In infrastructure news this week, Ericsson and Reliance Communications are expanding their relationship, as are several network equipment providers. Alcatel-Lucent and Hewlett-Packard are integrating one another's products into their portfolios, while Cisco and IBM will integrate their data center solutions.
Ericsson to manage Reliance Communications' network
Ericsson...
I spent yesterday at Alcatel-Lucent/Bell Labs' annual FutureX Days. This event showcases the topics the research teams are working on to a mix of customers, partners, press and university professors. The top executives of the organization also share their strategic direction. I have to...
In this week's infrastructure news, Cisco blames service providers for its lower forecast, Hewlett-Packard partners with Nokia Networks, and Alcatel-Lucent affirms its commitment to router hardware, even as it launches new edge routing software.
Cisco trims forecast as service providers trim capex
Cisco reported record revenue...
French telecom equipment provider Alcatel-Lucent announced a four-year deal with Thailand's True Corporation to provide an IP transport network integrating True’s mobile, cable and Internet services and allowing for expansion of LTE services.
True claims to be the only carrier in Thailand to offer LTE...
Crown Castle
Crown Castle said that third quarter revenue rose 24% to $930 million, while operating profit (EBITDA) increased 21% to $533 million. The company continues to invest in new towers, but is also returning more cash to shareholders. Crown Castle will increase its annual...
Alcatel-Lucent wins new router customers
Alcatel-Lucent is winning share in the core router market, which has historically been dominated by Cisco, Juniper and Huawei. CenturyLink has chosen Alcatel-Lucent as its core router vendor, and China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom will all deploy Alcatel-Lucent's...
Alcatel-Lucent said it is “moving the goal posts” by using a new technology called G.fast to extend high-speed broadband to buildings without taking fiber all the way to the end point. G.fast is a standard that improves the speed at which data can travel...
Verizon Communications told investors this week that 2015 capital expenditures probably won't be "materially changed" from this year's $17 billion. The suggestion that capex will be flat is in line with analyst forecasts for lower overall wireless capital expenditures now that Verizon and AT&T are...
Next week the wireless industry converges in Chicago for HetNet Expo. Panelists at the show include leading analysts and executives from the distributed antenna systems world as well as a some noteworthy small cell experts.
Hetnet update
Mobile subscribers want reliable, homogeneous coverage, which is enabled...
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”...
Alcatel-Lucent and Accenture have formed the Accenture Alcatel-Lucent Business Group to design and build customer care operations for IP networks. The group will focus on mobile customer care solutions based on Alcatel-Lucent's Motive Line of products. Motive was a Texas software startup acquired by...
Alcatel-Lucent, currently ranked as the leading vendor of small cell equipment, has a new partnership that will put more small cells on urban "street furniture," such as bus stops, benches and billboards. Alcatel-Lucent has partnered with its neighbor in Paris, JCDecaux, which calls itself...
In infrastructure news this week, Alcatel-Lucent boosts small cell backhaul and NATE issues a warning to tower climbers.
Infrastructure News
Alcatel-Lucent adds wireless backhaul solutions for LTE small cells
Alcatel-Lucent is a leading small cell vendor, but the company knows that the outdoor market won't take off...
In infrastructure news this week, Sprint's spending is in the spotlight, Verizon's towers may be for sale, Alcatel-Lucent has a major new contract, and Rackspace is going it alone.
Infrastructure News
Sprint spending outlook
Sprint will focus the deployment of its 2.5 GHz spectrum assets in urban...
Three weeks ago RCR covered the upcoming Ford Developer conference in Las Vegas. The first event of its kind.
The event has come and gone and the finalists are in. So how did it go?
More than 170 developers from around the world participated to reach...
CTIA made a bet on one giant show in Vegas, and despite some challenges Super Mobility Week delivered some key insights for the industry.
Three strikes and you're in
You could say that Super Mobility Week had three strikes against it last week. On day...
LAS VEGAS — Even before T-Mobile kicked off its Wi-Fi unleashed campaign yesterday, the meeting rooms at CTIA's Super Mobility Week were buzzing with conversations about unlicensed spectrum. Wi-Fi equipment makers and service providers were a major presence here, and makers of cellular network...
Ericsson joined Alcatel-Lucent and Nokia Networks in launching a new small cell solution at Super Mobility Week, describing its tablet-sized RBS6402 as a "plug-and-play" solution that can be live on an operator's network within 10 minutes. The infrastructure giant wants its small cell solution...
The wireless industry migrates to Las Vegas this week for CTIA's Super Mobility Week, featuring keynote sessions with industry heavyweights including FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, Verizon Wireless CEO Dan Mead and AT&T Mobile and Business Solutions CEO Ralph de la Vega. The keynote topics...
Alcatel-Lucent will start reaping the benefits of its partnership with Qualcomm when it launches a new enterprise small cell early next year. The company's upcoming solution will use carrier aggregation to support 3G and LTE on a single chipset, Qualcomm's FSM9955.
At launch, Alcatel-Lucent's 9962...
Networking pays, especially if you're looking for a job as a software engineer.
Job sites for makers of core network gear show increase in software hiring
Many of the routers and switches in wireless networks are set to eventually be replaced by software, and that means...
In infrastructure news this week, LTE tower technology advances in China, wireless backhaul innovations in the U.S., and another acquisition in the infrastructure services space.
Huawei's active antenna unit
Huawei and China Mobile said this week that they've deployed the world’s first LTE TDD 8T8R active antenna unit. The...
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Cost cuts and restructuring are paying off for Europe's major wireless infrastructure vendors, all of whom saw significant margin improvement in the second quarter. Alcatel-Lucent, which has cut costs as part of its Project Shift initiative, said that...
Samsung's network infrastructure business gets some of the blame for the company's slide in sales and operating profit during the second quarter. The company cited its domestic market as well as overseas customers for a decrease in LTE investment, which Samsung attributed to "low...
