by Pivot
Tag: LTE
Mobile Subscriber Forecast Calls for 128% Penetration by 2020
The U.S. mobile market is entering a new evolutionary phase as consumer adoption of mobile and wireless devices and services nears, or has reached, saturation, according to Strategy Analytics. With the base of new customers…
4G LTE Subscriber Forecast Calls for 2.3 Billion Subscribers by 2019
The number of 4G LTE subscribers worldwide will grow at a 35 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) over the next five years, rising from 516 million to 2.3 billion. The prediction comes from TeleGeography,…
LTE-U Standards: NCTA Accuses Carriers of Circumventing Usual Process
Technologies that aim to support LTE in unlicensed spectrum bands could create interference with Wi-Fi networks, argues the National Cable & Telecommunications Association in comments filed with the FCC last week. The NCTA also had…
Report: 5G Architecture Will Depend on One of Three Principal Carrier Decisions
The latest in a series of research reports from Mobile Experts aims to provide mobile telecom industry participants a better handle on emerging 5G network architectures for specific business scenarios. “While 5G is a popular…
Report: Connected Car M2M Traffic Will Pose ‘Grave’ Rush Hour Challenges
Emerging as a key aspect of the fast-developing Internet of Things (IoT), equipping connected cars with mobile broadband capabilities presents new challenges for network operators, according to a new research report produced by Machina and…
Verizon Rural LTE Program Now Reaches 2.5 Million People
It’s hard to believe it’s been five years since we first heard about Verizon’s LTE in Rural America program, which gives small rural network operators the ability to build out Verizon spectrum in areas where…
Ovum: Thanks to 4G, Carriers Could Shut Down 3G Before 2G
Wireless network carriers’ growing interest in, and deployment of, 4G LTE infrastructure, products and services raises the prospect of shutting down or ‘refarming’ GSM or CDMA spectrum to accommodate growing demand. Determining “the sweet spot”…
Google Fi: $649 for a Nexus 6 Gets You $20-a-Month Wi-Fi-Centric Service
Google’s new mobile service, dubbed Fi, offers some innovative capabilities and undercuts competitors on pricing in an already highly competitive market (pricing details later in this post). But to get the new capabilities and lower…
GCI and Ericsson to Bring High-speed Access to Alaska’s North Slope
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, April 20, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — General Communication, Inc. (“GCI”)(NASDAQ: GNCMA) announced today that it is partnering with wireless technology and services company, Ericsson, to bring advanced, high-speed fixed and mobile connections to Alaska’s…
FCC Frees Up Shared-Use Spectrum, Will Explore LAA
The FCC today adopted a report and order that will free up spectrum in the 3550-3700 MHz band that could be used by wireless network operators for mobile broadband service on a shared basis with…
GSA: 460 LTE Deployments Forecast by Year-End 2015
GSA (Global mobile Suppliers Association) reports that 393 wireless network operators have launched commercial 4G LTE services in 138 countries – 107 of them introducing LTE service in the past year. In its latest update GSA…
iWireless to Launch LTE Network in Iowa with $35 Million Investment
URBANDALE, IA – March 25, 2015 – iWireless is investing more than $35 million to enhance its wireless network in Iowa. The company will launch LTE in 2015, and will expand its LTE network in…