Why wait for Fiber? Great Wi-Fi experiences are dependent on high-performance infrastructure. Fiber is the ideal answer… when it’s available. While there is a lot of fiber deployed, it’s not always in the right places. With Cambium Networks’ 60 GHz millimeter wave fixed wireless infrastructure, operators can deploy multi-gigabit wireless…
In his article “The age of mmWave 5G sputters to a dusty death,” Mike Dano reports, ”most financial analysts have concluded that operators’ interest in mmWave is mostly over.” However, as Mark Twain said, “The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.” Millimeter wave – 60 GHz in particular –…
This week is Lightning Safety Awareness Week, which focus on educating the public on avoiding injury or death due to lightning strike. Lightning is an on-going global concern for the wireless broadband industry, not only for the safety of employees but also for the protection of tower-mounted assets. Lightning can…
LTE (Long Term Evolution), typically marketed as 4G LTE, has become synonymous with “high speed” mobile access -- it is the truly unfortunate that see 3G or even worse 1x on mobile phone displays. Verizon recently tantalizingly announced the launch of XLTE” – the next generation breakthrough in mobile broadband…
With the news cycle dominated by reports on natural disasters, tragic accidents, warfare, revolutions and other hard-hitting headlines, it is not always easy to find positive news stories. We were thrilled, then, to read this positive ZDNet story entitled “Remote Nepal villages bridging digital gap with local cloud,” featuring one…
Customers want voice and data connectivity from a provider they trust. Now available, the C3VoIP-150 converts an ordinary analog phone to a VoIP compatible handset that can be used with hosted VoIP services. By connecting ordinary analog telephones that are already in your home to C3VoIP-150, subscribers can make low…
A few weeks ago, iCanConnect caught my eye. As detailed in this AP article, iCanConnect is a pilot program that “provides low-income deaf-blind individuals with the most up-to-date telecommunications devices for free and special training to use them.” Individuals apply to the program and are then assessed for which devices…
Service Providers make a name for themselves by delivering Carrier-grade Ethernet. Differentiating service by providing Service Level Agreements (SLA) to customers is increasingly important as technology advances. Having equipment that can manage this effectively can be critical to a provider’s success. This application brief discusses the ways to achieve high…
Salvador is one of the cities in Brazil which will host games in the upcoming FIFA World Cup football (soccer) event in June. In recent years, the city has faced a significant increase in crime and the state government is implementing several actions to increase public safety. One of these…
Is Creating a High Performance Point to Multipoint System for Noisy Environments an Art or a Science? No matter how much frequency is added to the unlicensed spectrum, it is only going to get more crowded. The increased cost of licensed spectrum, the proliferation in the number of wireless equipment…
What’s better than a long boring lecture on product quality? A subscriber module (SM) that shrugs off a fire and just keeps working. That’s what this photo is – the best testimonials don’t always come pretty! SM, we salute you!
