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KDDI to build 100,000 Wi-Fi network to offload cellular traffic

KDDI Corp. (KDDIY) said it plans to use Ruckus Wireless's equipment to offload cellular traffic to Wi-Fi network in a deal that starts with 10,000 wireless hotspots with plans to grow the network to 100,000 access points by March. Ruckus said KDDI's offloading initiative...

RCR Wireless News set to take MBB tour to Baltimore

RCR Wireless News is set to visit Baltimore the week of July 18 as part of our Mobile Broadband Tour and Conference series. The RCR Wireless News Mobile Broadband Baltimore tour will include several days meeting with local telecommunication leaders and associations...

Plano firms Interphase Corp. and Diodes Inc. expand products, reach

Texas companies Interphase Corp. (INPH) and Diodes Inc. (DIOD) both made recent announcements concerning expansion. The Plano-based companies are both involved in the wireless market in networking and components, respectively. Interphase Corp., a developer of hardware networking products, announced that the...

Eshoo bill would force operators to diclose 4G speeds

Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) is aiming to do what the International Telecommunications Union has not: define 4G wireless communications. The representative has introduced legislation that would require wireless operators to set guidelines for 4G, including minimum data speeds, coverage areas and pricing. Not surprisingly,...

Cavium Networks signs Samsung as a customer

Samsung Electronics has chosen Cavium Networks’ (NASDAQ: CAVM) Octeon processors for its 3G/4G systems, according to the firm. Samsung has increasingly been dipping its toes into building out network solutions, and says it sees Octeon processors as “ideal” when it comes to 4G capable products...

RCR Wireless News MBB Philadelphia: Speed test showdown in the city of brotherly love

PHILADELPHIA – Is there anything more exciting than a network speed test? We here at RCR Wireless News think not and to prove that we decided to conduct such a test during our recent visit to Philadelphia as part of the RCR Wireless News...

RCR Wireless News MBB Philadelphia: Speed test showdown in the city of brotherly love

PHILADELPHIA – Is there anything more exciting than a network speed test? We here at RCR Wireless News think not and to prove that we decided to conduct such a test during our recent visit to Philadelphia as part of the RCR Wireless News Global Tour.

Sprint reduces voting shares in Clearwire

Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) reduced its voting shares in Clearwire Corp. (CLWR) in a move designed to ease concerns that Clearwire was a subsidiary of Sprint. Sprint now has 48.9% voting shares in Clearwire. Comcast Corp. (CMCSK) entities own the next largest amount...

Computex 2011: Chinmore Industry shows off its antennas

TAIPEI, Taiwan - While Computex may famously be the most famous computer show of the IT industry, the world of wireless is certainly having an effect on the Taipei trade show. Nothing says wireless more than antennas, of which a plethora were to be...

Market Eye 1 mobile teardown company acquired by ABI Research

New York-based ABI Research announced that it has acquired Austin-based teardown startup Market Eye 1. Financial details of the deal were not announced. The term “teardown startup” may sound confusing, but it refers to tearing down mobile devices at the board and platform levels to...

Reality Check: Finding a voice for 4G wireless

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.Fourth-generation wireless mobile broadband technologies such as Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) and Long Term Evolution...

Cox Wireless to abandon 3G network build in favor of Sprint Nextel wholesale agreement

Cox Wireless’ ambitious plans have taken a detour as the carrier has decided to abandon plans to build out its own 3G network in favor of relying on a wholesale agreement with Sprint Nextel Corp. (S).The company said the move will help it focus...

AT&T’s DAS group aims to improve customer experience

DALLAS—AT&T Mobility (T) formed its Antenna Solutions Group to focus on improving AT&T customers' experience by enhancing the network from the inside out, said Jim Parker, senior manager of the unit within AT&T. In that way, AT&T's Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS) business is different...

AT&T's DAS group aims to improve customer experience

DALLAS—AT&T Mobility (T) formed its Antenna Solutions Group to focus on improving AT&T customers' experience by enhancing the network from the inside out, said Jim Parker, senior manager of the unit within AT&T. In that way, AT&T's Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS) business is different...

Mavenir makes a push for convergence, voice over LTE deployments

Dallas-based Mavenir Systems sees its future in LTE and is poised to make a product offering that it says is unique to its competitors in Voice over LTE (VoLTE) by partnering with top companies. “We build our solutions by packaging our software on industry-standard...

WiMAX goes subterranean to provide Tokyo subway coverage

Tokyo Metro and the Tokyo metropolitan government inked a deal with UQ Communications to install WiMAX infrastructure and facilities to provide coverage in Tokyo’s subway system. Financial details were not released at this time. UQ Communications will pay for the cost to install the...

Clearwire turns over network management to Ericsson in 7-year deal

Clearwire Corp. (CLWR) said L.M. Ericsson (ERIC) will manage its network in a seven-year deal, following in partner Sprint Nextel Corp.'s (S) decision to let Ericsson manage its network in 2009. The value of the contract was not announced. Clearwire stock was...

Mobile expected to pace India's broadband penetration

Mobile broadband subscriptions using 3G technologies in India are expected to reach 41 million connections by the end of the year, far outpacing the 11 million connections using wired technologies, according to Maravedis.The report predicts Bharti Airtel will lead the charge in 3G connections...

Report: Mobile broadband set to alter wireless space through 2025

Following up on research released last year, WiseHarbor Research reiterated its stance that LTE-based mobile broadband technologies will continue to lead the industry, while WiMAX-based solutions will peak in 2015 before tapering off at the hands of LTE-TDD technologies.The firm notes that LTE will...

Gigaband Networks seeks to optimize Wi-Fi to the home

embed video code: PHOENIX – Mike Golden, CEO of Sedona, Ariz.-based research group Gigaband Networks Inc., is in a joint partnership with the Arizona State University’s Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering to make his dream service a reality – and it’s growing...

Anatel approves plan to sell 3.5GHz WiMAX licences

TeleGeography | May 9, 2011 Brazil’s telecoms regulator Anatel last Thursday approved plans to sell licences for wireless broadband services in the 3.5GHz band using WiMAX technology. The watchdog has revealed details of a public consultation which will run from 12 May until 27 June,...

RCR Wireless News visits the land of the desert

Editor's Note: To provide readers with an insight into the world of wireless in regional locales, RCR Wireless News sends its editorial staff not only to trade shows but to metropolitan regions as well, giving insight into how mobile broadband is changing the way...

Reality Check: The view of 4G from the tower

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.You’ve heard them all on television and radio: “AT&T, the nation’s fastest mobile broadband network, is getting...

Aviat Networks discontinues and shops its WiMAX business

Aviat Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVNW) announced its Q1 earnings on Monday and revealed it would be selling off its WiMAX business after months of downplaying it.The firm says it is now actively seeking a buyer for the WiMAX division, presumably in order to focus...