Cable and Antenna Test: Introduces measurement and calibration techniques for cable and antenna testing (CAT). Measurement examples are provided for cable insertion loss, return loss, VSWR and distance-to-fault (DTF) testing. Antenna measurements are also discussed and several examples of return loss and antenna-to-antenna isolation...
JDS Uniphase Corporation gave its view of tech trends in 2013, outlining emerging applications that are changing how people communicate and interact with technology.
Some of those key technology trends included:
Implementation of faster and more agile networks, including 4G LTE deployments that support traditional form...
Agilent Technologies recently introduced what it claims is the industry’s first signal generator and analysis product for LTE-Advanced 8x8 MIMO.
LTE-Advanced is designed to enable peak data rates of up to 1 gigabit per second on the downlink and up to 500 megabits per second...
As the words "4G LTE" become increasingly attractive to smartphone buyers, carriers and handset makers are focusing on the tests that qualify their products as LTE-ready. The $2.8 billion global market for wireless test equipment is projected to more than double during the next...
Interop TechnologiesUnited States: With Cox Communications, to provide Cox Communicatins with their CDMA OTA solution to automate device activation at the point-of-sale.Value: UndisclosedMIPS Technologies Inc.United States: With Altair Semiconductor, to license MIPS Technologies' multi-threaded synthesizable processor IP for next-generation chipsets targeting mobile broadband...
Several companies and individuals were honored for their contributions to the LTE industry at this year's LTE Americas event earlier this week in Dallas.Alcatel-Lucent won three of the nine awards. The company took home honors for best network or device testing product, best green...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. John Chen loves his iPhone. Like many of his colleagues at Sybase Inc....
Bling Nation launched a program in Palo Alto, Calif., that allows PayPal employees and early adopters to fund Bling Nation purchases on their mobile phone to a PayPal account. The program uses BlingTags that are affixed to mobiles phones and can be linked to...
Late last month, RCR Wireless News covered the International Microwave Symposium in Anaheim, Calif. During the event, we covered the keynote by Zachary Lemnios, director of defense research and engineering at the Defense Department, and jumped into the seemingly neverending debate about the longevity...
The converging telecom and IT space is set to become a $5 trillion global business, fueled by relentless demand from individuals and businesses to be able to access information across any device at any time. The wireless/telecom/media/IT sector is growing two to five...
Agilent Technologies Inc. announced its new Wireless Data Analytics solution for 3G networks.The solution allows wireless operators to automatically receive a variety of analytics on customer behavior and experiences, mobile services and handset and network performance. The company said the solution helps carriers reduce...
Editor's Note: Welcome to Yay or Nay, a feature for RCR Wireless News' weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. Every week we'll review a new wireless application or service from the user's point of view, with the goal of highlighting what works and...
Editor's Note: Welcome to On the Margins, a feature for RCR Wireless News' weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. Every week, the RCR Wireless News staff considers events in the wider business world and how they could affect the wireless industry.--ABC News announced...
As capital flows into the wireless space, the companies who are lucky enough to reap the benefits span a wide range of wireless ventures, from infrastructure to content. Among recent deals are those of Conterra Ultra Broadband Inc., which provides wireless connectivity for K-12...
ABC Owned Television Stations Group has launched free, ad-supported mobile video services in all 10 of its markets. Such moves appear to be gaining steam in an industry where broadcasters have traditionally held a significant controlling interest in the distribution of their programming. With...
Mobile subscribers' options for video and TV programming continue to bloom as spring takes hold. The latest: The Disney-ABC Television Group announced a new channel at Sprint Nextel Corp. for its news and entertainment video programming from ABC Entertainment, ABC News and Disney Channel.The...
User-generated content and online communities typically conjure images of teens huddled over their computers creating profiles, sharing video clips and flirting. But David Bankston's view of Internet communities includes such unlikely suspects as the U.S. Department of Defense, CH2M Hill, ABC News and the...
SAN FRANCISCO--The audience for mobile TV grew 45 percent to 3.7 million subscribers in the second quarter of 2006 as news, weather and sports channels topped the list as the most-watched content, according to a new report by consumer research firm Telephia. The study...
The FLO Forum said it approved a specification for its mobile TV network technology, a move that will allow equipment makers to build gear designed to work on any FLO-based network and enable operators to choose products from multiple vendors. Designed to broadcast multimedia...
FREMONT, Calif.—The FLO Forum said it approved a specification for its mobile TV network technology, a move that will allow equipment makers to build gear that will work on any FLO-based network. Thus, operators will be able to choose products from multiple vendors. Designed...
MobiTV Inc. said it extended its wireless video service to devices running Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Mobile 5.0 operating system.The service, which is available through Alltel Corp., Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and Sprint Nextel Corp., includes both live video and on-demand clips from content providers including...
EMERYVILLE, Calif.—MobiTV Inc. said it extended its wireless video service to devices running Microsoft Corp.’s Windows Mobile 5.0 operating system. The service, which is available through Alltel Corp., Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and Sprint Nextel Corp., includes both live video and on-demand clips from content...
No matter what type of network technology or application the wireless industry develops, you can bet that the test and measurement providers are prepared to measure how it performs. The major players tout equipment that can test basic voice and related services as well...
Sprint Nextel Corp. became the first U.S. operator to offer full-track music downloads, launching a dual-delivery service last week using phones from Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Sanyo Electric Co. The carrier introduced a mobile music store that allows users to purchase and download...
