EXFO SkyRAN combines RF and fiber monitoring for fronthaul networks
Two key factors shaping the current state of increasingly advanced LTE networks, and setting the stage for future 5G networks, are massive investments in fiber optic networks and the pooling of network infrastructure. Consider C-RAN...
French cable provider Altice is reorganizing its corporate structure, including separating its operation in the United States into a standalone business called Altice USA. The move is subject to approval from regulators and shareholders.
In a Jan. 8 presentation to investors, Altice described the thinking...
Planning standards-based mobile 5G deployment late this year
AT&T on Wednesday announced its plans to deliver mobile 5G services based on the forthcoming 3GPP 5G New Radio (NR) standard in "more than a dozen markets...by late 2018." According to the company, the mobile service will...
With a 3-2 vote along party lines, last week the U.S. Federal Communications Commission reversed Obama-era net neutrality rules that treated internet service providers like utilities under Title II rules.
The highly unpopular move by the FCC has stakeholders concerned that major corporations like Comcast...
As the densification of LTE networks continues in advance of commercial 5G deployments--expected to pick up in the 2019-2020 timeframe, although Verizon has announced commercial 5G fixed wireless access availability in the second half of 2018--the importance of fiber to the communications business has...
As the endless thirst for data drives a continuous push for more network capacity, fiber remains the principle transmission technology underpinning all of our core, fixed line and mobile backhaul communications infrastructure. And yet, service providers still face numerous challenges when rolling out fiber...
Fiber partnership between Vodafone and CityFibre targets 5 million homes and business by 2025
You can't have wireless without wires--a telecom paradigm illustrated by Vodafone's partnership with CityFibre to significantly expand the reach of fiber-to-the-premises connectivity in the U.K. over the next eight years.
The partners...
ExteNet Systems added to its fiber optic holdings today with the completion of its acquisition of Axiom Fiber Networks; terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Axiom owns a 20-mile, 864 strand count core network the company describes as "purpose built to support solutions requiring...
Fiber is fuel for both LTE and future "5G" systems, and service providers are doing their best to increase their fiber footprints. Here are three fiber trends to watch:
Both residential and enterprise fiber access is on the upswing. SNL Kagan found earlier this year...
Anti-trust approval clears the way for the $34B deal to close
CenturyLink received anti-trust approval from the Federal Communications Commission on Monday for its $34 billion purchase of Level 3 Communications.
CenturyLink had been steadily winding its way through the necessary state-level approvals and received...
Enterprise sales split into webscale/extra-large enterprise group, and group focused on transportation, energy and the public sector
Rajeev Suri, CEO of Nokia, this week discussed how the company's "laser-like focus" on enterprise sales has led to a number of new customer wins.
"We have split our...
Deep fiber and flexible infrastructure will be key to 5G
Ahead of 5G, we're seeing a number of network convergence trends to support the ultra dense fiber and wireless infrastructure needs of continued network evolution. Based on pre-standard operator trials in the U.S., it appears...
Simultaneous, symmetric upstream and downstream transmission requires a new approach to interference management for DOCSIS 3.1
DENVER--As cable companies look to support increasingly bandwidth intensive use cases, including a new wave of uplink-heavy and latency sensitive applications, DOCSIS 3.1 has proved very beneficial in increasing...
Analyst: Although 5G standard isn't final, cable companies will have a big role to play
DENVER--The 3GPP is tracking to complete the non-standalone variant of the 5G specification with the 5G New Radio specification tracking for completion in mid-2018. Pointing this out during the SCTE...
Inter-departmental coordination is imperative for smart city success
Hospitality industry nonprofit Visit Orlando figures around 68 million people visited the Central Florida theme park destination in 2016. In a metro area with more than 2.3 million residents, the addition of tourists can create issues ranging...
Small Cell Forum collaborates with industry standards bodies to support densification ahead of 5G
Network densification is seen as an imperative to support the vision of 5G. This requires many things: more fiber, more cell sites--at both the macro level and major increases in the...
Nokia working with Jordanian operator on fiber network build
In Jordan, a country of more than 9 million people covering some 34,000 square miles, the vast majority of internet users depend on a wireless, rather than a wired connection. And while there has been tremendous...
Mayor Andy Berke wants other mid-size cities to leverage fiber for economic development
SAN FRANCISCO--The Chattanooga, Tenn., that Mayor Andy Berke grew up in "was a steel and foundry city. It was dying. Downtown was a great place to take a date because you could...
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CommScope goes on...
Mobile network operators are under intense pressure to keep network operating costs in check as consumers demand more and more data while price wars keep a cap on the amounts carriers can charge for that data. Centralized radio access networks, or C-RAN, are an...
Waco, Kalamazoo and South Bend will host new round of 5G fixed wireless access trials
Building on initial enterprise and consumer trials in Austin, Texas, AT&T is now expanding its research around 5G fixed wireless access to Waco, Texas, Kalamazoo, Mich., and South Bend, Ind....
5G fixed wireless access growth as a wireless alternative to last mile fiber
5G fixed wireless access is poised to be the first phase of commercial 5G deployments with major operators including Verizon and AT&T testing service delivery using high-capacity millimeter wave spectrum. Given this...
Government providing funds to operators to install new fiber optic infrastructure nationwide
The Japanese government is already working to develop better fiber optic and other technologies to meet the future data transmission demands of 5G networks, local press reported.
According to the report, these new fiber...
AT&T this week expanded the reach of its home broadband services with a combination of new fiber deployment and leveraging G.fast to improve data speeds in multiple-dwelling units using existing coaxial cabling.
Residents in Biloxi, Miss., and Savannah, Ga., now have access to AT&T's fiber...
