Network Infrastructure

A conversation with Mike Schabel, VP of Small Cells, Alcatel-Lucent Download a transcript of the complete interview and the complete report. Densification of the network infrastructure with small cells and …

HetNet Happenings podcast: [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/204553032″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] On this episode of HetNet Happenings, RCR Wireless News Managing Editor Sean Kinney takes a look back at PCIA’s 2015 Wireless …

Wireless carriers have created heterogeneous networks to solve coverage and capacity problems in specific high-profile locations, but these solutions will be needed more broadly as demand for mobile data skyrockets. …

From SXSW to the Super Bowl, Fastback brings speed, simplicity, and more locale options to temporary backhaul. Major sporting matches, festivals and other crowded temporary events present significant, and expensive, …

Boingo VP: Carrier Wi-Fi offload important to future network experience U.K.-based research firm Infonetics Research reports that carrier spending on Wi-Fi equipment grew 23% in the second half of 2014 …

What is a small cell? The term small cell is used in many contexts. Some infrastructure providers use it to describe anything that is not clearly a tower or macro …

Alright, alright, alright: Restoration will ensure youths can party at the moon tower for years to come Enertech Resources specializes in telecom tower site development and construction, but its crews …

A conversation with Edgar Figueroa, President and CEO, Wi-Fi Alliance Download a transcript of the complete interview and the complete report. Wi-Fi Alliance has an unmatched experience in managing the …

Shift pays off for Alcatel-Lucent Alcatel-Lucent, which is set to be acquired by rival Nokia, beat its own estimates with its first quarter earnings report. The company’s Shift Plan, meant …

FlexWave DAS host unit from TE Connectivity achieves NEBS compliance Technology solutions firm TE Connectivity announced that its FlexWave distributed antenna system host unit has received certification for carrier-grade network …

In previous issues of RCR Wireless News, we discussed Near-Far and its effect on in-building DAS performance, which included details on uplink and downlink Near-Far. For more details, check out …

LTE-A, VoLTE likely to hit Taiwan in 2016 Taiwan’s main mobile telephony operators launched LTE services in May 2014, and by the end of the first quarter of 2015, nearly …

Tapping telecom to tackle crime, public safety In São Paulo, Brazil, telecom infrastructure giant Ericsson is helping emergency responders shave off precious seconds of response time. Combined with smart city …

Comcast, AT&T and Google all deploying fiber-to-the-home networks North Carolina’s Research Triangle is among the latest battlegrounds as network operators compete to offer ultra-high-speed, fiber-based Internet service to consumers. The …

Balancing act of consumer needs and return on network investment Marc Patterson, VP of product for Boingo Wireless, told RCR Wireless News that public Wi-Fi as a service is undergoing …

T-Mobile US DAS comments from PCIA Wireless Infrastructure Show 2015 Hetnet panel HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – Alan Tantillo, national director for development and siting policy at T-Mobile US, participated in a heterogeneous …

The goal is to let clients monetize Wi-Fi and meet carrier demand for Wi-Fi and cellular offload To ease the struggle of finding Wi-Fi hotspots to support the always on …

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – Anyone who thinks a slowdown in carrier spending is threatening the health of the infrastructure industry was not at PCIA’s Wireless Infrastructure Show this week. Record attendance …

Public Wi-Fi part of Tel Aviv’s ranking as ‘World’s Smartest City’ Tel Aviv, Israel, has a robust public Wi-Fi network that’s free to use and popular among tourists. Data collected …

A conversation with Jim Miller, director radio standards, InterDigital Download a transcript of the complete interview and the complete report. With its focus on enhancing wireless technologies and expanding wireless access and usage, InterDigital has had a keen interest …

Crown Castle CEO Ben Moreland likes to call fiber “the horizontal tower” and this week he announced plans to broaden the tower company’s fiber reach with the $1 billion purchase …

 China Telecom gained 9.67 million LTE subscribers in Q1 of 2015 Chinese mobile telephony giant China Telecom announced that its 4G base reached 16.75 million subscribers by the end of …

NTT DoCoMo looks to Premium 4G offering Japanese mobile telephony operator NTT DoCoMo said it expects to invest a total of $5.3 billion during its fiscal year 2015, ending March 31, …

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – Making the small cell business model work was the topic of a well-attended panel this year at PCIA’s Wireless Infrastructure Show. Analyst Iain Gillott of iGR Research …

The First Responders Network Authority board has issued a draft request for proposal outlining significant details of potential plans for the national LTE network for public safety that it has …