices – …

As RCR Wireless News prepared for its 2016 Analyst Predictions Day, the editorial team met with analyst Roger Entner of Recon Analytics and Chris Pearson of 4G Americas to hear …

Fiber-to-the-tower and fiber-to-the-home deployments require trained technicians In addition to moving indoors with a ramp up of small cell deployments, carriers are expanding 4G LTE mobile networks into rural parts …

A new study from WinterGreen Research predicts the small cell and femtocell markets combined will reach $5.98 billion by 2019. That would constitute tremendous growth from the $420 million the …

LTE networks to reach 75% of the population in 2021 Mobile subscriptions in Southeast Asia and Oceania will exceed 1 billion by the end of this year, representing approximately 14% …

China Mobile plans to deploy 300,000 base stations next year, expand VoLTE, carrier aggregation The world’s largest mobile operator China Mobile aims to reach 500 million LTE subscribers by the …

AT&T, Verizon, Level 3, Birch, Zayo all major players in U.S. fiber optic networks Fiber optic networks play a key role in the evolution of telecommunications services as the increasing …

Tewksbury, Massachusetts, USA – December 14, 2015 – Altiostar announces the general availability of its game-changing Virtualized RAN solution for the LTE and LTE-A market based on commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware …

Telecommunications is not the first thing that comes to most people’s minds when they think of 3M. The Maplewood, Minnesota-based manufacturing company made its name in the adhesive business, but it …

The latest and greatest in enterprise small cells, DAS/RAN integration and carrier 5G outlook were all on display at the recent LTE North America show. RCR Wireless News Managing Editor …

Frontier Communications will spend $160 million to settle a dispute with the state of West Virginia regarding allegations of false advertising and poor broadband performance. In a document produced by …

Orange, Ericsson, Sequans, LoRa and publicly traded Silver Spring Networks launch of Starfish makes waves in the “Internet of Things” space this week on IoT Innovation, sponsored by Anritsu and Telecomcareers. IoT …

FCC grants T-Mobile US permission to sell spectrum to Verizon The Federal Communications Commission rejected a complaint by SiriusXM claiming T-Mobile US was responsible for solving interference issues near its …

More and more, people throughout the world are relying on their smart devices to stay connected with friends, family and colleagues when they are traveling. Cellular roaming services have been …

Operators now have multiple technology options available when it comes to deploying in-building wireless services. Options include passive Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS), active DAS, Distributed Radio Systems (DRS) and Distributed …

If there is one technology that could be considered a wild card in 2016, it’s voice over LTE, with an undercard from voice over Wi-Fi. Mobile carriers and vendors have …

Outdoor small cells are a challenge for mobile operators. Nodes are often deployed to increase capacity in places where the network is struggling, but a spot that needs a small …

The First Responders Network Authority board unanimously approved the request for proposal giving broad outlines and direction for a nationwide, public-private LTE network for first responders. The FirstNet RFP is set to be …

The desire to optimize the mobile network is a no-brainer. Who could possibly not want to extract the best performance, the most revenues out of the existing, already deployed mobile network infrastructure? …

Matt Grob, EVP and CTO of Qualcomm Technologies, gives keynote at IEEE Globecom SAN DIEGO–Qualcomm EVP and CTO Matt Grob this week told attendees at the IEEE Globecom conference that …

Complementary coexistence or incongruous competitor? The making of mobile standards can be a convoluted business. There’s the pure technology aspect, but that’s often just the tip of the iceberg. Underneath …

French telecoms vendor Alcatel-Lucent announced the deployment of its 7950 XRS IP core router in the China Mobile national IP backbone network and metro networks. The equipment provider affirmed that …

RCR Wireless News talks with experts across the mobile ecosystem on key trends for the upcoming year, including the impact of new architectures and emerging technologies on networks and the …