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Articles tagged with: Mobile Data and Backhaul
Next-Generation Mobile Broadband Technologies to Close the Gap With Fixed Broadband
Mobile operators are expected to fully maximise their high-speed packet access (HSPA) deployments before eventually deploying 3G long-term evolution (LTE). Many operators will leapfrog from HSPA to 3G LTE, as the window of opportunity for HSPA Evolved is insignificant when compared to 3G LTE. more
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Combining Multiple Backhaul Routes into Single Virtual Pipes
Mobile backhaul vendor, Celtro says that it has developed a platform which blends multiple transport links into a single virtual backhaul pipe. The announcement of Virtual Bonding's availability follows the completion of trials at two (unnamed) Tier-1 European mobile operators, where the firm says it dramatically improved HSPA service delivery. more
Related Tags: ethernet, edge, capex, rcom, hspa, bandwidth
BT Signs 3G Backhaul Contract with T-Mobile and 3 UK
T-Mobile UK and Hutchison 3G UK, through their joint venture company, Mobile Broadband Network Ltd (MBNL), have signed a five-year managed network solutions agreement with the UK's dominant landline operator, BT to provide links connecting 7,500 base station sites on their consolidated 3G infrastructure. more
Related Tags: ethernet, t-mobile, base-station, 3-uk, hutchison-3g-uk, hutchison-3g, t-mobile-uk, mobile-broadband, landline, bt, 3, hutchison, UK
Microwave Could Ease '4G' Backhaul Strain
The relentless march of next-generation wireless data services is beginning to strain backhaul infrastructure, as high data throughputs - and subscriber demand - consume network capacity. According to Radio Frequency Systems (RFS), high-capacity microwave links could provide the global backhaul panacea, as operators rush to meet subscriber uptake. more
Related Tags: rcom, microwave, radio-frequency-systems
Intel Invests in WiMAX Backhaul Developer
Intel Capital has lead a US$10 million fund raising effort by WiMAX developer, BridgeWave Communications. The chipmaker was joined by a new investor, Core Capital, with participation from prior round venture capital firms Cipio Partners, SDL Ventures, and Merifin Capital. more
Related Tags: intel, avea, ejl-wireless-research, fiber-optic
Huawei Wins 3G Upgrade Contract in Singapore
Singapore's StarHub has appointed Huawei Technologies to expand and upgrade its current nation-wide 3.5G mobile broadband network to HSPA+ by 2Q-2009. HSPA+ will boost StarHub's current mobile broadband speed 1.5 times to 21Mbps (from the current 14.4Mbps) on the downlink, and over five times its uplink capability to 11Mbps (currently 1.9Mbps). In addition, StarHub plans to expand its mobile base station capacity to at least 3,500 base stations in support of its 1.8+ million mobile customers. more
Related Tags: mobile-tv, huawei, hspa, base-stations, hspa+, starhub, cnn, cnn, Singapore
Mobile Backhaul Market Set to Skyrocket
Mobile operators and backhaul transport providers spent $3.7 billion worldwide on mobile backhaul equipment in 2007, and are expected to increase their spending in the high double-digit percents from 2009 to at least 2011, according to Infonetics Research's latest report. more
Related Tags: ethernet, telecom-italia, swisscom, infonetics-research, 3, wimax,
Turning Symbian Smartphones into Mini Wi-Fi Hotspots
Finland based software house, Joikusoft says that it has developed an application for Symbian Series 60 based smartphones which converts them into a Wi-Fi hotspot, using 3G cellular for the backhaul connection. When turned on, external WLAN devices can discover the open JoikuSpot and establish internet connection wirelessly using the mobile phone's 3G internet connection. more
Related Tags: smartphones, symbian, hotspot, wlan