Welcome to this week’s edition of cell tower industry news, created by Jarad Matula and brought to you by Towercrews.net.
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...
In wireless infrastructure company news this week, Ericsson is building a major Bay Area campus, and Dragonwave and Allot both announced new contracts.
Ericsson to build Silicon Valley campus
Ericsson's Silicon Valley campus will include 400,000 square feet of operational space in two buildings at a...
Until now, cell site turn-up and maintenance have been relatively straightforward procedures-performed on one macro cell with one technology. Today, much has changed-in addition to macro cells, small cells and DAS are proliferating, both indoor and outdoor, covering 2G, 3G, 4G and WiFi.
RF and...
In partnership with RCR Wireless News, research consultancy ATLANTIC-ACM examines the emerging small cell infrastructure development space and the economics and market dynamics impacting small-cell deployments.
What you will learn:
Current business and strategy considerations for small cell deployments, emerging sourcing models, network expectations, survey results...
As carriers rip-and-replace legacy equipment in favor of new technologies, 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 what to do with old equipment, including recycling options....
The use of the AWS spectrum band (1700/2100 MHz) for LTE mobile services in Latin America is expected to have a huge positive economic impact, according to a recently released study by GSMA. The report also found that the spectrum band is key to extending existing "4G" deployments,...
It is important to examine the factors that are making OpenStack the "next big thing" for telcos, as well as what the future will hold for the platform and its supporters.
LTE broadcast
The race to supply chipsets for Verizon's LTE Multicast demo at last weekend's Indy 500 was won by Qualcomm and Sequans. Qualcomm made the Multicast-capable chips inside the Galaxy 3 smartphones used to watch the race in real-time from multiple angles, while Sequans...
Aruba Networks reported record revenue of $188.8 million for the most recent quarter, up 28% from the $147.1 million that it recorded during the same period last year, and its CEO credited its position in the 802.11ac market for its momentum.
The company also narrowed...
Ruckus Wireless (RKUS) may be a beneficiary of Google's reported plan to subsidize Wi-Fi for small and medium businesses. Google is reportedly trialling the Ruckus Virtual SmallCell Gateway, a cloud-based Wi-Fi controller that works with Ruckus Wi-Fi hotspots. Ruckus would not confirm that report,...
Former Alcatel-Lucent subsidiary LGS Innovations is in its early days of new ownership, and CEO Kevin Kelly is ready to expand the company's reach.
LGS, headquartered in northern Virginia, was formed during the Alcatel and Lucent merger to serve the telcom needs of the U.S. federal...
As the nation's jobless rate shows tentative signs of improvement, the unemployment rate for veterans continues to exceed the national average. Meanwhile, wireless infrastructure is expected to generate 1.2 million new jobs during the next five years, many of which will be hard to...
Increased competition appears to be hitting the Chinese mobile market, with reports that the country’s largest operators – and some of the largest in the world – are set to slash rate plans in order to maintain their tremendous growth.
The Wall Street Journal reported...
Welcome to this week’s edition of cell tower industry news, created by Jarad Matula and brought to you by Towercrews.net.
Just as we expected, this week's PCIA Wireless Infrastructure Show saw the tower companies more vocal than they have been in a while. This week's cell tower...
T-Mobile US got in on the recent voice over LTE fun, announcing today that it has launched the data-based voice service in the Seattle area.
T-Mobile US CTO Neville Ray explained in a blog post that the VoLTE service allows for call set-up times twice...
New network technologies and standards-based features driving changes at macro cell sites, and networks are moving toward HetNets with the advent of small cells and the increasing focus on indoor coverage through technologies such as distributed antenna systems (DAS). A new feature report from RCR...
Verizon Wireless continued testing its LTE Multicast technology, announcing it has been offering the service this month at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway ahead of this weekend’s Indianapolis 500 event.
During the actual race, Verizon Wireless said it plans to incorporate live video from the race...
ORLANDO, Fla. – Surging mobile data demand means that wireless operators need to add coverage and capacity to their networks, and that often means co-locating a cell site on a tower occupied by one of their competitors.
"Volume and demand for co-locations and new towers...
Brazil's mobile market ended April with almost 2.5 million LTE connections. Although the total LTE base is still relatively small (less than 1% penetration), LTE use has been increasing, with record growth last month. Led by Claro, which added 177,000 new LTE connections in April,...
Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible,...
Orlando, FL. AT&T's Bill Smith, president of network operations and AT&T Services, told his audience at PCIA's 2014 Wireless Infrastructure Show today that vendors should not worry that AT&T's planned investment in DirecTV will divert network spending. "I don't think anybody should be concerned...
Just days after rival AT&T Mobility announced immediate plans to rollout voice over LTE services, Verizon Wireless threw out a reminder that it too was on track to offer VoLTE later this year.
The carrier said its VoLTE plans will include a nationwide rollout of...
Orlando, Fla. – Tower developers at this week's PCIA 2014 Wireless Infrastructure Show were not united in their assessment of the opportunity in distributed antenna systems. Larger players are investing heavily in DAS while smaller tower companies are focusing on macro sites, for the...
Orlando, Fla. – Bill Smith, president of network operations and AT&T Services, told his audience at this week's PCIA 2014 Wireless Infrastructure Show that vendors should not worry that AT&T's planned purchase of DirecTV could divert network spending. "I don't think anybody should be...
