Cooperation with a competitor – even going so far as to share network resources – is not a scenario that typically would be used to describe the hotly competitive mobile network operator world.
Tower providers, fiber players, integrators and others are focused on capturing business from the next round of U.S. mobile infrastructure expansion – small cells.
The push by telecom operators to implement software-defined network capabilities continued this week as wireless backhaul provider Ceragon Networks said it has received orders from two “leading national operators” in North America and India to provide its SDN-ready IP-20-based platform. The deals, which Ceragon...
Mobile cell sites are transitioning from simple base stations for voice and low-speed mobile data access to multi-functional hubs for delivery of new services, multimedia-rich content and
As 2014 approaches, conversations around “4G” almost seem antiquated. That’s not to say 4G is old news, but the buzz and excitement around the promise of 4G isn’t as prominent as years past.
A survey of executives from roughly 500 wireless Internet service providers (WISPs) showed that a clear majority prioritized performance over cost in choosing a wireless backhaul solution.
A full 63% of the respondents cited performance as the single most important factor in a wireless backhaul...
With smartphones now ubiquitous and a wide range of productivity applications growing increasingly popular, wireless carriers are facing an enormous backhaul challenge as they attempt
Large wireless deployments at stadiums and in other dense areas demand high capacity and high performance, but it’s not always easy to provide these when a venue may need 18 to 20 sectors of capacity and
Quarterly results from wireless backhaul providers Ceragon Networks and Ubiquiti Networks were mixed.
Ceragon reported revenues of $90.1 million, a drop of 20% from the $112.7 million that it earned during the same period last year, and about the same as its revenues from the...
Recently, the wireless industry has found that the use of unlicensed spectrum and TV white space are promising areas of research. It’s becoming widely talked about and experts have begun to focus on
The world of mobile communications is a rapidly moving one. Apps, smartphones, “4G,” small cells, heterogeneous networks and many more drivers have helped shape the mobile communications market in recent years and this
There are dozens of players involved in the many facets of the microwave backhaul market, so many in fact that analysts predict consolidation at some point will be necessary in order to reach a sustainable level of competition. In a recent report by RCR...
Worldwide mobile data traffic doubled over the past 24 months and is expected to continue growing at a similar rate, due to the continuous rise in smartphone sales and increasing video traffic. To support the
Consumers have discovered the value of mobile broadband and they are building expectations for it to be available everywhere. The explosion in the adoption of mobile devices, including smartphones and tablets, is driving limitless
If it’s true that perception is reality, and that expectations impact perception, then a new reality meets at the corner of fiber and wireless. The world in which we live has gone mobile, and there will be no backtracking on this. Wireless is much...
Wi-Fi company Ruckus Wireless' revenues jumped 27% year-over-year to $57.2 million, but the company had expected even more and cited delayed deployments for not meeting its guidance for the first quarter of 2013.
Net income on a GAAP-basis was $300,000, down from $3.7 million in...
American Tower had a strong first quarter, driven by LTE rollouts and continued network investment from the four major U.S. carriers. The company's total revenue grew 15% year-over-year to $802.7 million for the quarter.
Jim Taiclet, American Tower’s CEO, said that there is "robust demand...
What will be the impact on network planning when the next generation of E-band radios (those that operate in the 80 GHz band) hit the market? Some have predicted they will become the mainstay radios
Continued growth in mobile broadband deployments propelled the mobile backhaul market to more than $8 billion in sales last year, according to Infonetics Research. The company cited HSPA/HSPA+ and LTE deployments as driving sales up 7% from 2011 levels.
Infonetics noted that microwave solutions accounted...
Typical microwave links tend to be 25 miles or less in length, but sometimes they need to be longer – much longer. For example, inter-island hops in the Caribbean and elsewhere need longer
Whether rushing through an airport, sitting at a coffee shop or simply walking down the street, it’s impossible to escape the fact that mobile devices and applications are reshaping our daily personal
Ubiquiti Networks is a San Jose, Calif.-based company that provides wireless broadband backhaul solutions, particularly in emerging markets. The company's VP of engineering at its Chicago Design Center, Gary Schulz, discussed Ubiquiti's philosophy and products with RCR Wireless News.
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The wireless backhaul company Ceragon Networks announced a major step toward its HetNet (heterogeneous networks) vision with the launch of a new generation of packet radio solutions, FibeAir IP-20C. The company is betting on potential changes in connectivity and communication over the next 12 to...
There are a lot of opinions circulating that relate to small cells – how they will be deployed, how they will perform, what will they look like – but what’s become clear is there’s a consensus that small cells
