Tag: Wireless Infrastructure

July 28, 2020

Investment in 5G infrastructure is expected to make up 21.3% of the wireless infrastructure market by the end of 2020. The coronavirus pandemic has caused disruption down the IT supply chain, causing supply shortages, transport issues, office closures, and in […]

February 3, 2020

The epicenter of the global power struggle for a cost-effective wireless infrastructure has been, in recent months, the United Kingdom. The issue of whether the country allows a Chinese supplier into the core of its 5G Wireless telecommunications network is […]

November 5, 2015

The Wi-Fi Alliance, an industry group that certifies Wi-Fi products for interoperability, has highlighted the importance of the technology to the daily lives of Americans ahead of a testing summit that will try to shed some light on potential conflicts […]

October 6, 2015

LTE-U is a technology developed by Qualcomm that lets a service provider broadcast and receive signals over unlicensed spectrum, which is usable by anybody – specifically, in this case, the spectrum used by Wi-Fi networks in both businesses and homes. […]

September 22, 2015

The City of Berkeley has fended off a lawsuit filed against it by CTIA, the wireless industry trade lobby. In a preliminary injunction today, the city has been asked to change a single sentence of the public health language it […]

September 11, 2015

Virtualized networks, small cells, LTE-U and lots of millimeter-wave capability are the components of the future network, according to the wireless testing companies that help shape them.With demand apparently insatiable, wireless carriers are on the hunt for more bandwidth – […]

September 9, 2015

Big IT companies have largely been mum on plans to use drones, but emerging technology from Bay-area startup PreNav appears to have at least intrigued wireless service providers and cell phone tower operators. Founded in 2013, PreNav has secured $1.2 […]

September 7, 2015

Fujitsu is developing technology that doubles the capacity of individual cells in cellular networks through task-sharing and efficient scheduling.The approach effectively allows for transmission and reception of radio signals on the same frequency. The company sees it as a step toward […]

August 6, 2015

 A cell phone and Internet outage Tuesday evening in several Southeastern states was caused by a hardware problem, AT&T reported. “Wireless and wireline service has been restored for all customers in parts of the Southeast affected by a hardware-related network […]

August 3, 2015

The No. 2 U.S. wireless carrier AT&T Inc said it will bundle its wireless service with DirecTV’s pay-TV offerings after the $48.5 billion deal was approved last month. The company and the biggest satellite-TV provider DirecTV became the country’s largest […]

July 3, 2015

In a new ruling, Chicago is planning to tax cloud-computing services such as Netflix and Apple’s new music service. CIOs should pay attention. Read More

June 30, 2015

A carrier technology that uses Wi-Fi frequencies to provide LTE connectivity could let the big wireless providers mess with your home connection and push you on to their networks, according to comments filed today with the FCC by several watchdog […]

June 24, 2015

Last week, we wrote about a wireless Internet service provider called Webpass that sells 500Mbps upload and download speeds for just $55 a month.That service is only available for businesses and multi-unit residential buildings in big cities because it wouldn’t […]

June 5, 2015

Sprint committed on Thursday to building and managing a free, intelligent Wi-Fi network along a 2.2-mile streetcar line under construction in Kansas City, Mo. The project will be part of one of the largest smart city projects in North America, […]

May 20, 2015

China will spend more than $182 billion to boost Internet speeds by the end of 2017, a top government body said, as Beijing moves towards a more service-driven economy to boost growth. The State Council said the government will invest […]

May 2, 2015

Verizon’s Enterprise Solutions unit today announced a bigger push into smart cities and smart agricultural support services that rely on wireless networks and Internet of Things technologies. The new initiatives include alliances with the Smart Cities Council and the Thrive […]

March 30, 2015

Sprint plans to add more than 540 jobs and 115 stores in the Chicago area along with its first LTE-Advanced upgrade in the nation. LTE Advanced has the potential of delivering 100 Mbps wireless download speeds. The impact on the […]

March 30, 2015

The Wall Street Journal (online registration required): Federal regulators are one step closer to unlocking a large swath of airwaves that could be used to deliver much cheaper wireless service. Traditionally, wireless carriers have paid billions of dollars at auctions […]

March 19, 2015

Cisco Leading The Way, Aruba Gaining Traction As wireless continues to grow through mobile devices and BYOD, new and familiar faces are finding footholds in the lucrative Wi-Fi market. Cisco Systems continues to lead the way with no close competition […]

March 10, 2015

Solution providers and analysts are saying Aruba’s recently launched series of cloud services controllers for wireless networks managed from the cloud will cut into Cisco Meraki Wi-Fi market share. On the heels of the news that Hewlett-Packard will likely acquire […]