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Steel in the Air President Ken Schmidt has some recent analysis of what the national distribution of 100,000 small cells over the next few years could look like, if you assume that deployment will more or less follow population. His estimates crown California as the undisputed small cell champ (shocker!), with more than 12,000 small

March 23, 2018

application platform, Cloud Computing, containers, HCI, hybrid, Kubernetes, Linux, Microsoft, Network Infrastructure, Project Honolulu, Security, Software, virtual machines, Windows Server 2019

Microsoft previews Windows Server 2019 with Linux, Kubernetes support

Microsoft gives sneak peak of Windows Server 2019 Microsoft recently previewed Windows Server 2019 with general availability slated for the second half of this year. Based

March 23, 2018

Carriers, Ericsson, Fiber, fixed wireless, Huawei, Network Infrastructure, rural broadband

How fixed wireless helps cover rural America

Industry experts talk fixed wireless opportunity While the big four U.S. carriers are locked in a 5G arms race that comes with a good deal of

March 23, 2018

5G, BBUs, Fundamentals, IoT, Network Infrastructure, NFV, virtual RAN

What is a virtual RAN?

Plans for virtual RANs Telecom operators are looking to extend the benefits of virtualization to radio access networks (RANs). Companies such as Nokia, Intel and Verizon

March 23, 2018

400G, GL Communications, Ixia, Keysight Technologies, NI, Test and Measurement

Test and Measurement: Ixia, Innovium validate 12.8 Tbps at 400GE

Keysight Technologies’ Ixia Solutions Group collaborated with networking company Innovium to validate terabit-speeds on an Innovium switch for supporting large-scale data centers. The Innovatium Teralynx Ethernet

March 23, 2018

3GPP, 5G, 5G NR, Carriers, network slicing, Policy, Qualcomm

Although non-standalone spec is complete, 3GPP still has lots of 5G work to do

3GPP already looking to Release 16 In December last year the 3GPP finalized the non-standalone 5G New Radio (NR) specification, paving the way for early commercial

March 23, 2018

3.5 GHz, 5G, APAC, Carriers, kt, millimeter wave spectrum, South Korea

KT to launch commercial 5G services in March 2019

KT will use 28 GHz spectrum for urban hot spots and 3.5 GHz band for urban and rural areas. South Korean telecom operator KT Corp. has

March 23, 2018

hardware, LFN, Network Function Virtualization (NFV), Network Infrastructure, NFV, OCP, Open Source, OPNFV, plugfests, Software, The Linux Foundation

Linux Foundation, OCP collaborate on open sourcing hardware and software

The Linux Foundation and OCP tag team open source hardware/software initiative The virtualization of network functions has resulted in a disaggregation of hardware and software, increasing

March 23, 2018

5G, Carriers, Federal Communications Comission, Policy, small cell

FCC votes 3-2 to ease small cell siting rules

Some small cell deployments no longer subject to federal review The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted along party lines 3-2 yesterday to make it easier

March 22, 2018

802.11ax, Anritsu, broadcom, Intel, LitePoint, Network Infrastructure, PCTEL, Qualcomm, Test and Measurement, wi-fi

802.11ax is on its way

Although the standard for the next generation of Wi-Fi technology hasn’t been officially finalized, that hasn’t stopped chipsets, reference designs and test equipment from making

March 22, 2018

5G, Cisco, content-aware service, Devices, Hybrid ICN, mobile video delivery, Network Infrastructure, PARC, Software, Verizon

Verizon tests Cisco’s hybrid ICN software for mobile video delivery

Cisco and Verizon team up on Information-Centric Networking (ICN) software Cisco and Verizon announced they recently tested the former company’s hybrid ICN software at the latter

March 22, 2018

Business, Carriers, DirecTV, Pay TV, Policy, Time Warner

AT&T vs. DoJ: Time Warner merger trial arguments start today

Federal attorneys say combined AT&T and Time Warner will hurt competition, consumers Opening arguments were set to begin this morning after a one-day weather delay in

March 22, 2018

5G, GPT, National Instruments, Sponsored, White Paper

A Look into the Future: The Applications Behind 5G

Now that 5G is getting closer to deployment, what are the killer apps going to be that push 5G forward into broad deployment? It is

March 22, 2018

Macquarie Telecom, MPLS, Network Infrastructure, Orange, SD-WAN, Siemens, Software, Software-defined networks (SDN)

Siemens cashes in on SD-WAN with $294 million Orange contract

Siemens extends contract with Orange Siemens AG has extended its contract with Orange Business Services to help it migrate to a software-defined wide-area network (SD-WAN) infrastructure that

March 22, 2018

CBRS, Verizon, Wireless

Verizon applies to test CBRS in Florida

When the Federal Communications Commission finally sets its rules for auctioning spectrum in the 3.5 GHz band, Verizon wants to be ready. This week the