Articles tagged with: Base Station and Opex

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

Related Tags: lte, wimax, cdma2000, hotspot, umts, hsdpa, 4g, bandwidth

Active RAN Sharing Could Save Operators $60 Billion

A new study from ABI Research finds that the worldwide combined OPEX and CAPEX savings from active infrastructure sharing could amount to as much as $60 billion over the next five year period. The study finds that operators could enjoy at least 40% cost savings in addition to those available from passive site sharing.  more

Related Tags: t-mobile, 3g, eu, rural, vodafone, o2, lte, abi-research, capex, telenor, 3, backhaul, tele2, infrastructure-sharing

Huawei Shows 3G/2G Software Defined Radio Single RAN

Huawei, working with Vodafone, has announced the launch of the industryÃ's first 3G / 2G Software Defined Radio (SDR) Single RAN product. The development is one of the first products from Huawei and VodafoneÃ's Radio Mobile Innovation Centre based in Madrid, Spain.  more

Related Tags: rsa, huawei, capex, vodafone, ran, radio-access-network, software-defined-radio, Spain