The two smaller national U.S. carriers appear to be more publicly pushing LTE-Advanced-ready networks than their bigger rivals.
T-Mobile USA is likely to launch its first LTE networks in Las Vegas and Kansas City next week. The operator is deploying a 3GPP Release 10 LTE network, which is the basis of LTE-Advanced, but it doesn't have the hardware or device support to implement all the features. (See T-Mobile's LTE Advance: What's Happening.)
Sprint Nextel Inc. said at the start of its Network Vision 3G and 4G upgrades in late 2011 that it was planning to move to LTE-Advanced.
Iyad Tarazi, VP of network development & engineering, said Sprint was testing 4x4 antenna arrays in the lab in late 2011. He suggested that Sprint could deploy in 2013 and that the larger form factor of tablets will likely be an initial platform. (See Sprint Plans LTE-Advanced Launch in 2013.)
The 'gleaming city on a hill,' Steve Saunders calls it. But who is going to take us from today's NFV componentry to the grand future of a self-driving network? Here's a look at the vendors hoping to make it happen.
With the mobile ecosystem becoming increasingly vulnerable to security threats, AdaptiveMobile has laid out some of the key considerations for the wireless community.
Understanding the full experience of women in technology requires starting at the collegiate level (or sooner) and studying the technologies women are involved with, company cultures they're part of and personal experiences of individuals.
During this WiC radio show, we will talk with Nicole Engelbert, the director of Research & Analysis for Ovum Technology and a 23-year telecom industry veteran, about her experiences and perspectives on women in tech. Engelbert covers infrastructure, applications and industries for Ovum, but she is also involved in the research firm's higher education team and has helped colleges and universities globally leverage technology as a strategy for improving recruitment, retention and graduation performance.
She will share her unique insight into the collegiate level, where women pursuing engineering and STEM-related degrees is dwindling. Engelbert will also reveal new, original Ovum research on the topics of artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, security and augmented reality, as well as discuss what each of those technologies might mean for women in our field. As always, we'll also leave plenty of time to answer all your questions live on the air and chat board.
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