In early April, I had the pleasure of participating in the NEDAS Forum event in New York City. The forum had attendees and speakers covering all aspects of the deployment value chain.
Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) stock is up this morning on renewed rumors that Nokia wants to combine forces in order to take on market leader Ericsson. Nokia has a new CEO, a fresh focus on its NSN infrastructure business, and more than $7 billion in cash...
RCR Wireless News outlines the importance of video optimization for carriers, introduces key solutions vendors, and highlights opportunities for video monetization.
Increasing efficiency of video delivery is critical for reducing costs and customer churn for network operators, according to findings from T-Mobile, Opera, and mobile...
A new report from public-private partnership MeriTalk says that while federal agencies are making progress on some crucial IT programs, they aren't leveraging the full advantage of initiatives in areas including virtualization, cloud computing, remote access, consolidation and infrastructure diversification.
MeriTalk focuses on improving the...
Test and measurement company Ixia has released an e-book on heterogeneous network deployment, compiling strategies and lessons learned from its work over the past couple of years with vendors and operators who have deployed small cells.
"It's kinda of a collection of our input of...
Beyond Wi-Fi offload
As cable operators increase their public Wi-Fi deployments, mobile operators may see some Wi-Fi hotspots reaching out to grab their customers. Last week during The Cable Show, Smith Micro Software launched an over-the-top Wi-Fi "concierge" app for iOS and Android devices.
"Wi-Fi as...
In wireless infrastructure news this week, Sprint is demanding more accountability of its tower crews, and Foxconn will reportedly target service provider networks with server hardware.
Sprint prioritizes tower crew safety and accountability
Sprint is making some changes as it wraps up its Network Vision build...
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Police have used data culled from cell towers for a while now to help in solving crimes, and it has largely been ignored by the general...
Antenna Evolution - Meeting the Demand for LTE, Small Cell, & DAS Networks
Implementations of Small Cell and DAS systems have many challenges; not the least of which is the selection and placement of the antenna elements.  Since these systems deploy antennas close to the users,...
Aruba Networks announced this week that it has a new training program for building and maintaining wireless local area networks, and the curriculum is already being used by three educational institutions.
Texas A&M University in the United States, Technical and Further Education South Australia and Princess...
Huawei has successfully completed an LTE-A Category 6 connectivity test with download speeds reaching 300 megabits per second. The Chinese infrastructure, device and chip manufacturer worked with Qualcomm, and used the Qualcomm Gobi 9x35 LTE modem. Huawei said that during the test it was...
Infrastructure solutions company CommScope (COMM) reported net income of $64 million on sales of $935 million in the first quarter of the year, driven by its wireless offerings and strength in the U.S. market.
CommScope's net income boomed to $64 million, compared to $16 million...
The Chinese manufacturing giant that makes most of the world's iPhones is looking for new opportunities in other parts of the mobile ecosystem. Foxconn is reportedly teaming up with HP to make servers to support cloud data applications for service providers.
The move is the...
LAS VEGAS – The increased adoption of corporate mobile solutions impacts the telecommunications industry as they typically require more bandwidth and network performance improvements. Therefore, communications service providers need to understand what companies are doing (or planning to deploy) in order to anticipate traffic...
Nokia (NOK) named Rajeev Suri as its new CEO, elevating the leader of Nokia Solutions and Networks now that it has completed the sale of its device business to Microsoft. Suri replaces Stephen Elop, a former Microsoft executive who oversaw Nokia's move into Windows-based...
Netflix will reportedly pay to play on Verizon Communications' FiOS network, after claiming for months that its video service was being throttled by Verizon. Netflix is calling the deal a "paid interconnect agreement" and saying that it hopes the arrangement will improve service for...
Range Networks is moving from the lab and pilot-project stage into more significant deployments of its open-source cellular systems and seeking to become a platform for innovation, according to the company's new chief executive officer, Ed Kozel.
"We're taking Range out of the lab phase...
Facebook is set to offer more voice and data services once it completes its planned purchase of mobile messaging service WhatsApp. WhatsApp is now selling prepaid SIM cards in Europe. Voice calls on WhatsApp were first announced at Mobile World Congress, but at that...
ABI Research is arguing that operators should deploy carrier-grade Wi-Fi at the same time that they are rolling out cellular-technology small cells, looking for an integrated solution in order to maximize the investment return from small cells.
The analyst firm noted that China Mobile and AT&T...
Antenna and site solution company PCTel saw its revenues drop 6% year-over-year to $23.7 million, and recorded a loss for the quarter of $146,000.
Marty Singer, PCTEL's chairman and CEO, said that core antenna sales "were soft for seasonal reasons but we expect a strong...
Ericsson restructures networks unit
The world's largest maker of telecom equipment is splitting its networks unit into two groups. One group will concentrate on radio technologies while the other will focus on IP and cloud initiatives. Johan Wibergh, head of Ericsson's networks business unit, will...
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The plague of copper thefts continues for tower companies. This time a thief in the Chattanooga, TN area stole $300 worth of copper from a local...
