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  • Battelle aims to redefine Open RAN innovation with RavenStar™ O-RU

    by RCR Wireless News July 24, 2025
    by RCR Wireless News July 24, 2025

    The non-profit R&D powerhouse is going to market with a wideband massive MIMO Open RAN radio unit engineered for densification and defense When Battelle, a non-profit R&D organization known for …

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  • The Sunday Brief: Where are they spending money? (2025 edition)

    by Jim Patterson March 10, 2025
    by Jim Patterson March 10, 2025

    March greetings from Iowa and Missouri.  Pictured is Jim with his colleague Marty Smith during a recent facility tour of Blue Star Power Systems manufacturng facilty in North Mankato, Minnesota …

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  • AT&T sees Open RAN enabling ‘continuous innovation’

    by Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst October 1, 2024
    by Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst October 1, 2024

    AT&T sees AI, cloud and Open RAN decoupling network enhancements from a “cycle of virtuous Gs” AT&T is in the early days of a massive radio access network (RAN) modernization …

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  • Increasing confidence in 5G for business: Survey

    by Kelly Hill November 7, 2023
    by Kelly Hill November 7, 2023

    Customers in both the public and private sectors, as well as the telecom sector, are increasingly confident in 5G as a technology, according to a new survey commissioned by Boldyn …

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  • Small cells or massive MIMO: The best way to densify (Analyst Angle)

    by Kyung Mun, Mobile Experts May 23, 2022
    by Kyung Mun, Mobile Experts May 23, 2022

    The saying “don’t reinvent the wheel” implies not repeating what has already been done.  In the early days of 5G, operators seem to heed that advice.  During the 4G era, …

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  • Signal repeaters can extend the entire 5G spectrum, says WilsonPro: Q&A

    by Catherine Sbeglia Nin May 5, 2022
    by Catherine Sbeglia Nin May 5, 2022

    Signal repeaters can offset the need for new 5G base stations, adding network density without additional infrastructure Increasing network capacity is critical for achieving the coverage and speeds promised by …

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  • Is mmWave key to consumer 5G success?

    by RCR Wireless News March 17, 2022
    by RCR Wireless News March 17, 2022

    Finding the right match for mmWave in consumer 5G means both identifying business cases and building technology to support them.

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  • Can 5G mmWave deployments be profitable? Yes! Says Bell Labs Consulting

    by Prakash Sangam October 18, 2021
    by Prakash Sangam October 18, 2021

    How do you confirm your gut feelings and logical reasoning? Well, you do a detailed techno-economic study and get a definitive answer. That’s exactly what the recently published report regarding …

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  • What will the role of signal repeaters and boosters be in 5G networks?

    by Catherine Sbeglia Nin October 12, 2020
    by Catherine Sbeglia Nin October 12, 2020

    Signal repeaters and boosters have shifted the conversation around network densification It is widely accepted that to achieve the coverage and speeds promised by 5G, it will be necessary to …

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  • 5G networks will be dense and unforgiving: Why dynamic, automated inventory is critical (Reader Forum)

    by Reader Forum August 12, 2020
    by Reader Forum August 12, 2020

    The evolution to 5G is off to a strong start among communication service providers (CSPs) and momentum is building. As of March 2020, 84 CSPs have announced plans to launch …

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  • How do mobile service providers handle the shifting economics of 5G (Reader Forum)

    by Reader Forum August 11, 2020
    by Reader Forum August 11, 2020

    With the advent of 5G, mobile service providers (MSPs) have an estimated 50% bandwidth growth requirements, yet mobile/wireless is only about 10% of all global bandwidth. There conservatively needs to …

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  • A balanced network densification strategy is key to 5G success

    by Catherine Sbeglia Nin May 18, 2020
    by Catherine Sbeglia Nin May 18, 2020

    NB+C president: without a balanced network densification strategy, ‘the backlash will be palpable by the entire industry’ For the last three decades, the demand for mobile data has grown exponentially. …

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  • Making lemonade from lemons with mmWave signal repeaters

    by Catherine Sbeglia Nin May 12, 2020
    by Catherine Sbeglia Nin May 12, 2020

    mmWave signal repeaters are a network asset, because mmWave’s weakness is also its strength Increasing network capacity through the addition of more cell sites is critical for achieving the coverage …

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  • Network densification will depend on traffic need, carrier capability

    by Catherine Sbeglia Nin April 27, 2020
    by Catherine Sbeglia Nin April 27, 2020

    Nokia: ‘Network densification key to enable 5G to deliver on the promise extreme speeds, ultra-low latency’ While network densification is critical to truly deliver the benefits promised by 5G, like …

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  • 5G means new RAN architectures, densification and more fiber

    by RCR Wireless News March 3, 2020
    by RCR Wireless News March 3, 2020

      The rollout of 5G calls for radical changes in network architecture, technician knowledge and fiber deployed deeper into the network. To make sure those changes are successful and 5G …

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  • Why 5G by stealth is the answer to future end-to-end coverage (Reader Forum)

    by Reader Forum August 30, 2019
    by Reader Forum August 30, 2019

    $1.3 trillion will be spent on mobile networks across all technology generations in the next 5 years, and, according to the GSMA, a staggering 75% of this will be 5G …

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  • For fiber and small cells, Verizon follows an ‘integrated engineering process’

    by Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst July 15, 2019
    by Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst July 15, 2019

    Verizon investing in fiber to create favorable economics Verizon is currently offering mobile 5G in four markets–Chicago, Denver, Minneapolis and Providence–with plans to activate next-generation cellular in parts of the …

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  • The 5G D-Day (Reader Forum)

    by RCR Wireless News June 25, 2019
    by RCR Wireless News June 25, 2019

    What does this mean for building owners in practical terms and how will it benefit end users? After years of anticipation, the 5G network has finally arrived in the U.K. …

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  • Increasing network complexity requires network lifecycle solutions

    by Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst June 4, 2019
    by Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst June 4, 2019

    Following acquisitions and internal alignment, SQUAN is ready to provide turnkey network engineering and construction In May this year, during the Wireless Infrastructure Association’s 2019 Connect (X) event, SQUAN went …

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  • Fiber, vRAN and densification: A Q&A with SOLiD

    by Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst April 19, 2019
    by Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst April 19, 2019

    Network densification is about a lot more than beefing up macro sites and deploying new small cells. Connecting all of these radio sites and tying them back into the core, …

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  • Challenges and solutions to network densification

    by Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst April 19, 2019
    by Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst April 19, 2019

    Given the pervasive challenges associated with network densification, particularly backhaul and site acquisition, and the emergence of 5G at millimeter wave frequencies, what can operators do to deliver the service …

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  • Small cell densification: A Q&A with Airspan Networks

    by Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst October 15, 2018
    by Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst October 15, 2018

    Growth trends in enterprise and operator small cell investments Small cell densification of LTE and 5G networks is a major priority for operators around the world. And given the vast …

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  • Analyst Angle: 5G introduction checklist

    by Keith Mallinson September 27, 2018
    by Keith Mallinson September 27, 2018

    There is plenty of enthusiasm and quite a bit of hype in various quarters about upcoming 5G; but will it be worthwhile for everyone? The outlook for 5G is promising …

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  • Westell Technologies sees growing opportunities in network densification, 5G: CEO

    by Juan Pedro Tomás August 6, 2018
    by Juan Pedro Tomás August 6, 2018

      The company’s in-building wireless segment recorded revenues of $3.6 million in fiscal Q1 Westell Technologies is seeing increasing opportunities in areas such as network densification, in-building wireless, 5G and …

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  • Top network densification trials for 5G

    by Susan Rambo May 22, 2018
    by Susan Rambo May 22, 2018

    Densifying the networks with small cells is a key part to making 5G a reality, but the most dense small cell networks are still in 4G. Network densification has been …

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