by John Hayes - DASpedia | Feb 11, 2015 | News
iBwave certification is becoming table stakes for RF engineers and technicians who want to work on in-building networks. The software was first developed as a way to integrate the various tools used to design and manage distributed antenna systems. Now it has evolved...
by John Hayes - DASpedia | Feb 6, 2015 | News
Cisco predicts that 578 million people in the world will be using wearable devices in the coming four years, a fivefold increase over the 109 million people using them in 2014. With smartwatches and fitness gear becoming the latest fad, the mobile data traffic will...
by John Hayes - DASpedia | Feb 5, 2015 | News
The nation’s largest wireless carriers offered some insights into how they prepared for Sunday’s Super Bowl XLIX game between the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks, as well as how much traffic they saw on their networks during the game.
by John Hayes - DASpedia | Feb 4, 2015 | News
Bell Labs, the industrial research arm of Alcatel-Lucent, via its research – IntelliSpektrum – finds that today’s ultra-broadband mobile networks can make significant energy savings and performance gains by deploying a mix of macro and small cell radio...
by John Hayes - DASpedia | Feb 2, 2015 | News
OSLO — Cloudberry Mobile, the Small Cell network operator, today announced its zero-cost, hosted small cells solution that allows network operators to address coverage blackspots. While many enterprises and consumers are facing coverage problems, operators have...
by John Hayes - DASpedia | Jan 31, 2015 | News
Oh, what a difference a year has made in the town’s discussions about wireless/cellular coverage. Thanks to a study New Canaan paid for last year that used radio equipment to measure and map actual coverage, the town is now working to get “of one mind” on a plan — or...
by John Hayes - DASpedia | Jan 30, 2015 | News
Some football fans who work for Crown Castle, TE Connectivity, Galtronics, AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile US will be watching the Super Bowl carefully this weekend. They’ll be checking out the crowd shots and watching the fans who are glancing repeatedly at...
by John Hayes - DASpedia | Jan 28, 2015 | News
When is a big air-fan vent not an air-fan vent? When it’s a fake vent covering a hidden cellular antenna, put there to keep people from noticing the technology that’s keeping their cell phones connected. Before kickoff at Super Bowl XLIX Feb. 1 in Glendale, Ariz.,...
by John Hayes - DASpedia | Jan 24, 2015 | News
Deploying many low-power, compact antenna nodes to handle cellular traffic can make wireless communication more reliable and adaptable
by John Hayes - DASpedia | Jan 23, 2015 | News
In the run up to the biggest football game of the year, international telco AT&T has upgraded the DAS (distributed antenna system) at the University of Phoenix stadium in Glendale, Ariz., while also dropping some 23 DAS and small cells to enhance fans’...
by John Hayes - DASpedia | Jan 21, 2015 | News
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Yonhap) — Samsung Electronics Co. is set to add two more models to its low-end lineup later this week as it struggles to shore up its presence in the global smartphone market amid the rise of Chinese rivals, industry watchers said...
by John Hayes - DASpedia | Jan 16, 2015 | News
Cloud RAN, sometimes abbreviated C-RAN, has been a topic in macro mobile networks for several years now. Wikipedia describes C-RAN as “a centralized, cloud computing-based new radio access network architecture.” Vendors began actively promoting macro C-RAN products...
by John Hayes - DASpedia | Jan 9, 2015 | News
Boingo Wireless said it has installed Network Function Virtualization (NFV) technology at five airports in the United States. The company said it has completed the installation of NFV technology in the John Wayne Airport in Orange County, Calif., the Austin-Bergstrom...
by John Hayes - DASpedia | Jan 7, 2015 | News
T-Mobile has spent the last two years revamping itself and becoming the “Uncarrier”. The approach seems to be working, as T-Mobile added 8.3 million new customers in 2014, its largest annual addition ever. In Q4 alone, T-Mobile added 2.1 million new customers, making...
by John Hayes - DASpedia | Jan 7, 2015 | News
A new report from telecommunications industry analysis firm IGR projects distributed antenna system spending will reach nearly $30 billion by 2018. A DAS is a type of small cell that is primarily deployed to increase coverage and capacity in large indoor spaces like...
by John Hayes - DASpedia | Jan 6, 2015 | News
Tessco Technologies Incorporated (NASDAQ: TESS) unit Ventev Wireless Infrastructure and the Venti Group, LLC said they plan to introduce high-performance antennas and RF technologies that will meet carrier and enterprise demand for increased indoor 3G and LTE network...
by John Hayes - DASpedia | Dec 19, 2014 | News
AT&T’s Paula Doublin likes to say that she is part of the “greatest business on Earth.” As assistant vice president of antenna solutions, DAS and small cells at AT&T, Doublin oversees in-building wireless projects throughout the United States. She says her job...
by John Hayes - DASpedia | Dec 18, 2014 | News
Analyst: T-Mobile to use License Assisted Access (LAA) ‘extensively,’ may offer compatible handsets by 2015
by John Hayes - DASpedia | Dec 17, 2014 | News
As mobile network coverage demands move indoors and into large venues, carriers are stuck with the conundrum of how to cost-effectively test and monitor the performance of distributed antenna systems, particularly through the lens of the customer experience.
by John Hayes - DASpedia | Dec 16, 2014 | News
United States Cellular Corp. (USM), a leading regional wireless service provider, recently entered into a definitive agreement with Vertical Bridge Holdings, LLC to sell 595 wireless towers for approximately $159 million. The transaction is expected to close in the...
by John Hayes - DASpedia | Dec 12, 2014 | News
The Report The Future Internet in 2025 provides information on pricing, market analysis, shares, forecast, and company profiles for key industry participants
by John Hayes - DASpedia | Dec 11, 2014 | News
Small cell technology – shoebox-sized mobile masts mounted on street furniture – will play a key part in taking the pressure off straining mobile networks, according to a Virgin Media Business expert. Bruce Girdlestone, senior business development manager at the firm,...
by John Hayes - DASpedia | Dec 9, 2014 | News
AUSTIN, TEXAS—From iGR: Mobile operators are looking to small cells as a way to solve in-building coverage/capacity issues, as a great deal of mobile phone usage happens indoors. A Distributed Antenna System, or DAS, is a type of small cell that is characterized by...
by John Hayes - DASpedia | Dec 5, 2014 | News
Verizon Wireless has tapped enterprise small cell vendor SpiderCloud to bring its first dual-band 4G small cells to its business customers and public venues, the pair announced Tuesday. SpiderCloud Wireless has been an early mover in enterprise small cells. The vendor...
by John Hayes - DASpedia | Dec 2, 2014 | News
Public-safety answering points (PSAPs) should be able to get much more accurate location data from 911 callers using wireless devices indoors by leveraging information provided by commercial infrastructure such as small cells, Wi-Fi systems and Bluetooth beacons,...
by John Hayes - DASpedia | Nov 25, 2014 | News
The small cell backhaul equipment market will cross $5 billion revenue in 2019, said ABI Research. Telecom network vendors such as Alcatel-Lucent, NEC, Ericsson, DragonWave, Ceragon, Aviat, CCS, and Siklu will benefit from this growth. “2015 will now witness...
by John Hayes - DASpedia | Nov 25, 2014 | News
Ericsson today announced the completion of the commercialization milestone for the end-to-end LTE-A Carrier Aggregation solution capable of supporting data speeds up to 450 Mbps. Today’s milestone confirms the maturity and readiness of the ecosystem to support...
by John Hayes - DASpedia | Nov 21, 2014 | News
OAKLAND, Calif. — Qualcomm announced its fifth-generation LTE modem, a Category 10 chip with global carrier aggregation, and second-generation RF360 envelope tracker. The Gobi 9×45 modem is based on 20 nm...
by John Hayes - DASpedia | Nov 20, 2014 | News
DALLAS—At least one major U.S. wireless carrier is deploying neutral-host distributed antenna systems (DAS) to deliver high-bandwidth indoor coverage inside of buildings that can be shared with other carriers, but financial and operational factors prevent the same...
by John Hayes - DASpedia | Nov 15, 2014 | News
Nokia Networks demonstrated LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) carrier aggregation in small cells delivering a peak data rate of more than 200 Mbps. The demo, which was conducted at a Nokia lab in Arlington Heights, Illinois, showed small cell LTE-A intra-site carrier aggregation....
