Towers will not keep New Yorkers connected

Big cities have the greatest need for cellular capacity, but they can also have the densest neighborhoods and the highest real estate prices. Manhattan, for example, has fewer towers per person than other major metropolitan areas in the United States. The city that...

Verizon Has No Interest in Dish Network

Verizon Communications has no interest in merging with Dish. At least according to the company’s CFO, Fran Shammo. At a recent Wall Street Journal conference, the CFO was asked if Verizon has any interest in merging with Dish who has plenty of spectrum themselves,...

Global LTE subscribers to quadruple by 2019

TeleGeography’s GlobalComms Forecast Service new data reveals that global LTE subscribers are projected to grow 35% compounded annually over the next five years, from 516 million to 2.3 billion. To date, LTE adoption has been strongest in South Korea, where the 4G...

Full-Duplex Comm Almost Here

Today 2G, 3G, 4G, LTE, WiFi, Bluetooth, Zigbee and the rest all have a basic flaw that halve their potential bandwidth — they have to use multiplexing (either frequency, time or both) to carry on a two-way communication. Why? Because the transmitter signal is...

In-Building Wireless – Big Market, Big Money!

The U.S. in-building wireless (IBW) equipment market will tally more than $47 billion through 2020. Big bucks are attractive but getting to them will be a challenge for suppliers, carriers and end users alike. Every building is different. No one technology solution...