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Cisco to Acquire Small-cell Provider Ubiquisys

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Cisco plans to acquire U.K. based Ubiquisys, a provider of 3G and 4G LTE small-cell technologies. Under the terms of the agreement, Cisco will pay approximately $310 million in cash and retention-based incentives to acquire the entire business and operations of Ubiquisys.

Huawei Announces LTE Small Cell Router

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Huawei has announced the release LTE small cell router ATN 905. The ATN 905 helps small base stations obtain high-rate media access across a variety of scenarios, allowing operators to extend their backhaul network coverage.

ON selected Airspan for its small cell 4G network deployments in Brazil

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MWC 2013, Barcelona, Spain, February 28, 2013 – Airspan Networks Inc., a leading provider of 4G LTE-Advanced broadband wireless access networks, announced today that it has started the deployment of a 2.6 GHz TD-LTE network with Brazilian Telco ON in Sao Paulo state using its Air4G high power compact small cell.

Small Cell Forum launches Release One in new programme to drive operator deployments

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26th February 2013 - Mobile World Congress, Barcelona – The Small Cell Forum, the independent industry and operator association that supports small cell deployment worldwide, today announced Small Cell Release One.

NEC updates solution portfolio for Small Cell Backhaul: full technology lineup, compact products with high performance and integrated management

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Tokyo, February 25, 2013 - NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) announced today the latest update to its solution portfolio for small cell backhaul. The announcement reflects the company’s continuing development efforts, and builds upon NEC’s leadership in industry adoption of millimeter wave technologies for mobile backhaul (i.e.

Ruckus Wireless Delivers New Carrier-Class Smart Wi-Fi Solutions for Dealing with Device Densification and Rising Data Demands

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BARCELONA (MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS - Booth 5E70) – February 25, 2013 – Ruckus Wireless, Inc. (NYSE: RKUS) today outlined its SmartCell™ Architecture, a unique recipe for creating carrier class Wi-Fi networks to deal with the densification challenge sweeping the industry.

Network evolution demands SON revolution

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25 February 2013, Mobile World Congress, Spain –With “customer experience” replacing “OPEX savings” as the primary concern of many mobile operators, the issue of Self-Optimising Networks (SON) is in vogue once again.

LTE Advanced Opportunistic Small Cells

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Captures the 2013 MWC demonstration of small-cells that dynamically turn on/off based on proximate users, a feature important for the very dense small cell deployments as envisioned to meet the 1000x data challenge. The demo utilizes Qualcomm's live over-the-air LTEi Advanced small-cell network in San Diego.

AirHop Communications and Cavium Sign Commercial Agreement to Integrate AirHop’s eSONTM Software with Cavium’s LTE Small Cell “BaseStation-on-a-Chip” Family

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Mobile World Congress – Barcelona (February 21, 2013) – AirHop Communications, a leading provider of advanced Radio Access Network (RAN) software solutions, announced it has been selected to integrate its eSON™ (Self-Organizing Networks) software with Cavium’s LTE Small Cell OCTEON Fusion® “BaseStation-on-a-Chip” family of products.

Cygnus Broadband and Ubiquisys Partner to Provide LTE Users with Superior Video Streaming on Small Cells

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SAN DIEGO, USA and SWINDON, UNITED KINGDOM--(Marketwire - Feb. 19, 2013) - Cygnus Broadband, the Quality of Experience ("QoE") specialists for rich media streaming, a subsidiary of Wi-LAN Inc.

Wireless Backhaul & Telco Software Innovations by Intracom Telecom at 2013 Mobile World Congress

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Athens, Greece - 19 February 2013 - Intracom Telecom, a global telecommunication systems vendor, participates in Mobile World Congress 2013, continuing its well established presence at this global event.

Mindspeed Announces Next Generation Transcede SoCs for Metro and Premium Enterprise Small Cell Applications

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NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.-- Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: MSPD), the leader in system—on-chip (SoC) solutions for small cells, today announced the third generation of its Transcede® family of baseband processors.

SpiderCloud Wireless and Tango Networks Work Together to Speed Up Unified Communications Services with Enterprise Small Cell Systems

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San Jose, CA and Frisco, TX, USA – February 18, 2013 – SpiderCloud Wireless, Inc., the leading innovator of scalable small cell Enterprise Radio Access Network (E-RAN) systems for mobile operators, and Tango Networks, a leading technology provider that enables enterprises to embrace the power of Mobile Unified Communications with any

LTE/3G Multimode RF Transceiver from Maxim Integrated Enables Successful Deployment of HetNet Small Cell Base Stations

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San Jose, CA—February 18, 2013—Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. (NASDAQ: MXIM) today introduced the MAX2580*, a single-chip multistandard RF to Bits® small cell radio transceiver. This highly integrated solution requires very few external components to execute an all-band, multimode, multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) radio design.