Network Infrastructure

Some tower crews are idle now, but the FCC is looking ahead The timing of the next spectrum auction may partially depend on the availability of tower crews, according to …

AT&T, Comcast and Google compete on metro-fiber Internet connectivity Today AT&T began offering its GigaPower high-speed home and business Internet service package, continuing its competition with Comcast and Google. AT&T …

An Indian parliamentary panel is asking the country’s Environment Ministry to comprehensively look into the effects of cell tower radiation on humans and animals, saying it is of “great concern.” …

Operator will continue 4G rollout through a combination of LTE-TDD and LTE-FDD Indian mobile telephony operator Bharti Airtel has launched 4G LTE-FDD trials for its existing customers in Chennai and …

Comcast could be the next cable operator to experiment with a new wireless service. Cablevision has pioneered the concept on the East Coast with its Freewheel service, offering unlimited voice, …

HetNet Happenings is brought to you by CommScope. Listen to the HetNet Happenings podcast: [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/205643026″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] This week on HetNet Happenings, RCR Wireless News Managing Editor …

Carriers must reinvent to keep competitive edge We all focus on the details about growing our business, stomping on our competition and winning going forward. However, we don’t often stop, pull …

Cell towers that stalk? Anyone who reads this weekly segment with regularity knows how contentious an issue tower placement is. This week Verizon is back at it again causing a family in …

NoaNet works to restore service to residents and public agencies A network outage in Washington state earlier this week derailed student standardized testing, crippled municipal election and filing systems, and …

New CEO named, will take over top spot on July 26 Networking giant Cisco on May 13 reported $12.1 billion in third-quarter earnings, which represents a year-over-year increase of 5%. …

Crown Castle said today that it has agreed to sell its 1,800 Australian towers to a consortium of investors led by Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets. The sale price is …

Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure may be getting a lesson in small cells. Claure said goodbye to his wife and newborn baby after Mother’s Day to head for Japan, where he …

From the classroom to the football stadium, JMA Wireless has your college covered College campuses and universities present a unique set of challenges for network operators with capacity and coverage …

Brazilian carriers Oi and NII Holdings posted losses for the first quarter of 2015. During a conference call about the results, Oi President Bayard Gontijo asked analysts and investors to trust the carrier’s reorganization …

Private wireless infrastructure firm charges COO with small cell, DAS [Updated 5/19/2015 with video interview] Privately held wireless infrastructure firm InSite Wireless Group on May 12 announced its acquisition for …

Combines wireless and fiber-based backhaul WASHINGTON – Cambridge Broadband Networks Limited, headquartered in the U.K., has successfully established its VectaStar licensed point-to-multipoint across 42 countries for backhaul and enterprise access …

Operator plans LTE-A deployment, $600M investment in Philippines Philippine operator Globe Telecom expects to more than double its current base of 4G LTE subscribers by the end of the year, Joel …

Assessment of LAA-LTE market prospects, role of LAA-LTE in mobile networks, coexistence/competition with Wi-Fi, impact on small cells, traffic management across licensed/unlicensed channels (data and control plane; coordination of macro- …

Wi-Fi access points are multiplying like bunnies as enterprises rely on them to keep employees and customers connected, carriers count on them to offload traffic, and consumers look for them …

Carriers need access to more fiber to comply with FCC’s net neutrality decision Following in chief competitor Verizon Communications’ footsteps, AT&T on May 10 announced an interconnection agreement that will …

Operator aims to achieve data transmission speeds of 750 Mbps South Korean mobile operator LG Uplus has carried out the first demonstration of LTE in unlicensed spectrum in the country. …

HP NFV System provides a pre-integrated solution for carrier-grade NFV production deployments As communications service providers (CSPs) look to move network functions virtualization (NFV) from proof-of-concept to deployment, HP is …

  A conversation with Puneet Sethi, Director of Product Management, Qualcomm Atheros Inc. Download a transcript of the complete interview and the complete report. Qualcomm Technologies was one of the initial …

Partners with mobile operator Safaricom to enhance 3G services Networking equipment and services provider Ericsson has signed a multiyear deal with Safaricom, the largest mobile operator in Kenya, to expand …

Freestanding cell towers now need to withstand an earthquake and keep working Los Angeles city leaders last week took steps to ensure that area cell towers are prepared to not …