AT&T received government approval to acquire DirecTV for $48.5B, while Sprint stock plunged on competitive concerns … 1 year ago this week
Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past....
But the devil is in the details...
The Internet of Things (“IoT”) era has begun, and rapid growth is upon us. Experts predict that by 2020 anywhere from 21 billion to 50 billion devices will be connected, up from about 6 billion today. The precipitous...
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...
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...
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 looks at the status of the small cell market from home femtocells to...
Crown Castle is “as excited as we have ever been by the opportunities in small cell,” according to then-CFO, now-CEO Jay Brown on the company’s most recent quarterly call. “Our small cell conversations with the carriers have increasingly become more positive with the passage...
FBR Capital Markets reiterated its ‘outperform’ rating, noting the Sprint small cell plan is better than most think
Sprint’s small cell plans have garnered considerable attention from industry analysts who have questioned the carrier’s move to rely more heavily on network densification efforts based on...
Fiber provider Zayo Group has been putting substantial resources into investment in mobile infrastructure, particularly dark fiber, as it expands its network. The company’s executives offered a number of insights on the small cell business case from a backhaul provider’s perspective on its most...
Company CFO notes Sprint small cell plans significantly cheaper per site than traditional sites, though will need hundreds of thousands of sites for ‘5G-ready’ network
Sprint is banking on a delicate balance of cost savings tied to small cell deployments as it looks to bolster...
Small cell and DAS options said to require flexibility in terms of deployment models, financing on all sides in order to meet end goals
LAS VEGAS – Flexibility was a key term bandied about by panel members at this week’s DAS & Small Cell Congress...
AT&T continues to push updates to its mobile network, detailing plans to add spectrum capacity, small cells and 5G technology; thoughts on IoT
Speaking at the Jefferies Technology Conference this week, Scott Mair, SVP for technology and engineering at AT&T, said the carrier was on...
Verizon sues over "draconian" ordinance
When Verizon Wireless intends to expand their coverage, it doesn't take no for an answer. The small California beach town of Capitola found this out the hard way this week when the wireless carrier filed a lawsuit against the city claiming...
WOTW looks at the Sprint capital expense drama and wonders if small cell could become a big problem for the carrier
Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so...
LONDON – For a company that only sprang to life less than four years ago, New Hampshire-based startup Parallel Wireless has been blazing a trail across the small cell industry, and a company officials says self-optimizing networks is key. While the company’s heterogeneous network gateway...
If the maturing mobile industry is young in relative terms, then the small cells market is in its teenage years and facing those troublesome growing pains. But, if it’s possible to be a veteran of such a young industry, then Ip.access and its CTO...
LONDON – When two giants of the industry merge – although in this case the merger was a takeover – it can often take a while for the dust to settle and for the new company to begin to realize the benefits. Sometimes the...
LONDON – In previous years, a speaker on the stage at Small Cells World Summit who claimed: "The 5G network looks a lot like a small cell network,” would almost certainly have been an equipment vendor.
The vendors in this market, and industry body Small...
HetNet densification requires robust fiber infrastructure
LONDON – At the Small Cells World Summit, Telefonica O2 CTO Brendan O’Reilly risked offending delegates when he claimed the technology “isn’t that important.” But, O’Reilly was addressing the topic of commercializing the heterogeneous network from the consumer standpoint.
It...
Small cell market to grow to $6 billion by 2020 with enterprise growth leading the way
LONDON – The "World Summit" of the small cell industry kicked off in gloomy and grey weather in London’s Docklands – but the mood inside was anything but downbeat.
Kicking...
There’s been a few questions asked recently in RCR Wireless News and Network World about the go-to-market challenges faced by the small cell community, especially in the enterprise space. And of course it is true, there are some questions to be answered.
The pleasing element...
Each outdoor deployment, whether it is small cells or outdoor DAS is a learning lab for operators and vendors, and this webinar digs into the specifics of site acquisition, network design, equipment selection, installation and testing. Metro deployments that are in both the planning...
Dell’Oro Group looks at challenges facing small cells as they try to garner scale in the consumer and enterprise space
At a high level, small cells have moved from the hype phase to reality. The Dell’Oro Group estimates the nonresidential small cell market approached 300,000...
As DAS and small cells take off, gain competitive advantage with an end-to-end solution that drives ROI and customer satisfaction
As carriers shift emphasis from macro builds to providing the same level of LTE connectivity in-building, the outlook for distributed antenna systems (DAS) and small...
Self-organizing network automation technology makes the planning, configuration, management, optimization and healing of mobile radio access networks simpler and faster. SON functionality and behavior has been defined and specified in generally accepted mobile industry recommendations produced by organizations such as 3GPP and Next Generation...
