High-tech communications entrepreneur Brian Hinman is out to "revolutionize the wireless service provider industry” with his newest startup, Mimosa Networks. Mimosa is working to create Wi-Fi hardware that can offer connectivity over long distances and can compete with fiber on both price and performance. The...
Distributed antenna systems provide connectivity behind the scenes, out of sight, even underground in some cases, and at times they have been as hard to find in corporate financial results as they are in some of the venues where they're deployed. But that's starting to change....
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Cost cuts and restructuring are paying off for Europe's major wireless infrastructure vendors, all of whom saw significant margin improvement in the second quarter. Alcatel-Lucent, which has cut costs as part of its Project Shift initiative, said that...
EMEA in Perspective is a Monday column focused on the identification of regional trends and outcomes of the prior week’s news. Claudia Bacco, Managing Director – EMEA, has spent her entire career in telecom, IT and Security. Having experience at an operator, software and...
Samsung's network infrastructure business gets some of the blame for the company's slide in sales and operating profit during the second quarter. The company cited its domestic market as well as overseas customers for a decrease in LTE investment, which Samsung attributed to "low...
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OSHA directive on hoisting
In a new step towards safer practices on tower work sites, the Occupational Safety & Health Administration has issued a new directive that...
Editor's Note: The ability to test network and device features and functions is an important piece of technology development and deployment. RCR Wireless News looks weekly at the test and measurement space to see what's afoot.
--Agilent Technologies' electronic test and measurement segment has officially begun...
Alcatel-Lucent (ALU), which announced its “Shift Plan” a year ago, is now looking to shift some of its submarine cable business. When the Paris-based telecom equipment company released its 2014 second quarter results, it announced a planned initial public offering for the subsidiary scheduled...
Liam Maxwell, VP of products for Oracle Communications, spoke with RCR Wireless about how the transition from single-service providers to bundled offerings has affected customer relationship management, BSS and OSS, and Oracle's place in the ecosystme.
"One of the biggest problems that communications service providers have...
Claudia Bacco, Managing Director – EMEA, has spent her entire career in telecom, IT and Security. Having experience at an operator, software and hardware vendors and as a well-known industry analyst, she has many opinions on the market. She’ll be sharing those opinions along...
Wi-Fi continues its march toward ubiquity, particularly in transit systems. Wireless connectivity is even coming to an international flight near you – if it hasn't already.
Connectivity on transit poses a unique problem for coverage. Commuter rail lines often run at least partially below ground,...
Nokia Networks has agreed to buy Panasonic's 3G/LTE base station business, aiming to strengthen its offerings in Japan.
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but it covers base stations and related wireless equipment for both in terms of fixed assets and business contracts with Panasonic's...
Small cells can be big investments for regional operators, many of whom may not be ready to invest $1M or more in a small cell gateway. These are the target customers for ClearSky Technologies' hosted small cell solution. The company sells access to its...
Nokia Networks scored a big LTE win in North America when Sprint tapped the company for its Sprint Spark build, and now Nokia is clearly eager for more. Recognizing that American carriers often choose vendors that can offer network implementation services, Nokia recently announced...
Cellular and billboard lease acquisition company Lease Advisors has formed a joint venture for wireless infrastructure with privately-held tower company InSite Wireless Group, which owns and manages about 800 cell tower and distributed antenna system sites in the U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico and the...
Tony Lefebvre of TE Connectivity discussed with RCR Wireless News the necessity of network densification and how DAS is making that possible.
Lefebvre also talks about industry trends that his company is noticing, as well as a preview of TE Connectivity's upcoming partnership with Alcatel-Lucent on...
After billions of dollars and countless man-hours spent over the last two decades, network deployment should have almost evolved into a science. Unfortunately, it often continues to be plagued by delays, quality issues and cost overruns.
Executing large-scale deployments across variable and complex environments will...
Like many other successful companies, American Tower is outgrowing its name. "American" no longer refers just to the United States; towers in other parts of North and South America are now a big part of the company's portfolio. And that portfolio has expanded beyond...
Digital advertising network VisionChina Media Inc. announced a partnership with infrastructure vendor Huawei to explore a national mass transit Wi-Fi network in China, expanding the company's efforts to position itself as a leader in wireless connectivity and big data-supported advertising on transit systems there.
The...
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Couple sues American Tower
One couple in West Virginia is mad as hell and not going to to take it anymore. They filed a lawsuit against American...
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Outdoor distributed antenna systems has been a tricky business for carriers and infrastructure providers alike due to zoning challenges, maintenance costs and leasing challenges. Nonetheless, Verizon Wireless is testing the waters with several projects. Analyst Aaron Blazar...
Investment in wireless infrastructure is a big part of capital spending for both Verizon and AT&T, and both carriers spent more during the most recent quarter than analysts had expected. Verizon's total Q2 capital spending was $4.3 billion, and AT&T spent a solid $6.0...
Ulf Ewaldsson, SVP & CTO of Ericsson, spoke with RCR Wireless News recently about the role of standards such as those established by 3GPP, TM Forum and others, and the implications of a changing telecom market for the use of and development of standards.
The telecom industry and IT...
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Crown Castle sees strong carrier spending, adds small cells
Tower giant Crown Castle International (CCI) reported second quarter revenues of $916.3 million, up 25% from the year-ago quarter. The company noted continuing network investment by all four major...
