M2M experiences growth spurt thanks to interest from cellular sector 30th March 2011 Cellular M2M connections are forecast to more than double from their 2011 level of 19.6 million to 50.2 million in 2015.
CTIA panel: Many hurdles must be cleared to make NG-911 a reality 24th March 2011 Next-generation 911 (NG-911) promises a robust, flexible platform that will allow public-safety answering points (PSAPs) to receive voice, video, text and data information from emergency callers, but several challenges remain before such systems can be deployed and implemented throughout the U.S., according to panelists at a CTIA Wireless session.
The other side of broadband 17th March 2011 One of the most interesting guys you’ll ever talk with is EWA President Mark Crosby, the president of the Enterprise Wireless Alliance. He recently spoke on the broadband migration, and suggested that it’s going to be a big headache for many incumbent licensees.
LightSquared’s fledgling LTE comes under fire from GPS sector 16th March 2011 GPS, of course, is a vital tool for all sorts of industries and government functions. I’m not sure why the FCC granted a waiver before the interference issues could be put to rest.
What’s in a name? Plenty, according to the new Cassidian 9th March 2011 Greater competition would be a good thing for those who purchase two-way radio systems and equipment. That said, a strategy that the former Plant CML embraced a while ago likely will have as much or greater impact than a stronger alignment with Cassidian.
Don’t be surprised if other operators try to mimic Verizon/Motorola LTE alliance 2nd March 2011 Verizon Wireless’ recently announced alliance with Motorola Solutions to offer roaming to public-safety LTE networks (along with the ability to leverage applications and even share cell sites) might just be the move that could solidify public-safety’s quest to receive the D Block 700 MHz spectrum directly.
Getting ready for the rites of spring 24th February 2011 IWCE is the place where our industry’s brightest and most-experienced minds convene each year to discuss the most pressing issues of the day, to contemplate future directions and to learn how to engineer and deploy effective voice and data communications systems.
It’s time for FCC to slap wireless operators on 911 failures 23rd February 2011 If you do a search on 911 outages, there’s quite a few. The negative publicity doesn’t seem to be creating enough embarrassment for the wireless operators to act. It’s time for some enforcement from the FCC.
Commentary NATE steps up tower-safety efforts 22nd February 2011 One initiative expands on the OSHA site hazard recognition guide introduced last year, while the second is designed to get tower owners and operators, as well as those who work at tower sites, to adhere to established best practices.
Commentary Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson cellular breakthroughs may be game changers 9th February 2011 Simplified infrastructure is expected be a hot topic during next week’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. But as Peter Jarich, vice president with Current Analysis, points out, vendors can’t get too radical, as they start to differentiate their architectures.
Latest 3GPP standards-development work includes new classes of HPUE, progress on mission-critical services 22nd April 2024
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