Network Infrastructure

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 …

Please join ABI Research and Corning for the 2015 Outlook for Indoor Wireless Technologies, which will include highlights of ABI Research’s study: “DAS Rises to the Small Cell Challenge.” During …

An estimated one in eight LTE operators have commercially launched TD-LTE networks, changing the landscape of antennas. “They have 65-degree multiband, multibeam antennas. We see those progressing to higher and higher …

•NTT DoCoMo is teaming up with China Mobile to offer customers traveling to China outbound roaming on the TD-LTE China Mobile network. DoCoMo customers will see speeds up to 150 …

Today’s DSRC technology will enable self-driving cars Just when you thought smart cars were a thing of the future, it turns out the future is already here. Cars that communicate …

With an eye on increasing customer retention, Spanish-based global telecommunications services provider Telefónica Global Technologies announced a deal with Hewlett-Packard to upgrade the company’s global telco cloud systems. The partnership …

Interference from both illegal and unintentional signals is a significant problem for mobile service providers, security services and government regulators. For wireless network operators, various issues such as dropped calls, …

Machine-to-machine provider Kore Wireless Group, fueled by a majority interest purchase by investment firm Abry Partners, announced an all-cash acquisition of M2M and “Internet of Things” services company Raco Wireless. Kore …

A quick wrap-up of global carrier news. • SK Telecom has developed and commercialized new technology that makes 2G and 3G services possible through the LTE network. Enhancing the stability of 2G/3G …

Fans of the Durham, N.C., Bulls Minor League Baseball team can now access fast, free cloud-based Wi-Fi in the park and the surrounding American Tobacco Historic District, according to a …