InfoVista looks at mobile backhaul performance challenges
Mobile backhaul is already a massive challenge for mobile network operators today, as the demand for coverage and capacity that can handle data has exploded at a breakneck pace over the past several years. Assuring quality is only...
Corning Optical breaks down the various wireless power solutions
As in-building wireless usage continues to grow, building owners must find ways to meet the cellular coverage and capacity needs – both today and tomorrow – for their employees, tenants, guests, patients or fans. Regardless of...
Sprint network set for another round of upgrades, impacting tower and backhaul providers
Sprint is reportedly set to again take on a major network overhaul strategy that is expected to result in a new round of service interruptions.
According to a report from Re/Code, Sprint...
DragonWave predicts small cells, 5G and increased data demand to impact backhaul space in 2016
Editor’s Note: With 2016 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.
2015 is...
Mobile data traffic to pressures market for 5G, spectrum and increased capacity
Editor’s Note: With 2016 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.
With the GSMA predicting North...
Beneath the surface of the world’s wireless infrastructure lies a growing tapestry of fiber optic cable interwoven to provide a blanket of coverage for an expanding number of mobile users. A portion of this fiber sits unused, waiting for networks to expand to the...
It’s become rather apparent that microwave backhaul networks are becoming exhausted. This is largely due to not only a dramatic increase in mobile subscribers, but also a rapid increase in the capacity per subscriber brought on by the expansion of “4G.” While some operators...
There has been a lot of talk about small cell deployments in the past years. These low-powered, wireless radio access nodes are designed to be installed locally in cities’ dense, high-traffic environment to augment macro cells. They promise greater capacity, better signal quality –...
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Today Chris Hare speaks with Morgan Kurk, SVP Wireless for Commscope. This discussion centers around the need for and development of advanced networks, from backhaul, towers, sites to...
You know the saying, “when the going gets tough, the tough get going.” That’s exactly what first responders need to do in emergencies or developing events. They need to be able to act responsibly and quickly, streaming real-time, high-definition video to remote command and...
The use of the 60-GHz (V-Band) goes back to 2001, when the US regulator (FCC) adopted rules for unlicensed operations in the 57 to 64GHz band for commercial and public use. This very wide frequency band, with over a 7-GHz of continuous spectrum, makes...
As mobile networks get faster and more complex, potential bottlenecks in the backhaul network become increasingly important in quality of experience. Accedian Networks has reported that its virtualized solution that leverages big data analytics for backhaul monitoring has become a key component of SK Telecom's network.
The monitoring solution...
Latin American mobile network operators spending big on 4G LTE rollouts
In support of the expansion of 4G LTE in Latin America, U.S.-based Ceragon Networks is working with a tier one operator to upgrade 3G backhaul networks to support 4G LTE.
Ceragon did not name the...
Lack of fiber availability brings radio and microwave solutions to the forefront
Densification in metro networks becomes increasingly challenging largely due to limited real estate and fiber access. This trend has forced the evolution of radio backhaul technology as evidenced by Fastback Networks’ IBR, which...
What do Spotify, the European Central Bank and Apple have in common? All were the targets of major cybersecurity attacks in 2014, which rose a whopping 48% from 2013 to 2014. Unsurprisingly, people are rattled. According to a survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers, 24% of consumers...
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This week on HetNet Happenings, RCR Wireless News Managing Editor Sean Kinney discusses backhaul planning and design tools (with an emphasis on small...
To solve the problem of poor indoor coverage, service providers and enterprise IT managers are increasingly relying on denser nodes of faster wireless technologies, leveraging the latest developments in small cells and next-generation Wi-Fi. However, the wired portion of these networks face bottlenecks as...
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This week on HetNet Happenings, RCR Wireless News Managing Editor Sean Kinney takes you inside the Small Cells World Summit event, which also included portions on carrier Wi-Fi and backhaul, from the ExCel Centre in...
Fastback Networks president predicts sub $20,000 deployment cost
LONDON, England – Small cells are poised to be a central component of future network developments but with so many small cells needed to push large-scale change, low capital and operating expenditures are key.
That was the main thrust...
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This week on HetNet Happenings, RCR Wireless News Managing Editor Sean Kinney discusses microwave backhaul and related topics with Amir Zoufonoun, CEO and founder of Exalt Wireless.
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Zoufonoun has three decades of experience...
Combines wireless and fiber-based backhaul
WASHINGTON – Cambridge Broadband Networks Limited, headquartered in the U.K., has successfully established its VectaStar licensed point-to-multipoint across 42 countries for backhaul and enterprise access networks.
The company is now transferring this expertise to the U.S. where congestion in existing spectrum...
Partners with mobile operator Safaricom to enhance 3G services
Networking equipment and services provider Ericsson has signed a multiyear deal with Safaricom, the largest mobile operator in Kenya, to expand and upgrade its telecommunications network.
The goal is to deploy Wi-Fi technology and enhance microwave transmission...
Last week I attended the inaugural 5G Forum event that was organized by Informa in sunny Palo Alto, Calif. The location for this new event was interesting, especially considering that most of the discussions centered around what “5G” will be and what it will...
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,...
