DragonWave packet radios selected by Saudi Telecom
The largest network operator in Saudi Arabia announced a new supply agreement with DragonWave to drive a planned network expansion in which Saudi Telecom will use DragonWave’s Horizon Compact+ and Harmony Enhanced packet microwave radios.
“Being a customer-centric organization,...
Comcast, AT&T and Google Fiber move on Southeast hub
Cable and Internet provider Comcast announced it will begin offering residential multi-gigabit home Internet service for Atlanta-area customers beginning in May.
Comcast’s service is called Gigabit Pro and promises 2 gigabits per second throughput speeds with a...
ATLANTA – Focused on enabling network operators to keep up with customer demand for mobile video, Ericsson is emphasizing its various solution platforms including LTE Broadcast and the Media Delivery Network.
The Swedish hardware and software supplier was in Atlanta for the 2015 Competitive Carriers...
WOW Business drops more fiber in Chicago
Dallas, Texas-based PEG Bandwidth this week fired up fiber backhaul services to its 2,000th cell site since activating the first location in March 2010.
The company is busy deploying fiber backhaul connections at “several hundred” more locations in the...
Editor’s Note: With 2015 now upon us, RCR Wireless News has gathered predictions from leading industry analysts and executives on what they expect to see in the new year.
There’s no question about why evolved packet core has lived such a fruitful life: mobile networks...
Software is becoming an increasingly important part of telecommunication networks and deployments as both wired and wireless carriers look to add functionality to operations while increasing simplicity and reducing costs. RCR Wireless News is keeping an eye on recent developments through its weekly “Software”...
Software is becoming an increasingly important part of telecommunication networks and deployments as both wired and wireless carriers look to add functionality to operations while increasing simplicity and reducing costs. RCR Wireless News is keeping an eye on recent developments through its weekly “Software”...
Claudia Bacco, Managing Director – EMEA for RCR Wireless News, has spent her entire career the 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...
Building out the LTE network affects many aspects of wireless network development, including network Ethernet switching, high performance processors in cell sites, improved backhaul systems, network controllers and enterprise wireless LAN development.
Kuwaiti operator Zain said it completed that country’s first voice over LTE call with network partner Nokia Networks and using Zain’s commercial LTE network.
The call included the use of both high-definition voice and video capabilities using Nokia Networks’ VoLTE platform. The call showed simultaneous...
For just over one year now, T-Mobile US has made a name for itself through its “Un-carrier” marketing push that has come to re-define the domestic wireless space. Regardless of how much credit should be given to T-Mobile US
Software is becoming an increasingly important part of telecommunication networks and deployments as both wired and wireless carriers look to add functionality to operations while increasing simplicity and reducing costs. RCR Wireless News is keeping an eye on recent developments through its weekly “Software”...
If you want to understand the future of wearable technology, and the implications for corporate IT, don’t hang around Google Glass developer conferences.
The Best LTE Network Architecture Diagrams
Wireless operators are rapidly expanding their LTE networks to take advantage of additional efficiency, lower latency and the ability to handle ever-increasing data traffic. RCR Wireless presents a collection of LTE network architecture diagrams.
This diagram from standards body 3GPP shows...
eNodeB (enhanced Node B) simulators are an important piece of test networks that are used for a variety of user equipment tests. eNodeB simulators run as only one part of a simulated networks, so that interactions among the Radio Access Network and Evolved Packet...
Long Term Evolution is something we have all heard of, and hopefully understand. It is a complex technology with hefty goals, and when fully launched will make our wireless experience faster and more efficient. But there still may be questions you have or you...
Understanding Long Term Evolution (LTE) can sometimes be difficult as the technology is very complex.
LTE Architecture Overview
When it comes to the EPS game, the bearer is the quarterback. The white paper notes that EPS uses these bearers to route IP traffic from a gateway...
We've discussed Long Term Evolution (LTE) in depth in terms of technological architecture, use, features, speed, etc., but we need to remember its predecessor. New technologies, LTE included, would not be the speedy giant it is today without learning from those technologies who lived before...
Long Term Evolution (LTE) is a complex technology, and most of could use a hand understanding it. This can be helped with LTE Network Diagrams. But first, we need to establish a general definition of this new, vivacious network and its architecture. In order to...
LTE (long term evolution) is everywhere and its time you understood the LTE basics. If you’re not already using your smartphone on this new and improved network, chances are you will be doing so soon. But before you can appreciate LTE, you must fully...
With Long Term Evolution (LTE), the pros most definitely outweigh the cons. This new and improved network will provide faster speeds and handle the ever-increasing data demands. Note every user, however, is ready for LTE. Both 3G and 2G networks are still in wide...
We talk over and over again about the complex Long Term Evolution (LTE) and its many components. One of these components, known as the non-access stratum (NAS), is highest stratum of the control plane between user experience (UE) and Mobility Management Entity (MME) at the radio...
Today, LTE is on the tip of everyone’s tongues. It’s the up and coming, lighting fast data network we've been waiting for. When discussing LTE, however, there are many technical terms and many complexities. To help you better understand, an LTE architecture overview of...
If you are looking for a Long Term Evolution (LTE) power point (ppt) to answer your questions, look no further. Understanding how the LTE architecture works is no easy task.There are many variables and channels, and an LTE architecture ppt helps put it all together. In...
