Verizon deployments of LTE service operating in the CBRS band are imminent, now that the FCC has approved plans for initial commercial deployments (ICDs). As Verizon Senior Executive Adam Koeppe explained in an interview with Telecompetitor, the company expects to…
Verizon has launched a campaign/platform that it’s calling Let’s 5G. A company blog post describes the Verizon Let’s Go initiative as “a simple, powerful platform that we’ve created to provide easy to digest information about 5G, while also connecting local…
TV white spaces fixed wireless broadband technology could benefit from small cell deployments, according to Microsoft. The technology giant has been conducting a trial tapping the two technologies in Cambridge, U.K. in a deployment dubbed Microsoft Project Belgrade and has…
Between 2015 and 2025 non-residential small cell deployments will grow at a CAGR of 36% and will reach 8.5 million deployed units. That would be 22 times the number of units deployed in 2015, according to a small cells forecast…
Samsung said today that it has been conducting field testing of 4G LTE and 5G wireless technology with Charter Communications in trials that will run until the end of the year. The Samsung/ Charter 5G trials illustrate how a company…
Small cells could help network operators generate a business case for deploying wireless service in rural areas that currently lack mobile service, according to new research from wireless industry group Small Cell Forum. The forum estimates that network operators in…
While most of the activity and discussion around small cells has focused on high-traffic urban areas, the concept also holds promise for rural areas as an announcement yesterday from Parallel Wireless illustrates. The company has developed cellular network equipment using…
May 21, 2014 — BOULDER, Colo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Zayo Group, LLC (“Zayo”), a global Bandwidth Infrastructure provider, today announced the expansion of its small cell solutions platform across the U.S. in high-usage areas, providing enhanced mobile coverage and capacity. The company is…
AT&T is consuming spectrum at the rate of about 10 MHz every 12 months in “leading markets” that are the most “data-intensive,” revealed John Donovan, AT&T senior executive vice president of technology and network operations, at the Citi Internet Media…
Incorporation of Wi-Fi functionality into small-cell base stations “will be a game changer for cellphone service providers,” affording them the means to offload traffic from heavily congested channels while “linking together billions of devices into a single network architecture,” according…
As wireless operators seek ways to relieve network congestion in densely populated areas, they are beginning to use small cells and/or Wi-Fi load – and momentum seems to be growing for the operative word to be “and” rather than “or.”…
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