Most of the mobile industry – vendors, operators, analysts - now agree that the immediate benefit of femtocells (aka indoor base stations) will be to improve network coverage. We all know that service quality remains one of the clear differentiators between different network offerings and so any way in which gaps in coverage can be plugged has to be a good thing. However, femtocells are not ...

Just a few days ago, I've speculated about GSM 'virtually' surviving for quite some time in base stations which have radio and digital modules capable of handling several air interface technologies at the same time. Looks like Ericsson has also been thinking in this direction and has recently started a Work Item in 3GPP to explore Multi Standard Radios (MSR). The main topic of this work item is to...

El Reg compo to identify those in the know What with the SiteFinder database still not getting updated it's time to see if you notice now when the lamp post next to you is suspiciously pregnant, or if cellular base stations have become so much a part of our landscape that they no-longer merit our attention.…

Under this turnkey contract, Nokia Siemens Networks will supply an end to end GSM-R solution, including hardware such as base stations, base station controllers, dispatcher equipment, and hand held devices.

ZTE and Qualcomm announced they've developed the networking platform for Aircell's Gogo inflight Internet service. Aircell's Air-to-Ground service relies on ZTE's EV-DO Rev. A base stations and IP switching platform and Qualcomm's aircraft-mounted modems.   Earlier this year, American Airlines launched Aircell's Gogo mobile broadband service on three co...

It has been announced that China's ZTE has been working with Qualcomm to create the networking platform for Aircell’s new Inflight Internet service, Gogo, which first began service in August on select American Airlines flights. Aircell's Air-to-Ground service relies on ZTE's base stations and IP switching platform and Qualcomm's aircraft-mounted modems.

Rob Conway is giving a powerful speech saying that mobile broadband is vital globally. Highlighting the economic crisis he encourages governments to focus on infrastructure. Housing won’t save the economy but focusing on infrustucture, green base stations and spectrum will. Suddenly on a positive note he says that mobile will not face a downturn a the ...

Wireless carriers in the United States are now facing burgeoning backhaul needs that extend beyond base stations and into middle-of-the-network elements, a new Visant Strategies study finds.

T-Mobile Hungary has commissioned the first cellular base stations in the country to be operated with hydrogen-based Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) cells--a process where electrical energy is generated when hydrogen ions merge with oxygen. The company claims the primary use of PEM cells will be for the supply of emergency power to base stations and, given it has no moving parts and is silent in op...

Who isn’t down with green tech? Using proton exchange membrane cells (PEM cells), T-Mobile is setting up their first hydrogen-powered base stations in Hungary. Hydrogen power is a little tricky to explain, but it’s basically a renewable energy source whose only waste is good ol’ water. PEM cells work quietly, don’t have to be replaced