The European Commission (EC) is inviting municipal authorities to apply for €15,000 vouchers to finance Wi-Fi equipment and installation in public spaces. Vouchers worth €17.75 million in total will be made available to 1,183 municipalities in European Union (EU) member states in the next...
The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Lab has expanded its Wi-Fi testing capabilities to include Broadband Forum testing that quantifies Wi-Fi access point performance.
The testing is in line with Broadband Forum's WT-398 test plan for benchmarking consumer customer premise equipment, which UNH-IOL said "represents...
Boingo ended the first quarter with 41 DAS venues live and 84 DAS venues in backlog
Revenue from the distributed antenna system (DAS) segment accounted for 41% of Boingo Wireless’ overall revenue in the first quarter of the year, up from a contribution of 37%...
With the recent purchase of InterDigital's XCellAir, European managed Wi-Fi company Fon seeks to help network operators capitalize on their Wi-Fi presence in residential homes -- and get a foothold in the U.S market while they do so.
XCellAir focuses on cloud-based quality of experience...
There are many reasons why in-building cellular coverage can be challenging. The placement of cell towers, geographical terrain, or building materials can all play a role in poor in-building coverage. Even where there is a proliferation of cellular towers, there can be topographic or...
The deployment initially includes a total of 50 small cells with plans of deploying additional small cells during the coming months
UK firm Cambridge Communication Systems (CCS) has announces the completion of a next-generation small cell network in London’s Square Mile.
The first phase of deployment...
Military connectivity is major revenue driver for Boingo
While Boingo Wireless is largely known for providing Wi-Fi at large venues like stadia and airports, the company provides a range of services including Wi-Fi and TV for service men and women living in military barracks throughout...
The telco recently opened a 5G innovation center in the Gold Coast
Australian telecom operator Telstra is set to launch what it claims to be the world's first 5G supported Wi-Fi hotspots and roll out a 5G-connected car on the country’s Gold Coast. While there are...
Although the standard for the next generation of Wi-Fi technology hasn't been officially finalized, that hasn't stopped chipsets, reference designs and test equipment from making it to the market to support the transition to 802.11ax.
The 802.11ax ecosystem has begun picking up steam, with products...
NetScout introduces nGeniusPulse 2.5
NetScout Systems Inc. recently announced its nGenius Service Assurance platform has extended infrastructure monitoring into VMware virtual and Wi-Fi infrastructures with the release of nGeniusPulse 2.5.
NetScout is a provider of application and network performance management products. nGeniusPulse is a health monitoring...
Wide range of partners collaborated on Wi-Fi deployment for Mobile World Congress
Mobile World Congress in Barcelona is the premiere event for telecom industry professionals. As such, the more than 100,000 people who descend on the Catalan capital each year have relatively high expectations related...
Going forward, almost every electronic device in your house, or in your work environment, is going to be connected to the network or internet and sending data of one kind or another back to its manufacturer. For example, if you walk into a conference...
As expected, MWC 2018 was a lot about buzzwords 5G, AI, VR, digital transformation, digital identity, smart cities, connected cars, IoT and everything in between.
With 5G non-standalone standards now in place, the conversation is moving away from proof of concept to more ambitious projects,...
802.11ax ecosystem starting to shape up
The race to IEEE 802.11ax Wi-Fi is on. Qualcomm’s recently unveiled WCN3998 solution is the latest addition to a growing number of pre-standard or 802.11ax- “ready” chipsets hitting the market, following previous announcements by Qualcomm, Broadcom, Marvell, Quantenna, Intel,...
Riverbed announces SteelConnect updates
Riverbed recently announced updates to its SD-WAN solution SteelConnect, including private links that enable users to connect to Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure. Other updates include integration between SteelConnect and Riverbed Xirrus Wi-Fi, and the addition of Long Term...
Eastlink chooses Ericsson as VoLTE supplier in Canada
Eastlink announced it has selected Ericsson as its core network supplier for voice-over-LTE (VoLTE) services in Canada. According to Eastlink, the collaboration will enable it to offer resilient services, and provide a basis for Wi-Fi calling and...
As athletes battle it out on the rinks and slopes of the Pyeongchang Olympics, a quieter fight is underway on Olympic networks. The "Olympic Destroyer" attack has reportedly caused disruptions to the event's Wi-Fi network and took down the official web site just as...
GCI introduces CloudFlex SD-WAN
Telecommunications and technology company General Communications Inc. (GCI) deployed its CloudFlex Software-Defined Wide Area Networking (SD-WAN) yesterday, which moves the management of business networks to the cloud.
GCI is Alaska’s largest telephone and wireless provider with around 108,000 cable subscribers across the...
The vendor also recently opened a 5G innovation and research center in the city of L'Aquila.
Chinese vendor ZTE has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Rome City Council to take part in the forthcoming trials of 5G and future Wi-Fi technologies. Through...
Software-defined networking, and SD-WAN in particular, is helping to redefine IT strategies for organizations across a number of industries. Companies with distributed operations have been traditionally dependent on resource-intensive, time-consuming and expensive processes to accommodate the networking needs of their business – and their...
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!
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Fans who make it to Super Bowl LII at US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minn. this weekend may not be able to get close to Eagles head coach Doug Pederson or the Patriots' Bill Bellicheck, but they will be able to touch base with...
While 5G will support unlicensed and shared spectrum, Wi-Fi has been moving in the other direction, taking on many characteristics of cellular technologies such as enhanced quality of service, security, and other features. As the lines between licensed and unlicensed spectrum blur, Wi-Fi will...
This increasingly variegated platform drives the requirement for coexistence between 5GNR, LTE and unlicensed technologies — close integration at core and even radio level now, and a harmonized migration path both to 5G and future IEEE 802 standards. The two tracks may not converge...
