Local jurisdictions around the country are increasingly pushing building owners to install in-building wireless coverage for first responders, while those owners are also seeking better in-building commercial coverage for their tenants.
"Building owners are caught in the crossfire, if you will," said Seth Buechley, president...
As part of a major renovation of New York's famous Empire State Building, the skyscraper is getting a new distributed antenna system from Extenet Systems Inc. that will provide better coverage for Verizon Wireless and Sprint customers up to the 102nd floor.
Extenet will design,...
Large wireless deployments at stadiums and in other dense areas demand high capacity and high performance, but it’s not always easy to provide these when a venue may need 18 to 20 sectors of capacity and
With many people increasingly relying on wireless connectivity at home rather than having a landline phone, in-building residential coverage is a challenge being met by various technologies – small cells, Wi-Fi and distributed antenna systems.
Excellent in-building wireless coverage is seen as such a valuable...
Wireless networks are being asked to handle an increasing amount of traffic both from the growth in overall wireless services as well as growing consumer appetite for mobile data services. Further complicating the issue are tougher zoning regulations and requirements when attempting to install...
Verizon Wireless has reached an agreement with Transit Wireless to bring 3G and LTE coverage to New York City's subway system, making it the fourth of the national carriers to boost its coverage and capacity by signing on to a new neutral-host distributed antenna...
Boingo Wireless beat expectations for the quarter, reporting revenue of $26.2 million, up from $24.3 million for the second quarter of 2012.
The company reported an overall net loss of $0.4 million, much less than the $1.5 million loss for the previous year's second quarter.
"Our...
Editor’s Note: Wireless operators are a busy bunch, and as such RCR Wireless News will attempt to gather some of the important announcements that may slip through the cracks from the world’s largest carriers in a weekly wrap-up. Enjoy!
--AT&T announced an agreement with Disney...
ABI Research released several recent reports on the Wi-Fi and in-building wireless space. The research firm estimated that Wi-Fi hotspots will reach a total of 6.3 million this year, from 4.9 million globally in 2012. That figure includes wireline and wireless carriers' hotspot networks,...
Last week's CTIA 2013 conference involved quite a few announcements related to distributed antenna systems.
DAS provider Corning Inc. has launched a new platform for in-building wireless aimed at providing enterprise, hotels, arenas and convention centers with what the company claims is "nearly unlimited bandwidth,"...
LAS VEGAS – Verizon Wireless looks set to move aggressively into small cell deployments, announcing a deal with infrastructure powerhouses Ericsson and Alcatel-Lucent to add small cells to enhance the carrier’s LTE network.
The deal with Ericsson calls for the infrastructure provider to provide its...
Cobham plc has completed its acquisition of leading Distributed Antenna System company Axell Wireless for up to 85 million pounds, or about $130 million.
The initial purchase price was about $91.3 million, with an addition cash consideration of up to about $38 million payable in...
The continued integration of various wireless technologies in order to provide a more complete and seamless user experience has become a significant focus of today’s mobile industry. This includes the greater integration of small cell technologies using both licensed and unlicensed spectrum bands.
However, stringing...
Distributed antenna systems have been one of the fastest-growing types of cellular infrastructure for the past 15 years. In the late 1990’s, DAS were initially deployed inside
The explosive growth in smartphones and the proliferating demand for mobile Internet and mobile video threatens to overwhelm current network infrastructure and leaves the industry at the cusp of a new frontier. A new kind of wireless network platform is needed that can handle...
One of the enduring challenges in matching up a distributed antenna system with a mobile base station has been the need to use RF as the method of interface. Using RF as the interface adds complexity and
Time Warner Cable is expanding a free Wi-Fi network for its customers in Austin, Tex., and plans to add hundreds of additional hotspots this year, the company said.
The city-wide TWC Wi-Fi network is already available in some areas, the company said, and it will...
It's a busy world in DAS right now – this week marked the HetNet Forum's DAS in Action conference, and next week is the DAS & Small Cells Congress in Las Vegas.
Iain Gillot of research firm iGR offered perhaps the most expansive view of...
NEW ORLEANS – AT&T prefers to build neutral-host distributed antenna systems, and actively plans deployments to accommodate other carriers in terms of space, power and location, according to the company.
"We’re out there building networks as a neutral-host provider," said Chad Townes, VP of AT&T...
NEW ORLEANS – Capital expenditure numbers make in-building wireless coverage a tricky proposition, according to speakers at this week's DAS in Action conference.
C.J. Maier of Verizon Wireless told an audience that with a limited budget for DAS installations, Verizon Wireless looks at a series...
Looking to expand its reach into the growing heterogeneous networks space, The DAS Forum announced this morning that it will be changing its name to the HetNet Forum. The news comes the day of the DAS Forum event being held in New Orleans, which...
Welcome to this week's news on Wi-Fi, DAS, and small cell deployments.
Qualcomm has been named an official technology partner of Major League Baseball, and is partnering with the league's interactive media and Internet company to improve wireless coverage within MLB stadiums.
Qualcomm engineers will provide...
Welcome to this week's roundup of HetNet news.
The city of Santa Clara, Calif., turned on free Wi-Fi service last week as part of an electrical grid project. Silicon Valley Power, the city's municipal electric utility, is providing Wi-Fi access as part of its SVP...
It’s no secret that the future of the enterprise network lies with wireless, especially as computing technology aggressively and constantly expands on a mobile level. But, to support the mobile device boom (which Cisco pegs at 50 billion by 2020), network engineers will need to...
