Orange LTE coverage in France reaches 82% of the population
French mobile operator Orange reached 9.4 million LTE subscribers at the end of June, posting 1.4 million net additions during the second quarter of the year, the company said in its earnings statement. Overall mobile connections in...
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Initially geared toward the consumer market, Google Fiber is now targeting small business customers with internet service plans topping out at 1 gigabit per second.
In a post to the company blog, John Shriver-Blake, a product manager for Google Fiber, said the new service plans, ...
While the requirements for "5G" won't be set until at least 2020, two principles are emphasized in every evolution of cellular standards: capacity and coverage. Small cells are at least a partial solution to meeting those two requirements, and the Small Cell Forum believes the technology will...
1. Ericsson is boosting its fiber footprint with the acquisition of Abentel, a subsidiary of Spain's Abengoa. Abentel's assets, projects and roughly 500 employees will become part of Ericsson when the deal closes. Ericsson said those 500 professionals are "bringing a relevant set of...
The first 400G fiber route will link Denmark and Frankfurt
As carriers around the world work to meet consumer and business demand for high-speed connectivity, transport providers and fiber network owners are similarly upgrading the backbone infrastructure to support the evolving industry.
The latest upgrade, currently...
What is a distributed antenna system?
A distributed antenna system is a way to bolster cellular coverage and capacity by installing managed hubs and multiband antennas precisely where demand is greatest. A DAS installation increases the likelihood of strong reception given proximity to the end user...
Google partnered with APAC carriers China Mobile, China Telecom, SingTel, KDDI and bandwidth provider Global Transit
In an effort to bolster its application and cloud customer experience, Google, in partnership with numerous Asia-Pacific interests, yesterday brought online its 10 terabit per second Faster Cable System,...
1. AT&T is promising business customers download and upload speeds of up to 1 gigabit per second. The company said today that it has expanded its AT&T Fiber service in Texas, Tennessee, South Carolina and Oklahoma. In addition, the carrier is expanding AT&T Fiber...
Story updated with previously announced Sprint network plans
Verizon, T-Mobile note fiber, DAS, small cell and COW deployments in support of Democratic and Republican conventions in Philadelphia and Cleveland, respectively
The current political campaign season is set for a milestone in the coming weeks as both the...
Deal marks second large fiber acquisition for CS&L REIT
Fiber network operator Tower Cloud is set to be acquired by Communications Sales & Leasing for $230 million in cash and stock. CS&L is the real estate investment trust that was spun off from internet service...
Deal marks second large fiber acquisition for CS&L REIT
Fiber network operator Tower Cloud is set to be acquired by Communications Sales & Leasing for $230 million in cash and stock. CS&L is the real estate investment trust that was spun off from internet service...
Verify installation, configuration and operation prior to commissioning with virtual baseband unit
In the tower industry, it’s important to get the job done right the first time. Unanticipated truck rolls and tower climbs drive up opex, which in a capital expenditure heavy business, can hurt...
Internet access is quickly emerging as the core utility of this generation, enabling everything from startup innovation to providing access to job opportunities to underserved populations. Recognizing this trend, service providers both old and new are spending big to expand fiber networks and high-speed...
DOCSIS 3.1 allows cable operators to extend lifespan of copper physical plant
Continuing to grow its footprint of gigabit internet services, Comcast today began an "advanced trial" of high-speed internet using DOCSIS 3.1 technology in Nashville, Tennessee.
The Philadelphia-based company initially trialled DOCSIS 3.1 modems in...
In a major expansion to its fiber network footprint, AT&T is planning to extend its GigaPower Internet service offering into parts of Southern Dallas. Once the area south of the Trinity River and Interstate 30 is hooked up to fiber, AT&T will have effectively doubled...
In a major expansion to its fiber network footprint, AT&T is planning to extend its GigaPower Internet service offering into parts of Southern Dallas. Once the area south of the Trinity River and Interstate 30 is hooked up to fiber, AT&T will have effectively doubled...
In the ongoing fiber-to-the-home battle being waged by major telecom and cable players throughout the country, AT&T launched its GigaPower offering in the Bay Area this week.
AT&T said GigaPower provides throughput up to 1 gigabit per second, and is now available in parts of...
Verizon 5G plans could be bolstered by 39 GHz spectrum
The pending Verizon Communications acquisition of XO Communications has drawn the ire of satellite-TV provider Dish Network, which in a Federal Communications Commission filing claims the deal will give Verizon an unfair advantage as "5G"...
BT 4G, fiber expansion comes as telco records $1.65 billion net profit in fiscal Q4
Including its Openreach broadband unit and EE mobile business, BT said its "4G" and fiber expansion plans will cost a projected 6 billion pounds ($8.7 billion) over the next three...
Multifaceted Verizon network transformation work gaining steam as telecom giant learns from process, touts need to remain flexible
ORLANDO, Florida – Verizon Communications has become well versed in the ongoing telecom revolution across its wireless and wireline operations. While talk of its move towards “5G”...
DOCSIS 3.1 expanding over extensive Comcast copper network
With the buzz around fiber-to-the-home provided by the likes of Google Fiber, Verizon FiOS and AT&T GigaPower, there's a clear trend toward increasing home Internet speeds. But fiber networks are expensive to build, and, at least in...
Broadband is changing. It runs at ultra-fast Gigabit speeds and is getting faster and stronger as more companies jump into the new space. Today the leader by far is AT&T GigaPower. They offer ultra-fast Internet in the largest number of markets nationwide to date,...
High-capacity fiber networks support big data, cloud computing that’s central to smart cities applications
Smart cities are taking a number of different forms as urban managers scale pilot projects into larger, citywide deployments that facilitate everything from more manageable traffic to increase efficiency in utility...
