backhaul
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Orange is to use OneWeb satellites to backhaul its mobile base stations in remote areas, the company said today.
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Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd is to provide backhaul services for "one of the world's largest MNOs", allowing it to deploy 4G voice and data services over LTE.
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Calls to and from Telefónica’s mobile customers in some parts of rural Germany are now being backhauled by satellite, following a deal with Intelsat
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Athens-based satellite operator Hellas Sat has validated hybrid 5G backhauling use cases over satellite with ST Engineering iDirect, in what Hellas Sat CEO Christodoulos Protopapas has called a "new dawn in connectivity".
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Satellite company Avanti Communications has launched a new managed satellite service for rural connectivity.
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Increasing demand for backhauling 4G and 5G base stations has given microwave equipment suppliers a boost.
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Satellite communications provider, ST Engineering iDirect, has been selected by a Tier 1 MNO in Latin America to extend the ground infrastructure for its upcoming satellite.
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After the news that SSE Enterprise Telecoms had rebranded as Neos Networks at the end of March, Capacity caught up with Sarah Mills, Managing Director of Wholesale and Smart Infrastructure, to find out why the relaunch took place and how it ties into the company's ambitious network and product expansion plans.
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Trials conducted by Deutsche Telekom, Cosmote and Ericsson have used W-band frequency for wireless backhaul for the first time.
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Telefónica Spain has awarded a contract to Juniper Networks, (NYSE: JNPR) to secure the mobile backhaul of its 5G network.
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A “next generation satellite constellation” is planned for India, following a partnership agreement between national satellite provider Nelco and global brand Telesat.
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Finnish manufacturer Nokia has extended its longstanding partnership with BT to become the operator’s largest infrastructure and equipment provider.
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As the connected vehicle revolution gets underway, transport operators are faced with a number of very specific connectivity challenges. Mark Page, strategic account director for public sector at Cradlepoint, explains.
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“Precise planning, reusing facilities, reducing construction and easy development,” were just some of the key benefits highlighted today as to why more and more operators are choosing the AirPON FMC solution to futureproof their FTTH networks.
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The number of small cells in use in the global mobile industry will go up almost tenfold by 2026, according to a new report – putting a strain on backhaul resources.
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Crosslake Fibre has chosen to extend the backhaul capacity for its New York – Toronto network into Equinix data centres.
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With a new year upon us, Capacity heard from Carl Grivner, CEO of Colt Technology Services, about his expectations for the telco sector in 2020 with new technologies and big industry shifts.
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Telefónica has selected Comtech Telecommunications’ heights networking platform to upgrade its Vivo Brazil and Telefónica Argentina mobile infrastructure networks in support of 2G, 3G and LTE backhaul.
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Cisco and Superloop have teamed up on two deployments of up to 400G on the INDIGO West cable, from Singapore to Australia, and the INDIGO Central cable, from Perth to Sydney.
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Claro Argentina has selected Comtech Telecommunications’ heights networking platform to connect rural communities throughout Argentina with high-speed 2G/3G and LTE backhaul.
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OneWeb has secured its largest fundraising round to date, which will enable the company to accelerate the development of “the first truly global communications network” by 2021.
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Newtec has deployed two Dialog hubs in the UK and Finland for Middle East satellite operator Arabsat.
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Operators providing the new 5G mobile services will need to connect their base stations with 25Gbps fibre, Nokia is saying in advance of Mobile World Congress.
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Telecom Egypt and Vodafone Egypt have signed two ten-year transmission and infrastructure agreements with a total value of EGP 10.85bn ($618m).
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Not-for-profit European Standards Organisation (ESO), ETSI, has published a report highlighting the critical role of appropriate regulation, licensing and technologies to ease 5G wireless backhaul/X-Haul deployments.
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The microwave transmission market grew 6% in the first three quarters of 2018 compared with the previous year, driven by mobile backhaul expansion in India.
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Deutsche Telekom and Telefónica Deutschland are consolidating their strengths to speed up the expansion of their mobile communications networks.