Telecom infrastructure company CommScope reported year-over-year lower sales during the second quarter, with its connectivity and cabling business a bright spot and weak sales in its access network and its Networking, Intelligent Cellular & Security Solutions (NICS) unit.
The company saw improvements in sales from...
How can enterprise networks better meet the unique needs of hospitality, education, healthcare and other industries in 2024?
It’s admittedly a tall order. Networks are now expected to address a variety of use cases, each with unique performance demands, while delivering 24/7 accessibility. Engineering the...
Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on those sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories!
Verizon wants to...
Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories!
IPv6 officially launches
Following World...
Smart IoT devices and sensors utilize a wide range of wireless protocols such as Wi-Fi, ZigBee, Z-Wave, LoRa, and BLE. The deployment of smart IoT devices and sensors – each with its own set of requirements – inevitably creates multiple overlay networks that are...
Ruckus Networks plans to expand service to millions of Brazilians by the end of 2020
California-based wireless networking equipment and software company Ruckus Networks announced that its devices and technology will be used in Wi-Fi hotspots of Google Station in São Paulo, Brazil. The devices being...
Wi-Fi 6, based on the IEEE 802.11ax standard, is designed for high-density user environments and features uplink and downlink OFDMA, 8×8 multi-user MIMO and 1024 QAM. With network equipment and device support moving along, Boingo today announced a commercial trial of the latest Wi-Fi...
Ruckus, Federated Wireless and Syniverse announced a collaboration that aims to provide enterprises with the ability to deploy secure private LTE networks in lieu of Wi-Fi, using the Citizens Broadband Radio Service spectrum at 3.5 GHz.
All three of the companies bring their own piece...
The Wi-Fi landscape is rapidly evolving and its growth continues unabated. A ubiquitous amenity, Wi-Fi is routinely offered across a wide range of locations including carpeted enterprises, school/college/office campuses, stadiums, airports, hotels, MDUs, and transportation hubs. Fast and reliable Wi-Fi connectivity is now considered...
American Tower and Ruckus Networks partnered on CBRS project
With rules governing general authorized and priority access licenses settled by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, there's significant momentum around the commercialization of the 3.5 GHz Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) band. In the latest, Arris...
FCC needs to move on PALs, but CBRS ramping to commercialization
Shared access of the 3.5 GHz Citizens Broadband Radio Service band provides a number of opportunities: carriers can add capacity and offload data traffic, neutral hosts get another tool in the proverbial toolbox and...
Industry coalescing around CBRS deployments in Q4
Ruckus Networks today announced a "major milestone" toward commercial deployments supporting shared access to the 3.5 GHz Citizens Broadband Radio Service band with certification from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission for its CBRS-compatible access point products.
Ruckus, a subsidiary...
802.11ax designed to boost Wi-Fi in congested deployment scenarios
The next enhancement to the IEEE Wi-Fi standard, 802.11ax, is poised to hit both enterprise and consumer markets as new product offerings, like Ruckus' access points and Charter's new home Wi-Fi router. Both the router and...
Ruckus to ship 802.11ax access points this quarter
This week Ruckus, an Arris company, announced it plans to begin shipping access points that support the newest flavor of Wi-Fi, IEEE 802.11ax, this quarter. The Wi-Fi enhancement is designed to support ultra-dense deployment scenarios—think airports, stadiums,...
So finally after months of dating, Arris and Ruckus are finally getting married, generating a great deal of enthusiasm among analysts and reporters.
The deal is said to enable both entities to leverage each other position in the market. Arris gets a strong portfolio of...
ARRIS has completed its $800 million dollar purchase of Ruckus Wireless with a promise to retain the Wi-Fi equipment maker's name and leadership. Former Ruckus president Dan Rabinovitsj will become president of ARRIS enterprise networks, which will include Ruckus.
"Our team is jubilant, relieved and...
CommScope is latest vendor to join council as a lead partner
The market for smart city solutions will soon be worth more than $1 trillion, according to Frost & Sullivan, and the wireless industry will be ready. Companies from almost every part of...
AT&T announced plans to expand its public Wi-Fi service in NYC, while industry veteran Craig McCaw was set to resign from Clearwire … 6 years ago this week.
Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our...
Connecting everything: news bytes for 11/7/16
1. Samsung plans to add voice-activated artificial intelligence to wearables and home appliances. The world's largest smartphone maker is also a major manufacturer of TV sets, washing machines, dishwashers and vacuum cleaners, as well as of course its Gear...
Unlicensed spectrum is hugely valuable, and mobile operators are increasingly eager to leverage that spectrum. They started with Wi-Fi offload, and are now moving to LTE-Unlicensed and new ways to integrate Wi-Fi in their networks (carrier Wi-Fi, LWA). The Senza Fili report, “LTE unlicensed and...
BARCELONA, Spain – OpenG technology combines coordinated shared spectrum, such as the 3.5 GHz band in the U.S., with neutral host-capable small cells to enable cost-effective, ubiquitous in-building cellular coverage.
Juan Santiago, PLM director at Ruckus, spoke with RCR Wireless News during this week's Mobile World...
