Cisco says the sky's the limit for the billion dollar cloud services business it announced today. The networking equipment giant says it will build "a network of clouds" along with a set of partners, including Telstra and Ingram Micro. Cisco says it plans to...
Juniper Networks (JNPR) said during its fourth quarter earnings call that it wants to "right-size," and now it looks as if that may mean significant layoffs. The Silicon Valley network equipment maker is preparing to cut as many as 800 jobs, or about 8%...
Heterogenous Networks, or HetNets, are an increasingly important part of the wireless landscape in order to support denser networks and in-building coverage. RCR's weekly HetNet News column includes the latest on distributed antenna systems (DAS), Wi-Fi and small cells.Â
--Athena Wireless is showcasing its smoke-detector-sized,...
Analyst: Russia's LTE market set to boom
A new report from Maravedis-Rethink forecasts a major opportunity for equipment vendors in Russia. But the nation's efforts to promote a homegrown wireless equipment vendor have faltered, and Ericsson, NSN, and Huawei have all won major LTE contracts...
Data now represents more than half of all U.S. mobile network traffic, but mobile data is still just a drop in the bucket of overall data traffic. The average American consumes about 23 GB of data monthly on fixed networks, versus 0.75 GB of...
The Global Mobile Suppliers Association reported this week that there are now more than 1,500 LTE-enabled user devices available, confirming more than 90% annual growth.
The GSA said that 742 new LTE devices were launched in the past year, and the number of manufacturers increased...
The use of wireless technology for backhaul continues to flourish, with a number of recent news announcements bolstering the space.
Aviat Networks has launched a new IP/MPLS router that incorporates microwave transport as well as Layer 2 carrier Ethernet. The CTR 8000 platform is intended...
An estimated 45% of global wireless traffic was offloaded to Wi-Fi hotspots or femtocells last year, according to Cisco, and this amount is projected to increase each year until offloaded traffic surpasses that which stays on the mobile network. Cisco's VNI projects that by...
Editor’s Note: Wireless operators are a busy bunch, and as such RCR Wireless News will attempt to gather some of the important announcements that may slip through the cracks from the world’s largest carriers in a weekly wrap-up. Enjoy!
--Sprint this week announced the expansion...
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Theories regarding the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines 370 include one that could involve a cell tower. Some believe the plane took an alternate route, one that would have passed over a...
One of AOptix's field trials of its wireless backhaul solution has resulted in the start of construction for deployment of its laser/radio frequency dual-technology product, with networks expected to be complete mid-second quarter of this year.
Anova Technologies, which provides trading connectivity for financial companies,...
A group of wireless carriers currently serving more than 550 million customers announced plans for a network sharing initiative targeting the Middle East and Africa. The partnership is designed to speed the delivery of mobile broadband services in those regions.
The initial partners include Bharti...
Quantenna Communications, which specializes in Wi-Fi chipsets including 802.11ac, announced recently that it has two new investors.
Vivint Wireless has completed a strategic investment in the company, as has NTT Finance, which is part of NTT Group. Other investors in the company include Swisscom and Telefonica.
Vivint...
With AT&T's new ad campaign set to make DAS and small cells household words, wireless infrastructure trade organization PCIA and the HetNet Forum are asking the Federal Communications Commission to remove barriers to deployment. The trade associations are asking the FCC to streamline the...
Amdocs, which focuses on customer experience and OSS and also has a small cell planning solution, released some research on deploying and managing small cells at last week's Cable Congress event. The January 2014 survey from Real Wireless included 40 wireless and wireline operators...
Ericsson CTO Ulf Ewaldsson joined Limor Schafman of RCR-TV at Mobile World Congress 2014 to discuss emerging opportunities for wireless network operators. He said that in his conversations with carriers he sees a variation of business models. "Some are just choosing the model of...
Research from Ovum tells us that in 2013, mobile operators forfeit $32.5 billion dollars in messaging revenues to free applications like WhatsApp and Viber. There is an old Stoic proverb describing
In a move to bolster its presence in the white-hot prepaid space, Sprint today revamped its branded no-contract service with flat-rate plans that could step on the toes of its other offerings.
The offering, dubbed Sprint Prepaid, will replace its previously offered “As You...
AT&T said it has closed on its acquisition of Leap Wireless, bolstering the carrier’s already ample stable of no-contract offerings. The deal closed just one day ahead of the Federal Communications Commission’s self-imposed 180-day review period.
The deal, which was originally announced last summer, was...
Gogo, which provides in-flight Wi-Fi, said its revenue was up 46% year-over-year to $92.6 million in the fourth quarter, although the company still posted a net loss of $22.1 million.
Its net loss narrowed from $36 million during the fourth quarter of last year. However,...
Wireless industry analysts and carrier regulatory personnel noted the growing need for new spectrum to feed consumer appetite for data-hungry services in the RCR Wireless News Wireless Feature Report,"Spectrum Economics: Fueling Innovation and Growth Across the Wireless Industry,"Â which looks at the current spectrum market....
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Help a fallen climber
We lead this week's cell tower news with a plea to help a climber in need. Tommy Jeglum fell 50 feet from a tower last June and managed...
