Fastback Networks and Sub10 Systems are merging to try to address the need for new backhaul capabilities for LTE and future 5G networks. In the cellular world, the backhaul portion of the network connects the cell sites to the backbone network. As 3G and 4G have...

AUSTIN, Texas – AT&T has deployed a super cell on wheels equipped with a Luneburg Lens, which is designed to provide 10 times the capacity of the more common single-beam antenna, to keep those attending Austin’s annual South by Southwest event connected. The...

OpenSignal, a London based company published its “The State of LTE report” based on its findings on the major 2 criteria : speed and coverage of 4G LTE for different countries. The report was based on its huge data base received from its “crowdsourced sensor network”...

Gilat Satellite Networks and Intelsat have joined forces to provide Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) with a 2G/3G cellular infrastructure solution with the aim to better serve rural regions. The companies expect the network to enter service in 2016.

Apple will reportedly turn to Intel's new XMM 7360 LTE modem when it launches a special next-generation iPhone model in 2016, suggesting the company is looking to diversify baseband chip suppliers.

In wireless technology electromagnetic waves carry information in the form of a signal over a communication channel or path. Cellular phones, GPS (global positioning system), home-entertainment-system control boxes, cordless telephone sets, remote garage-door openers,...

Analysts at Wall Street financial firm New Street Research said that AT&T Mobility (NYSE: T) is preparing to begin building out a network running on its WCS spectrum licenses. The firm also said that AT&T likely will ramp up its spending on its network after...

Lumos Networks CEO Tim Biltz says the company expects to see more requests for proposals (RFPs) from its wireless carrier customers for small cell backhaul and dark fiber. Speaking to investors during the fourth-quarter earnings call,  Biltz said that through...

Avea, a new entrant to Turkey's mobile scene is leveraging NEC's small cell gateway solution to boost mobile connectivity at home and work. Avea will use NEC's small cell gateway to manage its residential femtocells and enterprise-grade indoor small cells. It...

Google Inc. wants to make the wireless industry less exclusive by facilitating the use of cheap airwaves to lower the barriers to entry, a top executive said Tuesday. The comments by Google executive Milo Medin came a day after the company acknowledged it plans to...

Radisys® Corporation (NASDAQ: RSYS), the services acceleration company, and Benetel, an innovative small cell eNodeB hardware platform company, today announced that they have partnered to deliver a Distributed Antenna System (DAS) targeted base station platform. The...

To address the increasing demand for mobile data, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) is extending LTE to unlicensed spectrum (LTE-U), and today announced that it has integrated the technology into its latest small cell...

Sprint might be prepping the addition of 9000 LTE sites to its network if a report from S4GRU.com are to be believed. Citing anonymous sources from inside Sprint, S4GRU reports that the new sites will include the lighting up of 1,100 decommissioned iDen sites; 1,600...

The city of Los Angeles Department of Transportation is looking to help keep riders connected by deploying cellular and public Wi-Fi solutions in city buses and subway tunnels. The city is currently testing Wi-Fi deployments on just nine city buses. Officials are...

Verizon is putting aside $500 million for network densification, led by small cells, in certain markets, the carrier's CFO said Tuesday. Speaking on an investor call outlining its recent $10.43 billion spend on AWS spectrum in the Federal Communications Commission...

SAN DIEGO -- Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., has introduced four new Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ processors aimed at enhancing user experience and connectivity for high-performance and...

CommScope unveils a new distributed antenna system (DAS) portfolio for the European market. CommScope's new ION-U, unified, low and high power DAS, supports five frequency bands common to Europe, and can be used to extend wireless coverage and capacity in many outdoor...

TESSCO Technologies Incorporated (NASDAQ: TESS), a leading provider of the product and value chain solutions required to build, use and maintain wireless systems, announced today that it will distribute multiple power products from GE’s Critical Power business (NYSE:...

Study predicts peak hour smartphone use will increase 50% and over-the-top video will triple mobile bandwidth requirements in the next three years

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...