Technology
The Keynote Dec. - Jan. Mobile News and Portal Index
January 21, 2013 9:38 am | by Wireless Week Staff | News | CommentsHappy New Year! Another year arrives and with it another Keynote Mobile News and Portal Index to review. We’ve talked a lot in the past about how some of the leading mobile news sites can improve their performance by paying attention to key best practices for site...
Using Mobile Analytics to Monetize Readily-Available Network Data
January 21, 2013 9:10 am | by By Amrish Thakkar, Principal Product Manager, Openwave Mobility | Blogs | CommentsIt is inevitable that when a technology is perceived as being “cool”, a lot of companies start claiming that they can do it. Mobile data analytics is one such market. Over the past couple of years, the waters have become muddied, to the extent that service providers...
FCC to Move on Better Wi-Fi
January 10, 2013 10:59 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsThe FCC is pursuing a plan to open a nationwide swath of unlicensed spectrum specifically for the deployment of "Gigabit" Wi-Fi technology in major hubs, such as airports and convention centers. The plan increase the capacity and speed of Wi-Fi networks in public spaces...
WiGig, Wi-Fi Alliances Join Forces
January 3, 2013 10:20 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsThe Wi-Fi Alliance and the Wireless Gigabit (WiGig) Alliance announced today that they will merge the two entities into one organziation that will operate under the Wi-Fi Alliance. The Wi-Fi Alliance and WiGig Alliance have been collaborating for over two years on the WiGig Alliance's work to develop...
Report: Global LTE Smartphone Shipments to Hit 275M in 2013
December 19, 2012 10:20 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsLTE has arrived. According to new research from Strategy Analytics, global LTE smartphone shipments will grow threefold to reach 275 million units in 2013. Companies leading the growth spurt will include Apple, Samsung, LG and others...
Tablets Come Bearing LTE This Holiday Season
December 17, 2012 3:25 pm | by Andrew Berg | Articles | CommentsTablets are yet again set to be big items this holiday season, and shoppers will have the best selection they’ve ever seen. But this year, those cellular equipped models won’t be shipping in just 3G; LTE is the flavor of choice for those seeking anytime, anywhere connectivity
FCC Gives Dish OK on AWS Spectrum
December 12, 2012 10:00 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsThe FCC late yesterday gave approval for Dish Network to deploy a terrestrial wireless broadband network on its holdings of what was previously spectrum reserved for satellite transmissions. The decision came concurrent with the commission’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for an auction of the H Block, a chunk of airwaves adjacent to Dish’s AWS spectrum in which Sprint has expressed interest.
Avvasi Enables Ops to Improve Video QoE
December 11, 2012 11:22 am | by Brian Santo, CED Magazine | News | CommentsAvvasi has introduced a new system network operators can use to actively adjust the quality of video – per subscriber and per device. While the system could be used by any broadband provider, Avvasi’s new product (like its previous products) are aimed at LTE network operators. The company said its Q-SRV Video Service Gateway builds on its Q-VUE product, currently...
ISIS, USA Technologies Trial NFC in Vending Machines
December 3, 2012 11:18 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsUSA Technologies (USAT) today announced a partnership with ISIS to enable up to 7,500 vending machines in Austin and Salt Lake City to accept mobile payements via USAT’s NFC-enabled ePort technology and ePort Connect service. According to a press release, the technology will work with the sis Mobile Wallet product.
Advances In Interference Management Make LTE HetNets a Reality
December 3, 2012 10:53 am | by Ilan Vardi, vice president, product management and marketing, AirHop Communications | Articles | CommentsThe dramatic success of the iPhone, data hungry smartphone competitors and other wireless devices is placing an ever increasing capacity demand on wireless networks which is only expected to worsen with the accelerated deployments of 4G networks worldwide.
3GPP Reports Progress on LTE Release 12
November 2, 2012 6:10 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsThe chairman of the 3GPP's project coordination group told 4G World attendees on Thursday that the standards body is making progress on LTE Release 12.
Leap LTE Live in Second Market 10 Months After Tucson Debut
October 17, 2012 7:39 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsLeap Wireless International flipped the switch today on its second LTE market in Las Vegas.
AT & T Boasts Seven New LTE Markets
September 6, 2012 7:34 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsAT&T is going full throttle with rollout of its LTE network with today’s launch of seven new markets and expansions in two others, bringing its total LTE markets to 60.
Are HetNets the Answer?
July 31, 2012 11:49 am | by Elliot Drucker | Articles | CommentsIntegration of small cells into the “macro” network could be more effective than even Wi-Fi offload in solving the problem of data traffic outstripping increases in available spectrum.
Increasing Spectrum Piecemeal with LTE
July 31, 2012 11:42 am | by Keith Mallinson | Articles | CommentsCellular roaming was a relatively straightforward proposition for quite some time, but LTE and the myriad bands upon which it is being deployed have made the next-generation of roaming a much more complicated proposition.
Q & A: SBA’s Top Exec on the Industry, Mergers and Growth
July 30, 2012 9:15 am | by Maisie Ramsay | Articles | CommentsSBA Communications President and CEO Jeff Stoops sits down with Wireless Week to talk strategy, the state of the industry and whether recent legislation is actually helping towers get built faster.
New VSS Solutions Increase Network Visibility
July 24, 2012 5:03 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsVSS Monitoring is aiming to make more of the network visible with a suite of network appliances and software that use a new network layer.
Wi-Fi Offload Rising Amid Soaring Data Traffic
July 23, 2012 11:39 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsHow important is Wi-Fi offload to solving the capacity crunch? Extremely important, if new numbers from iGR are any indication.
Marvell, Wilocity Partner on Tri-Band Wi-Fi
July 23, 2012 7:47 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsMarvell and Wilocity today announced a new partnership to bring tri-band Wi-Fi solutions enabled with 802.11ad to market.
Falcone Resignation Rumors Circle on Debt Talks
April 30, 2012 7:18 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsThe manager of the hedge fund backing LightSquared may give up his board seat to help the struggling mobile broadband company avoid bankruptcy, according to news reports.
Clearwire 31-City LTE Launch to Include N.Y., L.A.
April 27, 2012 7:05 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsClearwire says New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and Seattle will be among the 31 cities it plans to light up during the first half of next year.
LightSquared: 'There's Too Much at Stake to Walk Away'
March 19, 2012 7:07 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsLightSquared made it clear on Friday that it's not going down without a fight.
Witnesses Set for Senate Hearing on Verizon, Cable AWS Sale
March 19, 2012 7:04 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsExecutives from Verizon Communications and Comcast will square off against the Rural Cellular Association (RCA) and Free Press at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing later this week on Verizon Wireless' $3.9 billion acquisition of nationwide AWS spectrum from four cable operators.
TD-LTE: Ready for Liftoff
March 14, 2012 12:48 pm | by Maisie Ramsay | Articles | CommentsWith China Mobile sent back to the bench, does that mean TD-LTE is out of the running? Not by a long shot.
