Hetnets are heterogeneous networks, wireless networks that combine different technologies in order to maintain the user experience indoors or in crowded urban environments. Operators may use small cells, Wi-Fi and/or distributed antenna systems in combination with macro cells to keep users connected. In deploying...
RCR Wireless News recently hosted the first installment of of its RCRatx Speakers Series, hosted in the company's production studios on the east side of Austin, Texas.
The inaugural installment featured Liam Quinn, a VP and senior fellow at Dell; and Franklin Flint, CTO at...
On this episode of HetNet Happenings, RCR Wireless News Managing Editor Sean Kinney is joined by industry experts to discuss the intersections of 5G, Wi-Fi and the Internet of Things (IoT).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaiYUkQ19jg
Kinney is joined by Franklin Flint, the chief technology officer for the Telecommunications Industry...
Is Wi-Fi first the access model of future?
This week on Wi-Fi Now, host Claus Hetting digs into Wi-Fi First with David Morken of Republic Wireless, as well as takes a look at Project Salsa, LWA, Google Project Fi and more.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSCz2NSXMm0
Is Wi-Fi First the access...
Metro Transit to add express buses to free Wi-Fi program
The Twin Cities in Minnesota will soon be a testbed for Wi-Fi on transit routes. Metro Transit in the cities is making free Wi-Fi available on selected urban and local express routes.
The program, which begins this month, will be...
Rising importance of Wi-Fi drives M&As
The rising importance of Wi-Fi to cable companies is generating new alliances and rivalries. The cable operators are reshaping the U.S. telecom landscape. They are leveraging their powerful combination of ready-made small cell backhaul and economical carrier Wi-Fi access...
Devicescape, iPass partner on 50M Wi-Fi hot spot network
Wi-Fi service providers iPass and Devicescape joined Wi-Fi networks to create a global network of some 50 million hot spots, which the companies and industry watchers are calling the world’s largest Wi-Fi network.
Wi-Fi evangelist and telecom industry...
August 19 was the inaugural episode of Cell Tower News with host Joey Jackson, editor and production manager for RCR Wireless News. On this episode, site acquisition, towersource.com, and related topics are discussed by Jackson and CEO and president of Mosaik Solutions Bryan Darr. Jackson is...
Traveling can be a burdensome process even when everything goes right. And chief among frequent flyer complaints is the lack of Wi-Fi access, or, when it's available, the low quality of Wi-Fi, which in airplanes is often far too slow to stream video.
Gogo, a...
Smart city development is on the rise. In fact, the smart city market is set to experience a compound annual growth rate of 22.5% between 2014 and 2019, growing from roughly $411 billion to $1.13 trillion during that five-year period, according to MarketsandMarkets.
For example,...
'Salsa' software update begins rolling out to select devices
Republic Wireless has begun to rollout an update to its service that the mobile virtual network operator claims supports the handoff of voice calls between a cellular and Wi-Fi connection.
The company, which announced work on the...
OnHub router developed with TP-Link; ‘fast, secure and easy to use’
Google on Tuesday announced a new router, OnHub, that it said is built to support the latest in video streaming, while saving users the savvy fix of unplugging and plugging the unit.
The OnHub router...
Mobile subscribers who want to use their phones as personal hot spots have a right to do so, even if they interfere with other Wi-Fi connections. That's the opinion of the Federal Communications Commission, which has again fined a Wi-Fi network operator for blocking...
The news this week shows that Wi-Fi continues to gain ubiquity. In the developing world, Cubans are lining up to spend their hard-earned paychecks on expensive connectivity; and, here in the US, cities and towns continue to deploy Wi-Fi infrastructure for public use.
NBC reports...
Officials want a private partner to deploy the infrastructure and manage the service provisioning
Officials in New Delhi, India, are considering offering residents up to 1 GB per month of free Wi-Fi access, with the first phase to deploy public Wi-Fi in government and private...
Court rules Cablevision must stop ads questioning Verizon’s Wi-Fi superiority
Verizon Communications claimed victory in an advertising battle with Cablevision over competing claims of Wi-Fi superiority.
The U.S. District Court in Islip, N.Y., issued a temporary restraining order requiring Cablevision to stop running advertisements questioning the...
Part of four-carrier plan to connect all 279 Metropolitan Transit Authority underground stations
Verizon Wireless will continue to expand its underground network in phases four and five of the Metropolitan Transit Authority’s plan to bring cellular and Wi-Fi into New York City’s subways.
Verizon Wireless and...
Trial in Orlando and Tampa allows for hot spot access and Wi-Fi to VoLTE handoff
T-Mobile US, with partner Bright House Networks, is testing Wi-Fi Passpoint access and Wi-Fi to voice over LTE hand-off in the Tampa and Orlando, Fla., markets.
Cable operator Bright House Networks...
FCC move could bolster Wi-Fi services
The 600 MHz spectrum band is set to garner some unlicensed neighbors as the Federal Communications Commission adopted rules allowing unlicensed devices access to so-called “white spaces” within the band.
The move comes as part of a claimed modernization of...
IoT, 5G, spectrum and Wi-Fi all covered by expert panel during NIWeek 2015
AUSTIN, Texas – Will 5G supplant Wi-Fi? Is full realization of the "Internet of Things" dependent on 5G? How will carrier business models have to change as objects connect to cellular? And...
Public Wi-Fi can be a great way to have your personal data compromised
With mobile data use exploding, Americans are increasingly at risk of compromising personal information as a function of using unsecured networks including public Wi-Fi.
According to a new survey conducted by the American...
Reports claim Apple MVNO plans could include U.S. and Europe
Apple is reportedly testing a mobile virtual network operator service in the U.S. and is in talks for a similar launch in Europe.
Business Insider reported Apple is “privately trialing” a MVNO service in the U.S....
Boingo is a global provider of Wi-Fi, distributed antenna systems and small cell services with access to more than 1 million Wi-Fi hot spots in more than 90 countries connecting more than 22.8 million users. The company deploys its network in multiuser venues such...
Wi-Fi Sense automatically shares encrypted Wi-Fi passwords to various contact lists
A new default feature of Microsoft Windows 10, called Wi-Fi Sense, automatically shares an encrypted version of your Wi-Fi password with contacts stored in Outlook, Hotmail or Skype.
As expected, network security commentators were quick...
