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Editorial Webinar: Small cell and network densification 2019: Policy, Spectrum, Fiber and Mobile Networks

Densification of cell sites and fiber networks has been ramping up in recent years as carriers cope with ever-increasing capacity needs and lay the groundwork for 5G. RCR Wireless News looks at the state of spectrum holdings, fiber deployments and how each of the national...

Editorial Webinar: How to bring 5G in-building

5G, the next generation of wireless technology, is poised to have a significant impact on the commercial real estate industry--if stakeholders can coalesce on a straightforward strategy to bring 5G indoors. As 5G ’s enhanced IoT capabilities enable more of the built environment to...

Editorial Report: How to bring 5G in-building

5G, the next generation of wireless technology, is poised to have a significant impact on the commercial real estate industry--if stakeholders can coalesce on a straightforward strategy to bring 5G indoors. As 5G ’s enhanced IoT capabilities enable more of the built environment to...

Editorial Report: Gigabit LTE deployments setting the stage for 5G

Operators and their customers can't wait for 5G to be commercialized and scaled--the capacity crunch is here today, particularly in the era of unlimited data. To solve this problem, operators are using multi-channel carrier aggregation for both licensed and unlicensed spectrum, 4x4 MIMO and 256...

Editorial Report: Reducing Opex Through Infrastructure: Drones, C-RAN and Software

Change is the only certainty for the fast-moving wireless industry, so mobile network operators want to focus on flexible operating expenses instead of huge capital investments in technologies that could become obsolete. How is the wireless infrastructure industry responding? This report will look at...

Feature Report: Enterprise DAS, small cells and signal boosters: indoor densification trends and strategies

The challenge of improving connectivity for the enterprise involves multiple stakeholders: building owners, tenants, equipment suppliers, integrators, infrastructure providers and of course wireless carriers. Successful solutions are those that can deliver a better experience for the end user and a positive ROI for the...

Radio access: wireless carriers covet the public right of way

The clock is ticking for wireless carriers as they race to secure urban locations for small cells. Carriers need to add outdoor small cells to handle the exponential growth in demand for mobile data on busy city streets. "The right of way deployments are absolutely...

Reality Check: As digital video competition intensifies, collaboration becomes paramount

New and evolving digital video models are set to change the market and require a new mindset to succeed Remember in recent years when technology disruption upended the music and publishing industries? A slightly different – yet potentially more seismic – upheaval is happening now...

Feature Report: Scalability, ROI and the business case for small cells

How do you make a small cell financially viable? The technology has been slower to ramp than expected, after meeting substantial cost, logistics and RF challenges in the real world. RCR Wireless News looks at the status of the small cell market from home femtocells...

Feature Report: Outdoor DAS and small cells – case studies

Each outdoor deployment is a learning lab for operators and vendors, and this report digs into the specifics of site acquisition, network design, equipment selection, installation and testing. Metro deployments that are in both the planning phase and the installation phase are discussed, as...

Editorial Webinar: Wireless Infrastructure Service Companies

Wireless carriers rely on a variety of contractors, program managers and "turf vendors" to build and maintain wireless infrastructure. This webinar will examine the infrastructure services ecosystem by looking at the differing approaches that the major carriers take to deployment, sharing the perspectives of...

Metro Ethernet, backhaul revenues up 42% for Comcast

Comcast Corp.'s (CMCSK) Business Services grew a whopping 41.7% year over year to $435 million, driven by its metro Ethernet business and mobile cellular backhaul business. The cable company is planning to add 20 major markets to its metro Ethernet business in the future,...

@ NAB: Mobile TV making headway, but carrier support ultimately needed

LAS VEGAS – Mobile broadcast TV is making headway in the United States, with more than 60 broadcast networks offering service in a couple dozen markets, but scale will only come to the market when wireless operators embrace the concept, panelists at the National...

Movers & Shakers: AT&T names new CFO; CBS Interactive's new President; and more

AT&T Inc. announced that Rick Lindner, chief financial officer, will retire effective June 1, 2011. He will be replaced by AT&T Controller John Stephens, a 19-year company veteran. Lindner has served as CFO for the company since 2004, and he previously was CFO for...

Movers & Shakers: AT&T names new CFO; CBS Interactive’s new President; and more

AT&T Inc. announced that Rick Lindner, chief financial officer, will retire effective June 1, 2011. He will be replaced by AT&T Controller John Stephens, a 19-year company veteran. Lindner has served as CFO for the company since 2004, and he previously was CFO for...

Mobitel set to partner UCB

The Phnom Penh Post | March 1, 2011 | Jeremy Mullins Mobitel is in talks with Union Commercial Bank to process its customers’ mobile phone money transactions in order to meet legal requirements from the National Bank of Cambodia. Mobitel controversially launched its Cellcard Cash money transfer...

ChaCha lands tie-in with NBC

ChaCha Search Inc. scored a major studio win today under a new deal with NBC Universal Digital Studio. The company, which takes a unique approach to mobile search, has landed a role as the answers service provider for the studio's recently launched original series...

Reality Check: Summer earnings relief – Sprint Nextel and Comcast assessment

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.Greetings from Kansas City, where the summer is in full heat. Our lawn has gone dormant, but...

@The Cable Show: Reflecting on a path to media dominance

LOS ANGELES – To hear Comcast Corp.’s chairman and CEO Brian Roberts tell it, the cable industry is on a collision course with destiny. The seemingly neatly divided world of entertainment that Roberts first jumped into as the son of Comcast’s founder Ralph Roberts...

It's Payback Time: Hulu to Charge for Premium Services

Hulu.com, that magical place where we all watch our favorite movies and television shows of present and past (Rocky and Bullwinkle, anyone?) free of charge, has announced that beginning as early as May it will institute a so-called "metered" pay wall, which leaves some...

Big 12 team up for mobile broadcasting

Mobile TV content got another boost this week as 12 major broadcast groups announced they'd be teaming up to form a national service for beaming programs to mobile devices live and on-demand, as well as content from print and electronic sources.The group - consisting...

FLO to update offering

Qualcomm Inc.’s FLO TV Inc. subsidiary said it plans to expand its mobile television offering later this year with the inclusion of interactive capabilities, pay-per-day and event passes and a time-shifting viewing option.The company said the interactive feature will allow users to “interact with...

Reality Check: Where we’ve come in the past six months

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.March marks the six month anniversary of my Reality Check column. We are now reaching thousands each...

Report: Cell Phone Use May Help Prevent Alzheimer's

If you're hoping to stay sharp in your old age, go pick up a cell phone.A new study suggests that prolonged cell phone use may actually help reduce and reverse the affect of Alzheimer's disease, according to researchers at the University of South Florida.Dozens...