In this case study, Cobham Wireless explains how it provided in-building connectivity for Torre Diamante, which is Italy?s tallest steel building is located in Milan?s new business district, Porta Nuova
U.K.-based infrastructure company Cobham Wireless said it has installed its intelligent digital Distributed Antenna System...
One of the biggest challenges that operators face today is how to cost-effectively deliver high-capacity 4G coverage in densely populated indoor areas. In locations such as city centers, stadiums, and transport hubs, high numbers of end-users connecting to a network in a single location...
Networks are "not as static" as they used to be
Fresh off its $455 million purchase of Cobham's test and measurement business, Viavi Solutions is touting its expanded position in 5G testing as a result of the purchase.
Viavi Solutions acquired Cobham's test and measurement operations...
vRAN architecture improves flexibility and lowers total cost of ownership
Virtualization of network functions is helping operators decrease network-related capex and opex by replacing expensive, proprietary solutions with software that can run on off-the-shelf hardware. As it relates to the radio access network, a vRAN...
DAS installation at Evanston Township HS extends public safety, cellular coverage
When staff at the enormous Evanston Township High School needed to use their radios, coverage depended entirely on their location. The school -- which serves around 3,400 students and nearly 900 teachers and staff...
Bell Canada hack involved mostly email addresses
Email addresses, names and telephone numbers of about 1.9 million Bell Canada customers were illegally accessed by an anonymous hacker, the operator acknowledged on Monday.
"There is no indication that any financial, password or other sensitive personal information was...
5 things to know today ...
1. Smartphone shipments will increase by 3.1% this year, according to IDC Research. The firm expects 1.48 billion units to ship. The market is expected to keep growing for the foreseeable future, but it is not expected to repeat...
Outdoor use cases for small cells and DAS range from cities to venues to suburbia
Outdoor small cells and distributed antenna systems can be used by mobile network operators to boost capacity in crowded urban areas, to add capacity at high-value venues, to extend coverage...
TechNavio said the growing use of mobile applications is one of four major trends impacting the software testing market, with the other three being the emergence of vertical-specific testing services, the increased use of cloud-based software testing and a shift toward increasingly automated testing.
The...
Network testing company Global Wireless Solutions is challenging RootMetrics' popular crowd-sourced ratings of wireless carriers with a new OneScore rating system for wireless carriers, which takes into consideration both how users want to utilize their devices as well as actual network testing data.
"Despite a recent...
Cobham Wireless predicts increased focus on network densification 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.
Universal cellular coverage is now seen as...
ITU harmonizes 700 MHz for global mobile broadband
The International Telecommunications Union is wrapping up its month-long World Radiocommunications Conference  in Geneva this week and has officially harmonized the use of 700 MHz spectrum for global mobile broadband use.
The ITU works on global spectrum issues and satellite orbits...
Digital DAS is a way to cut costs by eliminating headend equipment
Many wireless deployments seek to minimize attenuation, or loss of signal strength, but for in-building systems operators actually invest in dedicated equipment to attenuate the signal from the macro network so it can...
Software-defined networking and network function virtualization are gaining considerable momentum in the telecom space and bring with them new challenges for benchmarking, testing and monitoring virtual systems instead of proprietary hardware.
"Proactive and reactive performance monitoring, identification of failures, isolation of any faulty network functions and corrective...
Anite signed an agreement to develop advanced multiple-input/multiple-output over-the-air testing approaches with China Telecommunication Technology Labs-Terminals, which is overseen by the China Academy of Telecommunication Research. Anite's Propsim channel emulators are set to be used for developing MIMO OTA testing to help device original equipment...
In a move that boosts the trend toward software-defined, modular testing solutions, Cobham Wireless (formerly Aeroflex) and National Instruments have teamed up with a focus on combining their strengths in PXI.
Under the partnership, NI is acquiring Cobham's line of PXI modular hardware and will be...
Editor's Note: The ability to test network and device features and functions is an important piece of technology development and deployment. RCR Wireless looks weekly at test and measurement news to see what's afoot.
--Teradyne subsidiary LitePoint said it has reached a milestone of supporting test solutions...
