HITEC, the world's largest hospitality technology show, convened this week in New Orleans. Hospitatality is seen as one of the top five vertical markets for distributed antenna systems, and DAS vendors were a significant presence at the show.
JMA Wireless used the show to highlight...
5 things to know today
1. AT&T announced a slew of promotions in partnership with Samsung. Customers who purchase the Samsung Galaxy S7 or Galaxy S7 edge through AT&T Mobility's Next program will be offered a free 48-inch Samsung "smart" TV. In order to qualify...
Brocade Communications has agreed to buy Ruckus Wireless in a deal worth $1.2 billion, which the companies say will create a "pure-play networking company." The goal is to deliver products and solutions that span the continuum from the heart of the data center to...
Equipment vendors often see the market for in-building wireless solutions through the lens of their own product offerings, but the "boots on the ground" who deploy systems may have a more holistic view of what works for enterprise customers. These installers and integrators are...
1. AT&T appears ready to ramp up investment in its networks now that it has completed its purchases of DirecTV, Iusacell and Nextel Mexico. The carrier said it is still forecasting total 2015 capital expenditures in the $21 billion range, although it only spent...
Virtualization technologies have become a hot topic among telecom operators. Eyeing the benefits of network functions virtualization, Telefónica signed a memorandum of understanding with Alcatel-Lucent to test NFV technologies as part of the operator’s strategy to evolve its networking infrastructure. According to the companies,...
LTE in unlicensed spectrum has been getting a lot of attention this month, most notably from the Federal Communications Commission. It is clear that some Wi-Fi equipmentmakers will not welcome cellular networks in the 5 GHz band. An alternative may be LTE Wi-Fi link...
Ruckus Wireless to provide equipment, Alepo to provide software for Wi-Fi to support 20 million Sri Lankans
Service provider Sri Lanka Telecom today announced a plan to deploy an islandwide Wi-Fi network to serve some 20 million people with the help of Ruckus Wireless and...
As mobile subscribers bring more bandwidth-hungry devices into public venues, offices and schools, makers of Wi-Fi network equipment are helping service providers find new ways to monetize Wi-Fi.
Ruckus Wireless is giving network operators a way to partner with retailers to make location-based offers to...
Call it the fourth utility: wireless Internet is becoming as essential to building owners and occupants as water, gas and electricity. But unlike the other utilities, wireless Internet does not come from a single, regulated provider. IT managers have choices, and whether they work...
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...
Wi-Fi access points are multiplying like bunnies as enterprises rely on them to keep employees and customers connected, carriers count on them to offload traffic, and consumers look for them to cut their cellular service bills. Mobile operators no longer see Wi-Fi as the...
BARCELONA, Spain — While the expansion of LTE is expected to be a major topic this year in Latin America, vendors who do business with local carriers expect the fourth generation of telecommunications to boost their operations. Two of those companies are Cambridge Broadband...
NFV Laying the foundation for a new way to run mobile networks
Virtualization will change the way mobile operators run their networks and the way the mobile ecosystem works. In this webinar we will explore how the transition to virtualized networks with NFV will happen...
The Wi-Fi Alliance has enhanced Passpoint, the multivendor standard designed for seamless identification and authentication of Wi-Fi hot spots. Service providers can now distribute their specific subscriber policies, such as which networks to join and in what order of preference. In addition, users can...
Download the complete report featuring Juniper Networks, Intel, AT&T, Telefonica, JDSU, KDDI, SpiderCloud Wireless, Ruckus Wireless, Metaswitch Networks, Hitachi and Mavenir Systems.
The transition to virtualized mobile networks is going to be a watershed in the way operators deploy, operate and financially benefit from their networks....
A conversation with Steve Hratko, Director of Service Provider Marketing, Ruckus Wireless
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Ruckus Wireless takes NFV to the managed WLAN services that operators are increasingly keen to...
Vendors are working to make network equipment more flexible, power efficient and smaller to suit the needs of operators. Many of the newest offerings also are intended for use in improving wireless coverage in large, high-capacity venues such as stadiums, where the need for...
--Mobile Experts expects that the small cell market will reach $10 billion in 2018.
Joe Madden, principal analyst at the firm, said that the deployment of 200,000 small cells in Asia "has validated the accuracy of our forecasting over the past five years. This year,...
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and Sprint Corp. recently demonstrated phase two of an over-the-air trial of TD-LTE small cells at the Phoenix International Raceway in Phoenix during a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race.
The venue  was selected for the trial because of large fan attendance and...
Ruckus Wireless, Inc. (RKUS) had solid fourth-quarter growth that met or exceeded its guidance, and company executives noted particular success in diversifying its customer base, while expressing optimism about the market opportunities ahead -- including the small cell arena.
Revenue for the fourth quarter of...
 Ruckus Wireless, Inc. is providing Wi-Fi products to the Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing Corp. USA facility in Lincoln, Neb. that includes the use of hundreds of mobile phones and iPads. The facility produces recreational and utility vehicles and includes more than 2 million square feet of...
Ruckus Wireless is partnering with the city and county of San Francisco to provide free public Wi-Fi on the city's busy Market Street corridor, from the intersection of Market and Castro streets to the pedestrian corridor at the Embarcadero.
Launched last week, the SSID for...
Welcome to the weekly wrap-up of everything in the world of cell tower companies. We cover top-level industry stories, DAS, and regional/local news.
Cell tower radiation: it's a topic that has concerned communities for as long as towers have existed. It even shapes debates on...
