By J. Sharpe Smith — October 16, 2014 – The timing, really, could not be worse. Unless you are a stockholder, of course. In the middle of performing due diligence and possibly raising debt and equity for a bid on Verizon’s towers, Crown Castle is facing tension among its investors. Activist investor Corvex Management, which owns… Continue »
Immediate Release Singer Executive Development announced today that Hutton Communications, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, will be it’s distributor in the wireless market for training solutions. This includes Singer Executive Development’s professional training and development courses, as well as technical training, such as their Microwave Antenna System Basics, Installation and Alignment class. Combining Singer Executive Development’s… Continue »
By J. Sharpe Smith October 13, 2014 – How does Marriott International, a global travel company with 4,100 properties across 79 countries and 18 brands, keep everyone on the same page concerning wireless technology? According to Page Petry, Marriott’s Senior Vice President and Chief Information Technology Officer for The Americas, the answer is to develop… Continue »
By J. Sharpe Smith October 9, 2014 – Last week, Alcatel-Lucent formed an alliance with Accenture, a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, to help communications service providers and large enterprises implement integrated broadband solutions. The alliance, known as Accenture Alcatel-Lucent Business Group, will explore small-cell wireless network solutions with a focus on… Continue »
Corning has introduced an integrated headend unit (IHU) for the Corning ONE wireless platform. The IHU is designed for small- and medium-sized deployments of the Corning ONE Wireless Platform that require a compact headend unit. ONE is an all-optical converged solution to deliver cellular, Wi-Fi and passive optical LAN on a single, all-fiber infrastructure. www.corning.com
The FlexWave active integration panel (AIP) is available from TE Connectivity. The integrated base transceiver station (BTS) interface takes the guesswork and expense out of system commissioning and maintenance. FlexWave AIP provides a simple, compact interface that enables BTS signal splitting and combining, automatic power leveling, and remote and local monitoring without passive PIM issues…. Continue »