New York unleashes 300 Mbps free public Wi-Fi

New Yorkers can now enjoy blazing fast free public Wi-Fi. The first LinkNYC public Wi-Fi kiosks are now active on Third Avenue in the Big Apple. The 300 Mbps capability is approximately 10 times faster than the average U.S. home Internet connection. The project, which...

GSA: LTE Nearing 1B Subscriptions

The number of global LTE subscriptions reached 908.5 million in the third quarter ended Sept. 30 and has now likely surpassed the 1 billion subscription mark, according to new information released by the Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA).  

VoLTE Has Come a Long Way in a Short Time

Voice over LTE (VoLTE) is making significant progress, and it is making it quickly. LTE was designed as a data-only service. Voice calls fall back onto the existing 3G network. That approach is clearly inefficient, and led to a concerted effort to upgrade LTE to...

Deploy HetNets as Fast and Cheap as Wi-Fi

Parallel Wireless, Inc. has unveiled commercially ready 3GPP-compliant end-to-end virtualized RAN reference designs based on collaboration with Intel. The innovative designs integrate 3G, 4G/LTE, Wi-Fi, real-time network orchestration and resource optimization so that...