OCT 29 • NOV 1 • MCCORMICK PLACE • CHICAGO THE LARGEST GLOBAL EVENT FOR 4G INNOVATION 2012 OFFICIAL SHOW DAILY DAY2 T-Mobile Sets the Record Straight on Merger Prusch Pitches BY MAISIE RAMSAY Value of Clearwire’s -Mobile USA CTO Neville Ray joined Spectrum T4G World by video BY ANDREW BERG link on Wednesday to f success in wireless comes set the record straight on down to who has the most his company’s pending I spectrum, then Clearwire just merger with MetroPCS. might have a bright future ahead “Technology is not an of it. obstacle,” Ray said. That was the argument made Ray’s presentation by Eric Prusch during a Monday covered a number of afternoon keynote here at 4G key points about the World, a pitch made less than transaction, which T-Mobile USA’s Neville Ray joined 4G World on Wednesday via video link. a week after the company an- will make T-Mobile a nounced a 60 percent reduction stronger fourth-place competitor with a combined trying to integrate MetroPCS’ legacy CDMA network in its TDD-LTE rollout next customer base of 42.5 million and substantially with T-Mobile’s GSM service, the operator is going summer. increase the amount of spectrum it has for LTE. to simply migrate MetroPCS customers. Prusch said the company’s T-Mobile and MetroPCS’ disparate technologies The task will be made easier because 60 percent of massive spectrum reserves in the were one of the issues Ray addressed. Instead of T-Mobile continued on page 6 2.5 GHz band (Band 41) are only increasing in value, as mas- sive players like China Mobile in China and Bharti Airtel in India AT&T Network Exec Dishes on Small Cells, SON, DAS adopt the frequency for their BY MAISIE RAMSAY technologies at AT&T Labs, in California and Georgia TDD-LTE deployments. T&T network technology said self-organizing network have resulted in a 10 percent Clearwire not only has more executive Kris Rinne told (SON) technology has been an improvement in call “retainability” spectrum than any other carrier A a packed crowd yesterday “important tool” to maximize the and throughput. in the United States, but it’s also that the operator’s early small cell benefits of femtocells, picocells Wi-Fi hotspots are another contiguous, Prush said, which deployments showed promise, but and metrocells. AT&T finished its part of AT&T’s plan to address only adds to the company’s value some hurdles still remain. nationwide SON rollout earlier continual increases in data traffic, proposition. “There’s still a lot of this year using technology from which it reports has risen 20,000 According to a report from optimization that needs to Intucell, a company it began percent between the time it got the IDC, Clearwire is able to oper- be done,” Rinne said, citing working with in 2011 at its Silicon iPhone in 2007 and last year. The ate on a single bandwidth in ex- interference management, backhaul Valley development center. operator has a network of more cess of 130 MHz on average, in- and issues related to local zoning “SON is used to improve than 30,000 Wi-Fi hotspots that it cluding approximately 160 MHz and regulations. AT&T has begun network quality by detecting is leveraging to move data off its on average in top 100 markets its initial deployment of small cells when we have cell sites that are cellular network. where capacity constraints are in “several venues” and is still overloaded, and working with When asked whether AT&T the most likely to emerge. doing final field testing. neighboring cell sites to offload would be able to extend its SON Prusch said Clearwire intends Rinne, who serves as senior that tower,” Rinne said, adding platform past its cellular network to capitalize on that advantage vice president of network that initial SON deployments AT&T continued on page 10 Prusch continued on page 10

WORLD Wireless Week’s Show Daily • October|31|2012 3 CCC Keeps Safety Top of Mind for Connected Cars

BY MAISIE RAMSAY to do, but do so in a safe driving is,” he says. For instance, the issue before legislators get espite scores way.” some may ban voice calls while involved.” of legislation MirrorLink works driving, while other jurisdictions Since its launch in 2011, the to stop driv- by connecting drivers’ may limit the restriction to texting. CCC has launched its MirrorLink D ers from using smartphones into the The consortium is aiming to standard and grown its member their cell phones behind video display found on get standards in place before the base to more than 75. The group the wheel, distracted newer model vehicles. government decides more heavy- is backed by major car manufac- driving remains a huge Once connected by USB, handed involvement is necessary. turers such as General Motors, problem. Bluetooth, Wi-Fi or “By looking at it from the Ford, Volkswagen, Toyota and An estimated 3,092 Ewing other technology, the in- view of how to address regulatory Honda, manufacturers of in-car people died in car crashes caused car display presents a set of apps concerns, we can deliver on the displays like Sony and Panasonic, by distracted driving in 2010, from the phone that are deemed promise of keeping distracted driv- and smartphone makers LG, HTC, according to the most recent sta- safe for use while driving, such as ing from becoming a more serious Nokia and Samsung. tistics available from the National navigation, calls and music. Apps problem than it is,” Ewing says. The MirrorLink standard is Highway Transportation Safety that aren’t appropriate for use “We’re not trying to unnecessar- currently only available to CCC Administration. while driving, like Angry Birds ily burden anyone, but address members. ● The Car Connectivity and texting, cannot be accessed Consortium is tackling this prob- through the display. lem with its MirrorLink stan- “It’s not just a connectivity dard, which it will discuss at the environment, it’s a way to control Connecting With A Smarter Car what apps can be run,” Ewing panel on Wednesday afternoon. says. “We’re trying to make sure Alan Ewing, executive director people don’t do things that are ob- of the CCC, says technology must viously taking away from driving, be part of the solution because like typing out text messages or laws alone have failed to change playing games.” consumer behavior. The CCC is in the process of “You can’t just tell people not developing industry-wide guide- to do it. If that were the case, this lines on which apps are appropri- wouldn’t be a problem,” he says. ate for in-car use. “We’re trying to create an environ- “It’s a very challenging thing, ment where you can do the things because globally there are very This prototype uses the Car Connectivity Consortium’s MirrorLink standard to make the in-car you need to do and arguably need different views on what distracted use of cell phones safer. Sequans Chip Aims at M2M, Connected Devices BY MAISIE RAMSAY line is the SQN3101 Firefly, an LTE ated a new family of products, it’s value-driven equans is showing off a new LTE baseband chip that offers up to 50 LTE,” Karam says. chipset aimed at M2M and con- Mbps of throughput with low power The SQN3101 Firefly chip is available now, Snected devices. consumption. The chip is designed to and Sequans plans to release additional chips The company already had a line of provide device makers everything they in the streamliteLTE line. “The target is fur- LTE chips for devices like smartphones, need – and nothing they don’t – for ther optimization of the solution to bring costs USB modems and mobile hotspots, but LTE-enabled M2M products and con- down,” Karam says. “We want it to be very the chips’ price tag made them impracti- nected devices. close to what you get with Wi-Fi.” cal for the cost-conscious M2M market. Karam Throughput capacity in the new Karam pictures the Firefly chip embedded So Sequans developed a new, less chip is lower than the 150 Mbps deliv- in a variety of devices, a lower priced chip that costly family of chips more practical for M2M ered by chips in Sequans’ smartphone-focused will help enable the “Internet of things” which applications. streamrichLTE product family, but will be suffi- many envision as the future of wireless technol- “We’re delivering the right price for what’s cient for connected devices like cameras, eRead- ogy. Making that future a reality will require required for features and performance,” says ers and gaming devices. LTE chips to become so cheap they become Sequans CEO Georges Karam. Development of the streamrichLTE line was as ubiquitous as Wi-Fi is today, a goal that The first chip in Sequans’ new streamliteLTE “driven by performance first. Now we’ve cre- Sequans is working toward. ● 4 Wireless Week’s Show Daily • October|31|2012 WORLD After LTE: Shifting to Monetization

BY MAISIE RAMSAY operators, both reducing operators’ costs for ow that operators’ LTE deployments providing voice service and providing them with are underway, it’s time to shift the an opportunity to charge for premium services. N focus to monetization. Mavenir executives are That’s the view of Cisco executive Kelly attending the show to Ahuja, who oversees the company’s service pro- meet customers about vider mobility business. Ahuja spoke Tuesday its VoLTE, RCS, mes- morning about how saging and mobile operators can enter cloud solutions. what he calls the “next “VoLTE you can’t frontier” of optimiza- charge more for, but tion and monetization then there are things - generating incremen- like video - video shar- tal revenue through ing, video chat, get- Jagernauth specialized services ting beyond basic text messaging and MMS,” that leverage invest- Jagernauth says. “Somehow, operators have to ments in LTE. increase ARPU.” Ahuja With LTE deploy- Those kinds of services might not appeal to ments well underway, “the ecosystem is finally the average consumer, but Jagernauth says they starting to come together” so that operators can stand a better chance of catching on with the turn their attention to finding new revenue streams, early adopter crowd. he says. Talk of monetizing RCS could be somewhat As the market becomes increasingly saturat- premature, as most LTE deployments are far ed, it is becoming more difficult to achieve or- from complete and VoLTE has only been de- ganic growth through adding new subscribers. ployed by one U.S. operator, MetroPCS. Even As a result, operators need to find other ways to then, MetroPCS is only offering VoLTE in a squeeze out more revenue per bit. single market. With the timeline for VoLTE still Ahjua says operators need to expand their hazy, it will be some time before operators can offerings beyond basic connectivity into services A screenshot from Mavenir’s RCS solution. think about deploying RCS, much less using it for both subscribers and the enterprise segment. integrated voice, video and messaging solutions to boost their top line. “There’s always new ways to make money based on the Rich Communications Suite. RCS While the RCS opportunity could take some in the consumer space. The question is what services run on the underlying IMS infrastructure time to emerge, the enterprise market could pro- they’re willing to pay more for,” he says. powering voice-over-LTE. vide operators with more immediate prospects While there may be a portion of subscribers Because they offer a higher quality of service to expand their product offerings, namely in the willing to fork over extra cash for premium than existing over-the-top apps, RCS services are M2M space. Ahuja points out that this is already services, Ahuja said the industry needs to seri- often cited as a possible source of additional rev- underway. ously explore out-of-the-box business models enue and the long-awaited answer to addressing “There must be more than just RCS in like ad-sponsored data plans that bring in rev- competition from third-party apps like Apple’s terms of enabling additional revenue for the enue from both marketers and subscribers. Facetime video chat service. operator,” Ahuja says, referring to the vari- “Operators can do a lot of creating things - However, operators’ ability to monetize ous business cases in the M2M market such it’s about how we leverage the things we have in RCS depends on consumer willingness to pay as fleet management, remote monitoring, even the network to either optimize the user experi- for services like video chat that they’re already Amazon’s Kindle. “I think those are likely going ence or monetize the user experience,” he says. getting for free from OTT providers. OTT to be where things come together more attrac- However, outside of last summer’s debut apps are notoriously glitchy and lack interop- tively for operators.” of shared data plans at AT&T and Verizon erability across different devices and operating Ahuja concedes that it’s still early days, but is Wireless, operators have shown little inclination systems, so operators looking to cash in on optimistic about the potential new market oppor- to break the mold. RCS are counting on the technology’s im- tunities for wireless providers. “I think we need to increase the pace,” he says. proved user experience to compel subscribers “We’re still at the very early stages of this to pay a little bit extra. phase, but there’s a tremendous amount of oppor- VoLTE for Effi ciency, RCS for Revenue Madan Jagernauth, vice president of market- tunity that we can create,” he says. “We need to Some in the industry think operators may be ing and strategy at Mavenir, expects the move enable network-based value chains by connecting able to generate additional revenue through new toward VoLTE will provide dual benefits for the unconnected.” ● Thinking Small Cells?

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4G World Moves to Amid MetroPCS RCS Debut, Dallas, Adds India Event

BY MAISIE RAMSAY Monetization Remains Elusive G World is moving to Dallas for its 2013 4conference after four years in Chicago. BY MAISIE RAMSAY services that can be built on top of the video “Chicago has served the event well over the perators looking for new ways to grow platforms,” he said. past four years,” 4G World General Manager in saturated markets have viewed Rich When an audience member pointed out that Joe Braue said in a statement. “However, after OCommunications Services as viable sourc- operators’ prior attempts to expand revenue analysis and consultation with partners, clients, es of incremental revenue. through value-added services like ringback operators and attendees, we’ve concluded quite But on the eve of MetroPCS’ RCS launch, tones met with poor results, Singh said the unanimously that the Dallas area is a stronger a panel said yesterday it might be some time same could end up being true for RCS. and more natural home for 4G World.” before the industry can start thinking about “Not all markets are created equal,” he The event will be held at the Gaylord Texan charging those extra fees. said, pointing to a handful of markets where Resort and Convention Center from Oct. 28- The group entirely dismissed the idea of an ringback tones managed to be successful. By 30, 2013. extra fee for VoLTE, and some took a skeptical extension, value-added RCS services may also The new location is both ideal for top-tier tone on the idea that operators would be able be more successful in some markets than oth- providers and “more convenient and affordable” to charge premiums for other RCS services like ers. for smaller wireless providers, show producer video calls any time soon. Another audience member pointed out that UBM TechWeb said. AT&T has headquarters in The debut of MetroPCS’ joyn RCS service “customers want to lower their bills, operators Dallas, though its wireless division is headquartered today backed up the discussion. The company are looking to increase revenue. Who’s going in Atlanta. MetroPCS is headquartered in is not tacking on additional costs for the joyn to pay for all of this?” Richardson, Texas, a suburb of Dallas. app, instead bundling it in to its existing LTE In response, Madan Jagernauth, vice presi- The move is part of UBM TechWeb’s plan to rate plans. dent of marketing and strategy at Mavenir expand 4G World into international markets. “First and foremost, no operator is coming Systems, pointed out that there “are two ways Next spring, the event will be held in India, a across saying VoLTE is a net new revenue gen- to monetize, by reducing costs and bringing in top growth market for the wireless industry. erator for them,” Radisys Chief Technology new revenue.” “By expanding the show to India, we can Officer Manish Singh said, citing spectral effi- Services like VoLTE can reduce costs by provide the entire ecosystem in this market ciency gains as the main driver for VoLTE. handling voice traffic more efficiently, while with an annual platform to discuss and debate Singh emphasized that RCS products will need other RCS-type services could be bundled in to the most important topics facing our industry, to be seamless and interoperable before operators higher-priced rate plans, he said. Many opera- and analyze the latest 4G innovations and can think seriously about monetizing them. tors plan to roll out the services to improve solutions,” Braue said. “That’s the starting point. Then there are spectral efficiency and better differentiate 4G World India will take place at the things we can sell to consumers and enter- themselves from competitors, versus viewing Epicentre, Gurgaon, Delhi, on April 25 and 26, prises. There are all kinds of value-added RCS as only a revenue opportunity. ● 2013. ●

T-Mobile continued from page 1 T-Mobile will launch LTE with 10x10 MHz channels next year, then MetroPCS customers upgrade their devices every year. T-Mobile move to the wider pipe once the deal closes. The operator is upgrading expects to have all the subscribers moved over by the second half of two-thirds of its 52,000 base stations with LTE, and expects to have 2015. much of the work done next year. The network is slated to cover 200 Furthermore, MetroPCS’ current LTE customers will be able to use T- million people by the end of 2013. Mobile’s forthcoming LTE network on the same handsets they have now. “We end up with a much stronger combined network,” Ray said. T-Mobile also plans to offer MetroPCS customers dual-mode HSPA/ “Our spectrum position is significantly increased and enhanced.” LTE devices immediately after the close of the deal that use both of the T-Mobile is refarming its 1900 MHz spectrum, currently used for companies’ LTE networks but only T-Mobile’s 3G service, Ray said. its 2G network, to support its HSPA service. The work is “95 percent Ray highlighted the spectrum advantages of the deal, pointing out complete” and HSPA on 1900 MHz has already been launched in Las that it will leave T-Mobile with 20x20 MHz channels in New York, Vegas and Kansas City. Los Angeles, Dallas, Philadelphia, Detroit, Boston, San Francisco, Last Ray said he had planned to announce the new 1900 MHz HSPA Vegas, Sacramento, Calif. and Tampa and Orlando, Fla. On average, markets today, but was forced to delay the news because of Hurricane the companies combined spectrum holdings will hit 76 MHz in its top Sandy. However, T-Mobile has a “series of major launches” scheduled 25 markets. before the end of this year, he said. ● WORLD Wireless Week’s Show Daily • October|31|2012 7 Australian LTE Customers Feel Need for Speed

BY ANDREW BERG While that kind of service, n a map, Australia looks like a small which has been deployed now island in the middle of the Pacific. But in most of Australia’s capitals, Olooks can be deceiving. Australia is actu- is sure to excite consumers, ally a landmass roughly the same size as the Wright explains that there is United States but with a modest population of also a considerable operator 23 million people who are dispersed largely in benefit to higher speeds. major metropolitan areas on the coast. “If we can get those bits That’s an interesting challenge for a wireless shifted more quickly, we’re operator like Telstra. It means providing dense dropping the cost per bit,” coverage in scattered urban environments, Wright said. while providing sufficient capacity to support a Wright has earned the right lot of users in those areas. to brag about Telstra’s LTE Mike Wright, executive director of net- speeds, but he points to an- works and access for Telstra, said his company other factor that has led to a 20 is moving towards LTE and isn’t looking back. percent growth in subscribers The company has been open about plans to de- over the past 18 months. Mike Wright of Telstra discusses his company’s LTE roll out in the Land Down Under. commission its 2G network altogether. “I’ve never seen a new tech- “Our customers don’t fall back to 2G from nology penetrate as quickly, and that’s largely couldn’t be happier with performance thus far. our 3G experience,” Wright said, during a because of device availability,” Wright said, “Having rolled out a lot of networks in my Tuesday keynote here at 4G World. noting that the company sold 100,000 LTE-ca- day, I have to say that I was shocked. It just Even as Telstra has deployed its HSPA pable iPhone 5s in just the first month of sales. worked,” Wright said. network in low band 850 MHz spectrum, the Telstra’s LTE service launched in 8 major While things sound like nothing but roses company has been refarming Telstra’s 1800 markets at the end of September, with a hot- and rainbows Down Under, Telstra isn’t resting MHz spectrum for its LTE deployment. The spot and one smartphone following on that but on its laurels. Wright put forth a list of concerns results have been spectacular. already the company counts 18 LTE-capable going forward that resonate universally. He Telstra currently advertises LTE speeds of 2 devices in its portfolio. said Telstra has to continue to reduce churn, to 40 Mbps, with observed peak speeds of up to When asked whether Telstra has dealt improve customer service, and find new growth 100 Mbps. with any hiccups in its rollout, Wright said he areas. ● Nokia Siemens Sets Out to Break the CapEx Model BY MAISIE RAMSAY tectures like its own cause its localized,” LiquidNet technology as the an- okia Siemens Networks pre- LiquidNet will make it says Ken Wirth, head swer to the growing gap between dicts that wireless subscrib- cheaper for operators of customer operations the increase in data traffic and Ners will consume 1 GB of to handle exponential for North America the rise in revenue. The network data each day by 2020, twice the increases in data traf- and Latin America, architecture can redistribute ca- 500 MB it estimates the average fic by dynamically who was scheduled to pacity where it’s needed, instead customer currently takes an entire allocating capacity speak about the issue of remaining fixed so one area month to use. to congested areas during a Monday key- remains congested even if another It also predicts that opera- and caching content note address but had can handle more traffic. tors will be able to support that closer to end users. By to cancel because of The technology is a key part of Wirth growth profitably. lowering the level of Hurricane Sandy. “A Nokia Siemens’ effort to reshape Given the massive amount of investment needed to handle the lot of things have to align for this its business after selling off its money required to build networks traffic, operators will be able to to happen, but we really think microwave, WiMAX and fixed capable of supporting that kind stay profitable. it’s going to help our customers line units, divestitures that were of growth, Nokia Siemens’ claim “It breaks the model of hav- not have to deploy the significant followed by major layoffs. The takes some explanation. ing to put X amount of CapEx amount of capacity they’re doing company has since zeroed in on The infrastructure vendor for every gigabyte of data that today to keep up with demand. “ LTE, a strategy that led to strong says that flexible network archi- traverses the entire network be- Nokia Siemens is touting its third quarter results. ● 8 Wireless Week’s Show Daily • October|31|2012 WORLD

LTE and the Devices Market: A Match Made in Heaven

Number of global LTE subscribers IHS iSuppli estimates by the end of the year: 73.3

Percentage by which IHS iSuppli expects that number to grow in 2013: 181

Number of LTE-enabled smartphone sales ABI Research expects in 2016: 245 million

Number of LTE-capable products announced as of January 2012 according to the GSA: 269

Number of LTE-capable products announced as of October 2012, according to the GSA: 467

Number of HSPA-enabled user devices announced by 285 suppliers as of August 2012, according to the GSA: 3,847

Number of HSPA+ 42 Mbps products confirmed by the GSA as of August 2012: 172

Number of dual-mode LTE-HSPA devices confirmed by the GSA as of August 2012: 289

Number of those devices that were phones: 39

Number of LTE-enabled smartphones LG sold by May 2012: 3 million

Percentage of the smartphone market LG controlled as of Q2 201, according to NPD Group: 6

Total number of iPhones Verizon sold in Q3: 3.1 million

Number of LTE-capable iPhone 5s Verizon sold in Q3: 651,000

Total number of LTE-capable smartphones Verizon sold in Q3 2012: 4.5 million

Percentage of the smartphone market controlled by Apple in Q2 2012, according to NPD Group: 31

Percentage of the smartphone market controlled by Samsung in Q2, 2012: according to NPD Group: 24 SEE YOU NEXT YEAR in DALLAS for 4G WORLD 2013

THE PREMIER EVENT FOR ALL THINGS 4G! October 28, 2013 : Pre-Conference Event October 29–30, 2013: Conference & Exposition Gaylord, Texan | Dallas, Texas WWW.4GWORLD.COM 10 Wireless Week’s Show Daily • October|31|2012 WORLD SHOW DAILY Prusch continued from page 1 Clearwire’s large amounts of spec- upload if you don’t use upload,” by deploying what he called a trum in one frequency. Prush said. Show Daily Office “hotspot network,” deploying TD- “Most carriers have 5 MHz As fast as it might be, the main Registration Area-Hall F1 LTE on its 2.5 GHz spectrum in by 5MHz, or 10 MHz by 10 challenge for Clearwire will be com- McCormick Place West-Chicago, IL major metropolitan markets, such MHz. We actually have the abil- ing up with the capital to support as Chicago, New York City, Los ity to offer 20 MHz paired with its LTE build out. It’s no secret that Publisher/Sales: West Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle. 20 MHz aggregated together Clearwire can only move as fast as Holly Hoffer 973-920-7783 “It’s being driven in urban to create a 40 MHz channel,” its wallet will allow. [email protected] cores. That’s where the greatest Prusch said. “Unless you have that The company has cut the num- data consumption occurs,” Prusch breadth of spectrum, you can’t do ber of TD-LTE sites it plans to light Senior Editor said. “New York is the perfect ex- channel aggregation. “ up by the end of June 2013 to just Andrew Berg ample of being dropped 15 times Prusch said that Clearwire’s 2,000, down from its previous plan 973-920-7761 between JFK and the New York deployment of TDD-LTE on un- of 5,000. The move came shortly [email protected] Tunnel.” paired spectrum may mean slower after Sprint, its largest investor and Associate Editor But Clearwire’s spectrum holdings uplink speeds. a frequent source of capital, an- Maisie Ramsay aren’t limited to providing more ca- “For those of you who use the nounced Softbank was shelling out 973-920-7796 pacity than its competitors in densely Internet on a regular basis through $20.1 billion to buy a controlling [email protected] populated metropolitan centers. They your local broadband connec- 70 percent stake. The terms of the Art Director might also give the carrier and edge in tions, you’ll understand when I say Softbank stake limit Sprint’s ability Deb Jorgensen the speed category. that most of the work we do is in to make major investments, provi- [email protected] Prusch explained that stan- download. It’s not upload…There’s sions that could affect Clearwire’s Production Manager dards around aggregation favor no sense in having a very fast sources of capital. ● Deb Wawzyanick 973-920-7148• [email protected]

AT&T continued from page 1 Carrier aggregation is another operator planning to use carrier Electronic Media Coordinator to incorporate Wi-Fi, Rinne said one of the tools AT&T plans to aggregation to supercharge LTE. Brittany O’Brien additional capabilities were needed use to keep ahead of the capacity Sprint has said it plans to use the Web Production Specialist to “optimize Wi-Fi as just another crunch. The technology works by technology to merge its 800 MHz Audience Development layer within our network.” bonding together different bands and 1900 MHz spectrum into a Associate Director Rinne described the 3GPP’s of spectrum into a single, larger single channel for LTE. Gail Kirkbergerw, 973-920-7482 cellular standards and Wi-Fi channel, essentially creating a Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile [email protected] standards as “overlapping circles fatter pipe. USA have been less vocal about their Sales: East, Midwest, Int’l where we still need to fill in some Rinne touted carrier aggregation plans to use carrier aggregation. Maureen Mushinsky gaps.” as a way of bonding together The technology is part of the 973-920-7788 “We’re driving to be able to use AT&T’s various frequencies, specifications for LTE Advanced, [email protected] that in a more integrated basis,” including the WCS spectrum it is a standard both Verizon and T- Mailing Address she said. currently in the process of acquiring Mobile have publically embraced 100 Enterprise Drive, Suite 600, In addition to small cells and from Comcast, Horizon Wi-Com as the next evolution of their Rockaway, NJ 07866-0912 Wi-Fi, AT&T is also leveraging and its buyout of NextWave LTE networks. However, neither 973-920-7000 Fax: 973-920-7551 distributed antenna systems in Wireless. The FCC recently cleared operator has specifically named Satellite Offices high-traffic venues like stadiums use of the band for LTE after carrier aggregation as part of their Madison, WI; Denver, CO and convention centers. AT&T managed to sort out issues implementations of LTE Advanced. It even rolled out what Rinne with interference to satellite radio AT&T’s LTE network now called “DAS on wheels” at this services. covers 135 million people, behind year’s Democratic National Rinne did not list exactly which Verizon’s formidable coverage Convention in Charlotte, N.C., channels AT&T plans to stick across more than 250 million wheeling in a movable antenna together for LTE, but the operator people. Sprint’s LTE deployment Chief Executive Officer Rich Reiff ray to better cope with the surge has previously stated that it plans lags behind both its larger of traffic during the event. Five to combine the 700 MHz spectrum competitors, but is working to President terabytes of data were sent over it bought from Qualcomm with its catch up with the addition of more George Fox AT&T’s network during the 1900 MHz and 850 MHz holdings than 100 new markets by year-end. Vice President, Finance/Treasurer Theresa Freeburg event, Rinne said, calling the to supplement capacity on its LTE T-Mobile has yet to get its LTE Vice President, Human Resources results of the antenna installations network service off the ground, but plans to Susanne Foulds “impressive.” AT&T is not the only U.S. light up the network next year. ●