Maravedis Blogs

SHF bands to solve metrocell’s backhaul spectru...

By Luis Reyes Figueroa, Spectrum Analyst, Maravedis-Rethink Managing the surge of mobile data demand, particularly in dense urban areas, continues to cause headaches to carriers. The nature of cellular networks...

Syniverse buys Aicent as IPX market consolidates

With carriers like Vodafone threatening to squeeze independents, the carrier services specialist is building scale and a broad offering By Caroline Gabriel  With LTE build-outs accelerating in many regions, the...

Chinese cellcos to get FDD LTE spectrum this mo...

If Unicom and Telecom get FDD licences this month, China Mobile's 4G headstart would be severely reduced By Caroline Gabriel  China Mobile appeared to have played a blinder when it...

Qualcomm set to pounce on WiGig pioneer Wilocity

Reported $300m acquisition would help the US firm stay at the cutting edge in devices, and also get closer to Cisco in small cells By Caroline Gabriel Ever-higher frequency bands...

Docomo signs six vendors for '5G' program

Japanese cellco aims to deploy next generation networks in 2020, even though it is unclear what they will look like By Caroline Gabriel  '5G' is succeeding in being overhyped before...

Qualcomm gears up for 'hyper-dense' networks

By Caroline Gabriel, Research Director, Maravedis-Rethink Public access small cell deployments may still be limited in number and scope, but with the technology set to gain scale this year, industry...