Fastback Networks president predicts sub $20,000 deployment cost
LONDON, England – Small cells are poised to be a central component of future network developments but with so many small cells needed to push large-scale change, low capital and operating expenditures are key.
That was the main thrust...
Fiber deployments are needed to support small cell networks
LONDON, England – Vendors and operators from around the telecom world gathered at Small Cells World Summit to discuss the challenges and opportunities presented by small cell deployments.
At this point, network infrastructure planning software solutions are...
A conversation with Chih-Lin I, Chief Scientist, China Mobile
Download a transcript of the complete interview now as well as the complete updated report, "Charting the path to RAN virtualization: C-RAN, fronthaul and HetNets."
China Mobile has been at the forefront of C-RAN deployments and has a...
Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure told attendees at Recode's Code Conference that the carrier will be ranked as the first or second wireless carrier for network quality within two years, according to published reports.
CNet reported that Claure later qualified his remarks to specify that he meant the top...
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The Colombian agencies for spectrum and communications regulation, the ANE and CRC, have posted a draft to auction spectrum in the 900 MHz, 1.9 GHz, 2.5 GHz and 700 MHz bands. The agencies will accept comments on the draft until June 12. The document can be...
Verizon Wireless said CDMA to continue supporting IoT, connected devices
While LTE is the network of now and the future at Verizon Wireless, the carrier expects to continue supporting its legacy CDMA operations for the foreseeable future to handle connected devices as part of the...
Private wireless infrastructure firm charges COO with small cell, DAS
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Privately held wireless infrastructure firm InSite Wireless Group on May 12 announced its acquisition for undisclosed consideration of Capital Tower.
Industry veteran Richard Grimes, former CEO and co-founder of Capital Tower, will become the COO of...
Combines wireless and fiber-based backhaul
WASHINGTON – Cambridge Broadband Networks Limited, headquartered in the U.K., has successfully established its VectaStar licensed point-to-multipoint across 42 countries for backhaul and enterprise access networks.
The company is now transferring this expertise to the U.S. where congestion in existing spectrum...
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On this episode of HetNet Happenings, RCR Wireless News Managing Editor Sean Kinney takes a look back at PCIA's 2015 Wireless Infrastructure Show in Hollywood, Fla.
The Wireless Infrastructure Show brought together leaders from the distributed antenna system, small cell, Wi-Fi, tower and...
What is a small cell?
The term small cell is used in many contexts. Some infrastructure providers use it to describe anything that is not clearly a tower or macro cell, including the nodes on a distributed antenna system. Others insist that only radio units...
Crown Castle has acquired three metro fiber operators in the past eight months. Its first deal was viewed at first as a one-off to fill a network density need. But after the April 30 announcement of the $1 billion acquisition of Sunesys, it’s become...
Site acquisition, jurisdictional approval, backhaul access key small cell challenges.
Chris Stark, Nokia’s chief business development officer for North America, envisions a future of smart mega cities where traffic, resource use, emergency response latency and more are problems of the past.
Stark, during a keynote address...
Crown Castle CEO Ben Moreland likes to call fiber "the horizontal tower" and this week he announced plans to broaden the tower company's fiber reach with the $1 billion purchase of Sunesys, a wholly owned subsidiary of power giant Quanta Services. Crown Castle said that...
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – Making the small cell business model work was the topic of a well-attended panel this year at PCIA's Wireless Infrastructure Show. Analyst Iain Gillott of iGR Research was joined by TowerCloud founder Ron Murdy and by Greg Weiner of Vertix Consulting.
The...
Last week I attended the inaugural 5G Forum event that was organized by Informa in sunny Palo Alto, Calif. The location for this new event was interesting, especially considering that most of the discussions centered around what “5G” will be and what it will...
As people increasingly rely on their smartphones to get through the day, there’s a growing emphasis in the wireless industry on providing robust indoor coverage from DAS, Wi-Fi, small cells and more.
Whether in a packed stadium, busy hotel lobby or waiting for a train...
Crown Castle beat analysts' revenue estimates during the first quarter, and raised its outlook for 2015 site rental revenue by roughly $15 million. First quarter site rental revenue was $768 million and total revenue was $941 million. The company is now projecting $3.08 billion...
Small cells, COWs and COLTs saddled up by Verizon as part of Churchill Downs hetnet upgrade
In the run-up to the May 2 post, Verizon Communications has beefed up its Churchill Downs deployment with small cell to accommodate the data demands associated with the Kentucky Derby...
The telecom industry has buzzed about small cell technology for years, but as the race toward 5G and ultra-dense metros speeds up, small cell is just now becoming a viable part of heterogeneous network deployments.
Take Cleveland, for example. In that market, Verizon Communications has...
Mobile operators are set to gain access to spectrum in the 3.5 GHz band.
The Federal Communications Commission is making 150 megahertz of contiguous spectrum available for mobile broadband and other uses through a spectrum sharing policy. The agency says it is creating a three-tiered...
Small cells have been "set to take off" for several years, but many projects and deployments remain grounded. Now as carriers start to explore voice over Wi-Fi, some are wondering if small cells will ever come into their own. Key decision-makers within carrier and...
But who will pay for upgrades, which include better Wi-Fi for luxury boxes?
Houston, Texas, is poised to host the Super Bowl in 2017 but, in the meantime, the NFL and local officials are trying to figure out who will foot the bill for upgrades...
Small cell, DAS and other network improvements from Verizon
Following its historic municipal bankruptcy, the city of Detroit has undertaken large-scale economic development projects; for its part, major carrier Verizon Communications has invested heavily in network infrastructure projects.
All told, Verizon reports recent investment targeting Detroit...
