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Articles tagged with: Base Station
Q2 Mobile Base Station Contracts at 156 as 3G Outpaces 2G
Total contracts awarded within the wireless industry for Q2 reached 156, up 24% from Q2 2008 levels and up 24% sequentially, according to the latest report from EJL Wireless Research. more
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By 2014, Asia-Pacific Region Will Have 39% of the World's Cellular Towers
The Asia-Pacific region will see huge numbers of cellular towers built over the next five years, with demand driven by the massive, rapid increase in mobile subscribers in China and India. By 2014, according to a new study from ABI Research, the area will contain 39% of the world's cell towers, in a Total Addressable Market worth nearly $125 billion. more
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Telecom Italia Tests Solar Powered Base Station
Ericsson and Telecom Italia are trialing a solar powered base station at the Italian city of L'Aquila, where G8 leaders are meeting this week. The Eco-Smart solution features an elliptical support structure coated with flexible solar panels wrapping up the antenna. more
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Operators to Spend $3.3 Billion on LTE Base Station in 20122
Wireless operators will spend about $3.3 billion building LTE base stations in 2011, according to the most recent study of LTE from ABI Research. That expenditure will have purchased some 142,000 base stations worldwide. LTE base station equipment spending is expected to rise sharply between 2011and the end of 2012. more
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Warid Telecom Commissions 6,000th Base Station
Four years after it launched its network, Pakistan's Warid Telecom says that it has commissioned its 6,000 base station. As a result Warid is now able to provide GSM services to more than 6000 cities, towns and villages and is covering more than 12000 Km of highways and major roads; across the country. more
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Wireless Backhaul to Go Next-Generation by 2012
Based on IDC's research of the Asia/Pacific (including Japan) carrier network equipment market, IDC predicts that there will be over 3 million basestations and over 1.8 million cell sites in by 2012, representing a growth of 24.3% and 10.7% respectively from 2008. Approximately half of these sites will be connected to fiber through Carrier Ethernet. Urban 3G/High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA) basestations will be linked to fiber by 2011 in most markets in the region. more
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Cell Base Station Market Retracts Dramatically as 3G Rollout Frenzy Cools
After many years of rapid growth, the worldwide cellular base station market revenue will decline 22% in 2009, with shipments falling from the high levels of the 3G rollout frenzy of the last few years, reports In-Stat. Declining base station shipments are one clear reason for the revenue decline. However, intense competition from Chinese equipment manufacturers ZTE and Huawei have pressured base station selling prices, as operators demand that infrastructure manufacturers decrease costs. more
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Over 230,000 New Base Stations to Be Added Next Year in the Four Largest Emerging Markets
While many sectors of the economy are languishing in the global recession, wireless infrastructure is relatively healthy. This also holds true in the world's major "emerging markets." Base station deployment continues in many countries, and the four largest markets - Brazil, Russia, India, and China, known collectively as the "BRIC" group - are expected to see more than 230,000 of them being deployed during 2010. more
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NXP Demonstrates Energy Efficient RF Base Station Amplifier
Semiconductor firm, NXP has unveiled what it says is the world’s most efficient 3-way Doherty amplifier, enabling a new standard of energy efficient RF base stations. Based on a novel concept, the Doherty circuit performs at efficiency levels in excess of 47%, at an average power output of 48dBm, a gain of 15dB and peak to average ratio of 8dB for a multicarrier W-CDMA signal. The current design covers the W-CDMA standard for band I operation. The design is tailored towards high yield, minimum tuning, volume manufacturing. more
Huawei Launches Vodafone Co-Developed Base Station for Rural Areas
Huawei says that it has launched a 2G base station (BTS) designed for use in rural communities in developing markets. The “EasyGSM BTS” is an All IP-based compact BTS, and was co-designed and developed in collaboration with Vodafone in the two firms’ joint Radio Mobile Innovation Centre based in Madrid, Spain. more
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