Network Planning

Cambridge Broadband Networks announces Network Design Service Group

Cambridge Broadband Networks today announced the availability of a new suite of Network Design and Support Services to complement its range of VectaStar Point-to-Multipoint (PMP) Microwave backhaul products. A new division of the company set up to deliver

T-Mobile and Huawei complete testing on LTE self-organizing network

Huawei today announced that it has successfully completed the world's first test of an LTE self-organizing network (SON) with T-Mobile in Innsbruck, Austria. Through the solution's ability to configure, optimize and recover automatically, Huawei says the LTE SON will offer

The true cost of an LTE network is...

Can operators afford LTE? How much will an LTE network rollout cost?

These are hard questions that have yet to be answered, despite the technical machismo of the network vendors in hailing the latest advances in LTE technology.

But one network consultancy – Aircom International - has had a stab at coming up with some answers.

Margaret Rice-Jones, CEO, told Mobile Europe that Aircom felt that the

AIRCOM launches ENTERPRISE 6.2

AIRCOM International, an independent network planning and optimisation consultancy, today launched its latest management and engineering tool suite, ENTERPRISE 6.2.

LTE networks - When best effort is not good enough

Is a ‘best effort' mobile service good enough? Jonathan Borrill describes the challenges of testing a live LTE network

AIRCOM and iBwave partner for in-building network optimisation

AIRCOM International, an independent network planning and optimisation consultancy, announces today a partnership with iBwave Solutions, a specialist in in-building wireless standard software, to deliver improved in-building network planning and design solutions to operators across the globe. 

Aircom launches Aircom IQ intelligent optimization service

Aircom International, an independent mobile network planning and optimization consultancy, today announced its new Aircom IQ optimization service, a platform that is said to analyse and optimize cellular network performance, detects network problems and limitations, and reduces capital expenditures

AIRCOM signs 3G network planning deal with Mobinil

AIRCOM International, a UK independent network planning and optimisation consultancy, has been selected by Egypt's largest mobile operator Mobinil, to help plan and implement 3G technology into its existing 2G network.