Network Infrastructure

DALLAS – Airvana has developed a small cell system that it says can support multiple wireless operators. The company discussed its solution this week at Small Cells America, saying it …

Cisco talks QoS issues, virtualization potential The drive toward network simplicity continues to run up against the need for mobile operators to support two separate networks in order to handle …

Small Cells Americas is underway in Dallas, and Wi-Fi is a major theme at this year’s event. The show kicked off yesterday with a Wi-Fi monetization workshop, and today ABI …

A conversation with Mavenir Systems Inc. Chief Technology Officer Terry McCabe Q: How has VoLTE shifted the way mobile operators conduct business? How has it changed their role as service providers? TM: …

An Arizona-based company is working with major wireless infrastructure player Crown Castle to strengthen three Southern California towers using an innovative new product. QuakeWrap Inc. founder Mo Ehsani, professor emeritus …

American Tower is reportedly preparing to spend up to $1 billion to buy 51% of India’s Viom, a tower company controlled by Tata Teleservices. According to reports, American Tower wants …

 A shift to better subscriber experience and network utilization With the growth in mobile data, operators face more than an increase in the volume of traffic. The complexity of managing that …

American Tower has agreed to buy Bharti Airtel’s Nigerian towers for just over $1 billion. The holding company for Bharti Airtel’s African operations will sell 4,800 towers to American Tower …

AT&T turf vendor Velocitel has named a new CEO effective immediately. Former CEO James Estes, who will continue with Velocitel as chairman of the board, told employees late last week …

The rush to facilitate voice-over-Wi-Fi for service providers continues with a partnership that will place Genband’s evolved packet gateway in Nokia Networks’ mobile broadband portfolio. The solution will be integrated …

Denmark has overtaken South Korea as the most connected country on the planet and Ericsson has partnered with IBM to design a new phased-array antenna. The United Nations’ Information and …

The Next-Generation Mobile Networks Alliance has created a standard approach to reporting the specifications for base station antennas, and now companies that supported the development of the standard are trying …

5G standards are still undefined, but the companies involved in 5G research and standardization are already creating tools for next-generation networks. Today Ericsson said it is collaborating with IBM to …

The tower industry continues to offer excellent returns to companies that own and operate cell towers, but the tower construction business may be under some pressure. Crown Castle merges into …

I spent yesterday at Alcatel-Lucent/Bell Labs’ annual FutureX Days. This event showcases the topics the research teams are working on to a mix of customers, partners, press and university professors. …

FirstNet receives $7 billion funding FirstNet, you’re one of the first good things to come out of government funds in a while. To understand what FirstNet is, why it’s so …

DALLAS – Even as the wireless industry pushes forward with exploring “5G” technologies, there are a significant number of barriers and challenges going on with current deployments, including voice over …

The introduction of Carrier Aggregation in LTE Release 10 (LTE Advanced) allows network operators to dramatically improve throughput performance by combining multiple LTE downlink carriers from different frequency bands. In …

DALLAS – The LTE North America conference kicked off this week with a day focused on the role of antennas and network signaling in the function, performance and evolution of LTE …

Editor’s Note: Looking to bring a younger perspective to the mobile space, RCR Wireless News has tapped Jeff Hawn to provide insight into what’s on the minds of the tech-savvy …