Network Infrastructure

Stadiums, cities, companies, colleges, hospitals and hotels are all clamoring for the best possible wireless coverage, creating more demand for investment than the carriers can meet. Carriers have to prioritize …

Comcast, AT&T and Google Fiber move on Southeast hub Cable and Internet provider Comcast announced it will begin offering residential multi-gigabit home Internet service for Atlanta-area customers beginning in May. …

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration is suspending the funding for the Los Angeles Regional Interoperable Communications System’s LTE project that utilizes 700 Mhz Band 14 spectrum, one of five …

The strengthening U.S. dollar will wipe out $20 billion in telecom capital expenditures during 2015, predicts a new Dell’Oro Group report. Global telecom operators invested heavily in their fiber and LTE networks …

Pilot of Project Ara set for Puerto Rico Google plans to launch its Project Ara, a modular, customizable smartphone platform, later this year in Puerto Rico, partnering with Ingram Micro …

If you’ve ever used hotel Wi-Fi, listen up. A major vulnerability discovered in hotel Wi-Fi devices could put your information at risk. The CVE-2015-0932 vulnerability has been discovered in a …

JMA Wireless upgrades distributed antenna system product line JMA Wireless upgraded its distributed antenna system portfolio to include multi-input, multi-output functionality, which serves to increase data throughput. The upgraded Omni-MIMO …

First cell tower death this year It has been reported that the first cell tower-related death of the year has taken place this week near San Angelo, Texas. Details are …

  Upgraded DAS, Wi-Fi Hot Zone, Luneburg Lens included in Final Four deployment College basketball diehards will descend on Indianapolis for the NCAA Men’s Final Four championship April 4-6, and …

Brooklyn 5G Summit set for April 8-10 ATLANTA – A major question floated by industry insiders at the recent Competitive Carrier Association Global Expo: What is 5G, and when will it …

Wireless networking vendors grew revenue, particularly from 802.11ac access points In a new market analysis report, Infonetics Research tallied some $5 billion in wireless local area networking gear sold in …

Cisco plans acquisition to speed up, expand services Data centers are constantly looking for ways to simplify application deployments and grow in the cloud. In an attempt to drive virtualization …

Corning has made a significant investment in its in-building wireless business by purchasing iBwave Solutions, creator of the leading software for designing, tracking and reporting on distributed antenna systems. iBwave …

When Nokia agreed to buy SAC Wireless last summer, the North American wireless infrastructure business was just beginning to show signs of a cyclical slowdown. In the six months since, …

Charter targets Bright House in deal to combine No. 4 and No. 6 cable providers Cable industry consolidation looks set to continue as Charter Communications announced plans to acquire Bright …

All four major U.S. carriers – AT&T Mobility, Verizon Wireless, Sprint and T-Mobile US – have filed letters with the federal government approving SureCall cell signal boosters for carrier-grade deployments. …

Acquisition brings InSite’s tower portfolio to more than 1,200 InSite Wireless Group on April 1 announced its acquisition of 294 communication tower sites from CTI Towers for an undisclosed price. …

Sales of some small cell units projected to double, triple this year As carriers move to densify metro networks as well as provide low-cost solutions for rural connectivity, analysts are …

Standalone cellular small cells had a slower ramp up than the initial industry hype indicated, but the technology is starting to gain momentum that is expected to continue. RCR Wireless News …

ATLANTA – Focused on enabling network operators to keep up with customer demand for mobile video, Ericsson is emphasizing its various solution platforms including LTE Broadcast and the Media Delivery …

ITC to look into Ericsson vs. Apple patent infringement The Ericsson vs. Apple battle escalated again with the agreement by the U.S. International Trade Commission to investigate Ericsson’s claims that …

New Alcatel-Lucent optical transport platforms for deployment in dense metros In the race to keep up with growing demand for data from enterprises and individuals, Alcatel-Lucent has created new optical …

Super Wi-Fi runs over unused TV white space Seattle Mayor Ed Murray announced Microsoft had installed a novel “super Wi-Fi system” at the popular Seattle Center that is said to provide …

Ericsson and SK Telecom plan 5G demo at 2018 Winter Olympics With commercial availability of 5G cellular networks projected for 2020 – the same year analysts expect there will be …

Crowd-sourced data said to provide T-Mobile US with more detailed maps Perhaps tired of being dinged for inferior network coverage compared to some of its rivals, T-Mobile US rolled out …