Maravedis Blogs

WiFi hits new speeds, but can Ethernet cope?

By Caroline Gabriel, Research Director, Maravedis-Rethink The latest R&D project in 60GHz spectrum comes from Samsung, which can transfer a 1Gbyte movie in three seconds. However, as the speed wars...

SK Telecom to deploy Elastic Cell by 2016

Working with Ericsson, Korean operator builds improved performance into CoMP technology to enhance cell edge experienceBy Caroline GabrielScarcely a week goes by without a vendor, operator or start-up proposing a...

Ericsson pushes HSPA to 63Mbps

Turkcell uses tri-carrier 3G+ technology to boost speeds even where it is not yet upgrading to LTE By Caroline Gabriel Not all the efforts to drive up mobile network speeds...

'5G': new mobile technologies just a sideshow

Ericsson's demo is impressive, but Cambridge conference highlights the far bigger challenges for mobile evolution By Caroline Gabriel Ericsson has become the latest vendor to demonstrate '5G' technologies, and claim...

Small cells recast for reaching remote communities

RealWireless argues that 'meadowcells' can halve the cost per person of deploying rural mobile broadband By Caroline Gabriel This year's Cambridge Wireless Future of Wireless International Conference was heavily focused...

Google buys two elements for its future network

Its Nest subsidiary pays $555m for Dropcam, filling out IoT stack, while Alpental brings 60GHz network expertise By Caroline Gabriel The latest additions to Google's technology stable highlight two key...