Category Archives: Broadband Wireless

There are many definitions and understandings of what is wireless broadband technology. There are those professional that claim 3G is wireless broadband and other claim that something called 4G is wireless broadband. The criteria for wireless broadband technology can be generalized in the form of the services. The end user ultimately decides with their money what they consider to be acceptable for their use.

The Power of Branding and Market Positioning in Wireless

Posted on 2013/05/14 by

Why does the USA say “texting” and other places, particularly Europe, say “SMS”?  How many people know what SMS (Short Messaging Service) means? Much more recently, why do all of the tier-one wireless carriers in the USA refer to their … Continue reading →

Posted in 4G, Applications, Broadband Wireless, Business and Technology Strategy, Infrastructure, LTE, Messaging, Mobile Data and Applications, Value-added Service Applications, Wireless Carriers | Leave a comment

Cellular Mobile Network Infrastructure

Posted on 2013/05/14 by

The first generation (1G) analog cellular systems supported voice communication with limited roaming. The second generation (2G) digital systems promised higher capacity and better voice quality than did their analog counterparts. The two widely deployed second-generation (2G) cellular systems are … Continue reading →

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AT&T, Small Cells, and VoLTE

Posted on 2013/05/13 by

Driven by the growing surge for mobile broadband, carriers worldwide are investing in WiFi and small cell infrastructure as an economically efficient solution to expand network capacity and coverage. AT&T’s project Velocity IP (VIP) represents the deployment of more than … Continue reading →

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Carrier WiFi, Small Cells, and Advertising

Posted on 2013/05/09 by

Carrier WiFi and small cells offers the potential for new business models including advertising.  For example, Ericsson’s City Site small cell allows add-on modules for video ad screens, clocks, touchscreen real-time information displays and more.   Ericsson’s small cell, called City … Continue reading →

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Overcoming Performance Issues in Distributed Antenna System (DAS) Node Coverage Area

Posted on 2013/05/06 by

Different components are used to split the signal power between the antennas in passive DAS. These components are passive, which means they do not need external power supply. With passive DAS, the signal is distributed between the antennas using the … Continue reading →

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LTE in Industry Verticals Value Chain

Posted on 2013/01/31 by

Considering the market for vertical industries, the industry will follow a complex value chain, commencing from infrastructure vendors/integrators and ending at either the traditional enterprises or specialist organizations in the vertical segments. For vertical segments in particular, Mind Commerce expects … Continue reading →

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LTE in Industry Verticals

Posted on 2013/01/28 by

Given its economic feasibility and the growing demand for data applications within the vertical market segments such as public safety, oil, gas and energy production, defense and others, vendors are increasingly pitching LTE as a well suited solution for fulfilling … Continue reading →

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LTE Security Threats and Opportunities

Posted on 2013/01/04 by

In the era of smartphones and tablets, LTE has in its infant stage already gained enormous popularity throughout the world. As a technology, LTE started its journey in North America in 2010. LTE now covers more than half of the … Continue reading →

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Mobile Social Broadband and Commerce

Posted on 2012/12/28 by

Many factors are driving towards mobile social and broadband being a combination that will become a force to be reckoned with for commerce.  By way of example, more than half of consumer activity during Christmas day took place on mobile … Continue reading →

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Super WiFi

Posted on 2012/11/21 by

The so called “Super WiFi” solution is based on the 802.22 wireless networking standard, which addresses arguably the two biggest issues in wireless broadband: 1) the need for more frequency space to accommodate more users, and 2) greater range and … Continue reading →

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