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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...
T-Mobile US targets cheaters, CommScope closes on TE, Apple threatens mobile ads
1. T-Mobile US is taking aim at customers that it says cheat the system on LTE data. CEO John Legere said in a blog post that about 3,000 people on T-Mobile US' unlimited data...
Wireless carriers value suppliers who can offer a full suite of solutions and who have deployment expertise. Companies that supply and deploy wireless infrastructure are responding to this demand by teaming up, hoping to gain market share and create scale that will help them...
SoftBank has teamed up with Netflix; could a Sprint/Netflix deal be next?
1. Sprint's parent company SoftBank will offer Netflix to customers who visit its stores and website, starting next month. The two companies will also work together to create original content. Netflix has already...
A sharp selloff on Wall Street hit wireless companies on Monday morning. Verizon Communications, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile US all saw their stock prices take a hit, with T-Mobile US falling the most and AT&T the least.
T-Mobile US may be the biggest loser today, but...
It’s no surprise that long-term evolution (LTE) networks are quickly becoming the global norm for wireless communications. With significantly higher data speed than 3G, LTE unlocks the power of our mobile devices that are an increasingly important part of our lives, both at work...
LTE networks are like thoroughbred race horses compared to their workhorse 3G predecessors. LTE is much faster and more powerful, but easily spooked by noise and interference.
“LTE is very sensitive to interference because of higher orders of modulation,” explained CommScope’s Ray Butler, vice president...
The Sports & Entertainment Alliance in Technology hosts an annual convention for CIOs, CTOs and digital marketing experts from the sports and entertainment world. Most of these executives cannot do their jobs in venues that are not well-connected, and more to the point, many...
Four years ago, Cincinnati's Great American Ball Park installed a distributed antenna system to make sure it could keep up with mobile data demand. Today that demand has surpassed most forecasts, and AT&T's ball park DAS has undergone a major upgrade ahead of the...
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On this episode of HetNet Happenings, host Sean Kinney, managing editor for RCR Wireless News takes a look at how CPRI--common public radio interface--can be applied to digital DAS (distributed antenna system) deployments.
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Kinney looks at an interview with...
For better or for worse, our mobile devices have become an integral part of our lives, and when we enter a building few things can detract from our experience as much as poor connectivity. If that building is our workplace, our productivity and job...
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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...
When Alcatel-Lucent and TE Connectivity forged a partnership for digital distributed antenna systems, TE Connectivity was the world's No. 2 provider of DAS equipment, and Alcatel-Lucent was the world's No. 5 vendor of wireless network gear. Now TE Connectivity's wireless unit is set to...
Call it the fourth utility: wireless Internet is becoming as essential to building owners and occupants as water, gas and electricity. But unlike the other utilities, wireless Internet does not come from a single, regulated provider. IT managers have choices, and whether they work...
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On this episode of HetNet Happenings, RCR Wireless News Managing Editor Sean Kinney takes a look back at PCIA's 2015 Wireless Infrastructure Show in Hollywood, Fla.
The Wireless Infrastructure Show brought together leaders from the distributed antenna system, small cell, Wi-Fi, tower and...
Wireless carriers have created heterogeneous networks to solve coverage and capacity problems in specific high-profile locations, but these solutions will be needed more broadly as demand for mobile data skyrockets. Operators need solutions that can scale efficiently in order to build networks that yield...
FlexWave DAS host unit from TE Connectivity achieves NEBS compliance
Technology solutions firm TE Connectivity announced that its FlexWave distributed antenna system host unit has received certification for carrier-grade network application.
Specifically, the DAS achieved Network Equipment-Building System Level 3 compliance, meaning it’s acceptable for carrier...
LTE in unlicensed spectrum
T-Mobile US has said that it hopes to deploy LTE in unlicensed spectrum and now the operator is sharing some specifics. Today T-Mobile and Nokia said that they are developing a pre-standards LTE-U (LTE unlicensed) small cell solution.
LTE in unlicensed...
CommScope's ION-U simplifies DAS troubleshooting in Europe
Today CommScope announced the ION-U for European markets. By supporting the five frequency bands common to Europe in a single solution, the deployment of indoor and outdoor distributed antenna systems in Europe should be less complicated and costly.
One...
Outdoor small cells can deliver the capacity that communities crave, but those communities often don't want to see the small cells. While base station vendors like Ericsson and Alcatel-Lucent work to create more and more powerful cells, equipment vendors are helping them find ways...
The TESSCO ONE Innovation Showcase and Conference brought wireless networking industry leaders from around the world to AT&T Stadium near Dallas, Texas, on Feb. 3 and 4 for the annual infrastructure-focused trade show.
The impressive stadium, known colloquially as Jerry World after Dallas Cowboys owner...
CommScope confirmed today that it has agreed to buy TE Connectivity's telecom, enterprise and wireless businesses for roughly $3 billion. Together, the two network infrastructure giants had $5.8 billion in revenue during the fiscal year ended last September.
Investors gave the deal a standing ovation...
1. Network modernization continues to be critical
LTE is the latest evolution of commercial cellular systems and boasts the greatest spectral efficiency yet. Efficiency improvements, however, are not limited to spectrum, but also to the ecosystem as a whole.
2. Cloud architectures will be debated and...
More than 100 companies that have partnered with CommScope on distributed antenna system projects have been notified that CommScope will offer free DAS training for its partners' female employees. The need for DAS specialists is exploding, and many systems integrators are scrambling to find...
