Can Wi-Fi Really Be Used to Backhaul Cellular Voice?

Jan 25 | Articles

Under the strain of a mobile data onslaught, the move to small cells is opening the door to new and unexpected uses of smarter Wi-Fi.

What Mobile Operators Still Need in Next-Generation Transport

Oct 18 2011 | Articles

The answer won't be found in the single layered systems of the past. What's needed now is a next-generation, multi-layered transport solution that can help operators make mobile backhaul a strategic asset and key competitive advantage.

Microcellular Architecture: A Mobile Operator's Answer to Future-Proofing Services

Sep 1 2011 | Articles

Small cell architectures (aka, microcells) have the promise to deliver significantly higher network capacity.

FCC Votes to Free Up Spectrum for Backhaul

Aug 10 2011 | News

The FCC voted at its open meeting yesterday to open several spectrum bands formerly reserved for specialized microwave services for mobile backhaul.

Fiber Where You Can, Copper Where You Must - But Ethernet Everywhere

Jun 15 2011 | Articles

Driven by mobile user demands for "anytime, anywhere" connectivity, it is apparent that ubiquitous Ethernet is no longer the wave of the future – it is the reality of today.

Webcast: Building Better Backhaul

Mar 28 2011 | Articles

With mobile traffic projected to grow 30X by 2015 and video being a big part of that, operators are motivated to make sure their backhaul has the capacity...

Convergence of the Packet Core & Mobile Backhaul

Dec 13 2010 | Articles

The question becomes exactly which aspects of the network to converge, when, and how to do it. Convergence can mean a lot of things in different parts of the network. For example, convergence already has happened in the mobile backhaul space at both the physical and virtual layers...

Backhaul Is Big, But Don't Forget the Fronthaul

Sep 29 2010 | Articles

With so many subscribers using smartphones and other devices to access mobile broadband applications, the demand for bandwidth is straining backhaul capacity to its limits.

By The Numbers September-October 2010

Sep 25 2010 | By The Numbers

Big on Backhaul Wondering where all those operator expenditures are going? According to In Stat, backhaul – including line leasing, new equipment and spectrum acquisition – will set mobile operators back nearly $117 million by 2014, a 41 percent increase

FCC to Open Spectrum for Wireless Backhaul

Aug 6 2010 | News

The FCC is moving ahead with a proposal to remove regulatory barriers for the use of microwave spectrum for wireless backhaul.

Can Wi-Fi Really Be Used to Backhaul Cellular Voice?

Jan 25

Convergence of the Packet Core & Mobile Backhaul

Dec 13 2010

All-Outdoor Microwave: The Greener Choice in Backhaul

Jun 4 2010

What Mobile Operators Still Need in Next-Generation Transport

Oct 18 2011

Report: Mobile Users Responding to Mobile Advertising

Mar 5 2008

Ten-Yard Penalty, Failure to Engage Via Mobile

Feb 6

I was about as impressed with attempts to integrate mobile with this year's Super Bowl as I was with the Green Bay Packers’ effort during their NFC divisional playoff loss to the New York Giants.

LightSquared Deserves a Hearing

Feb 2

The government should figure out how the LightSquared saga came to be.

In Other News: Patents

Jan 13

The tech industry may have had its attention focused on gadgets this week due to the annual hullaballoo at the 2012 International CES show in Las Vegas, but at least a few people were thinking about the patented inventions that make those electronics work.

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Quick Look: Huawei Ascend

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