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Articles tagged with: Ran
KDDI Awards LTE Contracts to Motorola and NEC
Japanese mobile network operator, KDDI has awarded LTE deployment contracts to both Motorola and NEC. Motorola is to provide network infrastructure, including ran/base stations, while NEC will be providing base stations. more
Related Tags: nec, motorola, lte, kddi, base-stations, base, Japan
Actix predicts coordinated future for radio network engineering and status management
Network Status Management vendor, Actix is predicting that with the arrival of LTE, network managers will have a sharper focus on the delivery cost per data bit. A better co-ordination between radio network engineering and status management, Actix has found, can drive a reduction of almost 30% in day-to-day ran engineering costs. more
Actix Releases New RAN Benchmarking Solution
Network optimisation vendor, Actix has announced the release of an entirely new ran benchmarking solution. Based on the Actix One NSM platform, the new ran benchmarking solution, which has already been purchased by an unnamed mobile operator, enables consolidation of all benchmarking data into one central system, and allows numerous reports to be generated for competitive and comparative situations. more
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Study shows texting while driving can be deadly
..ssages or searching their MP3s slowed down, wove in an out of their lanes, and, in some cases, ran over pedestrians, according to a study presented to the Pediatric Academic Societies. While the most significant finding was that the distracted t more
Related Tags: driving, hands-free, text-messaging, text-messages, mp3, danger, USA
Deutsche Telekom Under Pressure to Sell T-Mobile UK
Deutsche Telekom is reported to be coming under pressure to sell the UK arm of T-Mobile due to ongoing poor performance at the mobile network. Deutsche Telekom (DT) recently warned that it might have to write down the valuation of the company in its next financial results. more
Related Tags: deutsche-telekom, mobile--broadband-network, 3g-radio-access-network, hutchison-3g-uk, t-mobile-uk, hutchison-3g, hutchison, telekom, UK
Alcatel-Lucent Offers Converged RAN for CDMA Networks Migrating to LTE
Alcatel-Lucent says that it has expanded its wireless networking portfolio to inlcude a Converged ran" (radio access network) which enables mobile service providers to offer both 3G CDMA and LTE services using a common network infrastructure. One of the key elements of the Converged ran is the software defined radio (SDR) technology which has been available on the current Alcatel-Lucent base stations for a number of years already. more
Related Tags: 3g, base-station, tim, lte, alcatel-lucent, cdma, ovi, base-stations, sdr
LTE Cannot Come Soon Enough for Some Operators
For some operators, LTE cannot come soon enough, states the latest report from Analysys Mason, which details how wireless data traffic will grow tenfold in developed markets in the period to 2015. However, there are many roads to a data-optimised ran and LTE is only one component. more
Related Tags: mobile-data, w-cdma, lte, cdma, hspa, gsm, play, life
Ericsson Wins Chinese 3G Network Contract
Ericsson says that it has been selected by China Unicom to supply WCDMA networks and services for 15 Chinese provinces. Ericsson, along with its partners, was awarded contracts to supply WCDMA core and/or radio access network systems in 15 provinces, including Beijing, Jilin, Jiangsu, Hubei, Heilongjiang, Liaoning, Anhui, Henan, Hainan, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Shandong, Guangdong and Hunan. more
Related Tags: 3g, china-unicom, wcdma, cdma, ericsson, iden, radio-access-network, gsm, interoperability, China
FMC and femtocell equipment markets poised to take off in face of downturn
..markets to thrive during the current economic downturn for a number of reasons. First, Orange and T-Mobile, and Rogers Wireless now as well, are driving the UMA market and do not plan to slow down their deployments; in fact, they see the slowdo more
Related Tags: orange, t-mobile, 3g, nokia, apple, driving, lte, iden, vas, rogers-wireless, infonetics-research, femtocell, fmc, rogers, radio-network-controller
O2, Vodafone Reported to be in Network Sharing Talks
..rum, taking it from the two early incumbents and offering some to the later entrants. If the two operators are able to pool both their network infrastructure, and share their radio spectrum, that could release surplus spectrum back to the regul more
Related Tags: orange, t-mobile, 3g, hutchison-3g-uk, vodafone, o2, hutchison-3g, core-network, 1800mhz, 900mhz, bts, hutchison, UK