On this episode of HetNet Happenings, host Sean Kinney, managing editor at RCR Wireless News, learns about antenna concealment solutions from Jon Fitzhugh, CEO of Colorado-based ConcealFab. Fitzhugh highlights how concealment solutions can help ease deployments, as well as how it's important to produce...
DALLAS – Antennas took center stage on the first day of the LTE North America conference, with discussions centered around the evolving environment for these frequently overlooked contributors to the functionality of wireless networks.
Ken Rehbehn, principal analyst for the mobile radio access network at 451...
New antenna law expected to speed network deployments
Brazil President Dilma Rousseff approved a new antenna bill (law nº11.116) laying down new rules for the installation of antennas used by mobile operators. The law aims to speed deployment of telecommunications infrastructure in the country, which has been delayed by the shear...
AT&T drops cells on wheels to double capacity at SxSW
AUSTIN, Texas – AT&T has deployed a super cell on wheels equipped with a Luneburg Lens, which is designed to provide 10 times the capacity of the more common single-beam antenna, to keep those attending...
Huawei plans initial deployment in Europe
China-based hardware manufacturer Huawei announced a new L-band antenna designed to support ultra-wideband and multiband mobile connectivity.
Huawei said it began research and development for the new L-band antenna last year, noting it’s the first to join UWB and multiband...
DAS will improve data, cellular by 2016
The city of Santa Clara, Calif., is looking to enhance cellular and Wi-Fi services by installing an outdoor distributed antenna system in busy parts of town.
Projected for completion early in 2016, the DAS is owned by the city...
An estimated one in eight LTE operators have commercially launched TD-LTE networks, changing the landscape of antennas.
"They have 65-degree multiband, multibeam antennas. We see those progressing to higher and higher port count as part of the evolution of antennas on the tower top," Ray Butler,...
Editor’s Note: In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this Reader Forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible, but we maintain some editorial control...
LAS VEGAS — Galtronics Corporation Ltd., a Baylin Technologies (TSX:BYL) company, has unveiled its newest EXTENT D5778i 60/60° MIMO panel antenna, designed for use in high-capacity venues such as stadiums, arenas, speedways or campuses where excellent wireless coverage is desired. The new antenna is being...
RCR Wireless News takes stock of the latest in tower and antenna technologies. We will look at fiber to the antenna (FTTA) and remote radio head (RRH) use, as well as backhaul trends, including millimeter, microwave, LOS/NLOS, fiber and the small cell backhaul dilemma.This...
RCR Wireless News takes stock of the latest in tower and antenna technologies. We will look at fiber to the antenna (FTTA) and remote radio head (RRH) use, as well as backhaul trends, including millimeter, microwave, LOS/NLOS, fiber and the small cell backhaul dilemma.
This...
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,...
Introducing the PEAR M5542i from Galtronics. Today the company announced this low profile, MIMO, PIM Certified iDAS antenna, available commercially for cost-effective in-building small cell LTE applications.
Low Profile, 8.19" PIM Certified iDAS Antenna Commercially Available for Cost Effective In-Building Small Cell LTE Applications
TORONTO, ON--(Jan 28,...
Anritsu Webinar: Distance-to-PIM™ (DTP) is an important feature to help identify the location of Passive Intermodulation (PIM) faults both inside the feed system as well as beyond the antenna. When used correctly, this feature will help technicians quickly and efficiently locate PIM sources at a...
The Brazilian government has approved a tax reduction for locally produced smartphones. According to the decree published in the Official Gazette, the PIS/COFINS tax levied on smartphones priced up to $763 (R$1,500) will be abolished. The exemption also includes digital routers.
The measure has been...
The Chilean Claro has applied to the Chile's secretary of telecommunications (Subtel) to become an infrastructure concession operator. A Subtel spokesperson confirmed that Claro had submitted the application and said that the agency is evaluating the request.
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Aiming to evolve telecommunication services in Brazil, minister of communications Paulo Bernardo, told members of the press that some important measures might be taken in upcoming months, such as voting on antenna regulation, certifying femtocells and auctioning 700 MHz spectrum bands.
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A new legal regime to manage and rationalize the deployment and use of cellular antenna infrastructure across Chilean cities is set to take effect this week with the enactment of the Towers Act. The new antenna law has been in discussion for over a...
The Chilean Constitutional Tribunal (TC) has approved a law that regulates the installation of towers and antennas for mobile telephony. The decision was announced last Wednesday and now telecom companies need to modify their towers to be in compliance with the law. For example,...
The Chilean Senate has approved 33 - 0 new regulations on mobile phone antenna installations (read the document in Spanish). This agreement is expected to be ratified in the coming weeks by the National Congress, and soon to be enacted into the law.
The bill...
Let it not be said that the RCR team is not dare deviling and adventurous, dear readers! This past week our team climbed the world's fourth largest telecom tower - and the second tallest freestanding tower in the world - in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to get some good shots of the structure, whose antenna reaches up to a whopping 421 m (1,381 ft).
TAIPEI, Taiwan - While Computex may famously be the most famous computer show of the IT industry, the world of wireless is certainly having an effect on the Taipei trade show. Nothing says wireless more than antennas, of which a plethora were to be...
RCR Wireless News | April 16, 2011 | Matt Kapko
An RCR Wireless interview at Oppenheimer Offices in NYC with Ron Vidal, Hal Hess (EVP International Operations and President Latin America and EMEA, American Tower) and Tim Horan (Telecom Services Equity Analyst, Oppenheimer & Co). This...
PC Magazine Online | February 7, 2011 | Mark Hachman
Alcatel-Lucent on Monday unveiled a technology to shrink a cell-phone tower down to about the size of a small handheld cube, plus an antenna.
Dubbed LightRadio, the technology places the diplexer, radio, amplifier and passive cooling...
