American Tower is expanding in Brazil, adding roughly 4,600 towers to the 7,200 towers it already has in that country. The company is buying BR Towers S.A for just under $1 billion. The purchase price will be a combination of cash and the assumption...
Ipoque and Napatech worked with Dell on a recent product launch for network visibility and security company Lancope, and the details of the collaboration were included in a new case study.
All three companies worked on the launch of the Lancope StealthWatch FlowSensor 4000, which Lancope released in May for...
The race towards the next evolution of mobile technology received a boost today as the European Commission and South Korea announced plans to work towards a common definition of “5G” technology.
The Joint Declaration on Strategic Cooperation in Information Communications Technology and 5G agreement calls...
Small Cell Industry Awards
The Small Cell Forum announced the Small Cell Industry Awards for 2014 as part of last week's Small Cells World Summit in London. For small cell innovoation leadership, Alcatel-Lucent won for its site certification program. Cisco won the vendor award for...
Performance monitoring company SevOne has launched what it says is the industry's first appliance for log data analytics.
The SevOne Performance Log Appliance is designed to allow real-time analytics on large volumes of log data, according to the company, allowing enterprises to have a better understanding...
Unfortunately, for those of us not so gifted, PowerPoint’s remain a struggle to insert interesting information into a digital format that sucks the interest out of just about any non-animation information.
With wireless operators continuing to focus their network building and operating resources towards LTE-based services, the need to free up both financial and spectrum resources by decommissioning legacy operations continues to grow.
Some operators have already plunged head-first into these decommissioning projects, with mixed results,...
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Tower climber injured, but OK
This past week a tower climber was injured while working on a tower in Georgia. The climber was 125 feet up on...
Verizon Wireless says it has spent roughly $4.2 million to measure RF levels at its 5,000 rooftop antenna sites. The carrier's initiative came in response to a Federal Communications Commission investigation, prompted by complaints that originated in Philadelphia and Hartford. Verizon paid a $50,000...
A poll of state CIOs by their national association found that the development of models and organization around the First Responders Network Authority was relatively mature and education efforts are ongoing.
A new report by the National Association of State CIOs (NASCIO), based on the polling...
With more than half of all U.S. wireless calls and data sessions now originating indoors, building owners are acutely aware of the need for indoor connectivity. "Many new venue owners who don't have DAS infrastructure installed are coming to us, kind of recognizing our...
The task facing CSPs is monumental – one of the biggest challenges to CSPs in the last 50 years. Customers are increasingly cutting the cord – literally – eroding the “cash cows” of voice and long distance services.
The jump to 4G has made a significant impact on technologies in place at cellular sites, both macro and small cell, according to Steve King, applications engineer with 3M.
"If I had to summarize what I see happening right now particularly in North America, and...
Ixia announced what it claims to be the first 400 gigabit per second test solution for Ethernet networks, positioning itself at the front of the curve for supporting the development of next-generation wireline networks.
The demands for those ever-faster wireline networks are being driven in...
Small Cell World Summit
The Small Cell World Summit 2014 is set to bring hundreds of carrier representatives and solutions providers together in London this week. The Small Cell Forum said it will discuss the recently announced third iteration of its use cases and best...
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Looks like tower accidents and deaths continue, but the ones happening recently are a little different than usual. Read on to find out why. Plus, land...
LTE reached 245 million global connections during the first quarter of 2014, more than doubling in a 12-month period, according to the latest numbers from Informa Telecoms & Media and 4G Americas.
North American LTE subscriptions continued to dominate the LTE market, accounting for 115...
In infrastructure news this week, Ericsson is diversifying its leadership team, and tower companies appear unfazed by the prospect of carrier consolidation.
Ericsson appointments
Ericsson has added three new members to its global leadership team, two of whom are women. Each of the new executives will...
Time Warner Cable has teamed up with Boingo Wireless (WIFI) in a Wi-Fi roaming deal that will give its customers access to some of the nation's hottest hotspots. Time Warner (TWX) Internet customers will get access to Boingo's routers in more than 100 highly...
Ericsson's latest report on mobility shows growth in the machine-to-machine space, as well as the continued dominance of smartphones in the device market and significant regional divides in the coverage of LTE.
"We see cellular M2M taking off," said Rima Qureshi, SVP and chief strategy...
A new survey of mobile operator executives shows that most expect to have Rich Communications Services (RCS) initiatives by the end of 2015, but the new technology still poses challenges.
RCS is expected to allow mobile operators to better compete with over-the-top services, by offering...
Network decommissioning is a huge issue as carriers rip-and-replace legacy equipment in favor of new technologies. When they do, they are faced with what to do with the old equipment. RCR Wireless News will take a look at the different choices carriers have in...
The evolution of telecommunications networks is placing a significant strain on operators looking to update to more efficient and cost effective networks, but still burdened by the millions of customers still using legacy systems.
In the wireless space this can be seen as carriers are...
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New safety website
The National Association of Tower Erectors announced earlier this year at NATE Unite 2014 a new 100% tie-off awareness campaign to make safety at...
