Network Infrastructure

The Wi-Fi Alliance this week held a workshop to discuss the coexistence of Wi-Fi and LTE-Unlicensed technologies. LTE-U, or LTE in unlicensed spectrum, has already been tested by the chipmakers …

As data demands increase, so does energy consumption from high-density data and communications equipment on cell towers. This leads to the need for increased efficiency in power systems, especially in places …

Demo achieved download speeds of 1 Gbps HONG KONG – Mobile operator 3 Hong Kong, the mobile communications division of Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings, and Chinese ICT company Huawei …

Vendor said operators need to focus on user experience to compete with OTT players HONG KONG – In a keynote speech at Huawei’s Global Mobile Broadband Forum, Ryan Ding, president …

WASHINGTON – In today’s world, it is almost impossible to conduct any kind of business without an Internet connection. This reality has turned Wi-Fi into a major revenue stream for …

Huawei said telcos will need 500 megahertz of additional spectrum HONG KONG – Mobile telecom operators globally will need to double the number of base stations by 2020 in order to …

PCIA’s HetNet Expo brings together mobile operators, tower companies, equipment vendors, infrastructure service providers, legal experts and industry analysts. At this year’s show, it was clear that the distinction between …

DALLAS – Small Cells Americas, a 9-year-old event that takes place each fall in Dallas, highlighted a carrier Wi-Fi track on its agenda for the first time last year. This …

During the Wi-Fi Global Congress in San Jose, Calif., I had the pleasure to sit down with Paul Taylor, manager of business development & Wi-Fi services at United Arab Emirates …

DALLAS—Reliance Jio is looking to make a big splash in India with the deployment of the first all 4G LTE network. Earlier this year, the Indian telco announced it will …

HKT, Huawei claim demo reached peak download speed of 1.2 Gbps HONG KONG – Hong Kong Telecom and Chinese vendor Huawei said they successfully demonstrated the world’s first 1 gigabit-per-second …

A study compiled by the Small Cell Forum from three independent research bodies found that the enterprise small cell deployment market is entering a new phase in its evolution. The report, called …

Radio equipment at conventional cell sites is located at the base of the tower, transmitting RF signals via coax to antennas at the top of the tower. However, these coax-based …

Don’t buy spectrum, share the 3.5 GHz band DALLAS, Texas – Google’s principal wireless architect, Preston Marshall, on Monday laid out the benefits of sharing, not buying, access to the …

A conversation with Kashif Hussain, Solutions Marketing Manager, Viavi Solutions Download a transcript of the interview and be the first to receive the smart RAN report In our conversation with Kashif …

Small cells that can support more than one mobile operator have the potential to change the wireless landscape, particularly indoors. With more than one carrier tenant paying rent, small cells …

A conversation with Philip Sorrells, Vice President of Strategic Marketing, CommScope Download a transcript of the interview and be the first to receive the smart RAN report In this conversation on …

Deliveries commenced in Q1 2015, will continue during 2016 Nokia Networks and China Mobile announced a framework agreement for the provision of mobile communications equipment and services valued at more …

MIMO, LAA, carrier aggregation push growth A new study found small cell shipments doubled or even tripled in many categories in 2015, but one market segment grew by up to …

LOS ANGELES – On this episode of HetNet Happenings, Sean Kinney gets an overview of the 2015 HetNet Expo from PCIA President and CEO Jonathan Adelstein. Adelstein and Kinney take …

That growth comes between January and September; the telco ended September with 194 million subscribers China Telecom ended the third quarter with 43.7 million subscribers in the 4G LTE segment, …

4G fueling growth India is reportedly on its way to eclipsing 1 billion mobile subscribers. According to a report by Peter Evans, senior analyst Asia at BuddeComm, the world’s second …

1 Gbps fiber-to-the-home service expanding in cities with ‘entrepreneurial spirit’ Google Fiber, a subsidiary of Alphabet (remember that whole thing?) is now working with municipal leaders in Tampa and Jacksonville, …

LOS ANGELES – All four nationwide carriers are set to invest in small cells and distributed antenna systems next year, with the two largest carriers leading the way. That forecast …

Industry experts will discuss the evolution from 4G LTE to 5G mobile networks and more The telecommunications industry, now more than ever, is evolving. LTE networks are evolving to support …