InfoVista today announced that it has acquired Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia-based mobile network optimization specialist Aexio. Nearly one year following InfoVista’s acquisition of Mentum, the company says the move reaffirms its strategy to enable communications service providers (CSPs)—particularly mobile operators—to better plan, operate, optimize and monetize their networks.
U.S. Cellular will begin offering the Samsung Galaxy S 4 mini to its customers in November. The Galaxy S 4 mini has a 4.3-inch qHD Super AMOLED™ (960 X 540) display, will run on Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) and includes a 1.7 GHz dual-core processor and 16GB of internal ROM.
Broadcom today announced a new C-DOCSIS system-on-a-chip (SoC) for Chinese operators to scale service deployments for more cost-efficient, competitive offerings. The new device expands on Broadcom’s flagship C-DOCSIS silicon, the BCM3218, to provide Chinese operators with tailored offerings for their growing customer bases that scale effectively for smaller multiple-dwelling units (MDUs) with 50 to 200 users. Visit www.broadcom.com to learn more.
NSN has enhanced its Smart Scheduler to deliver up to 50 percent higher uplink data rates at cell edge and up to 20 percent more uplink cell capacity. The enhanced performance can be achieved on FDD-LTE and TD-LTE networks through a software upgrade on top of NSN Flexi MultiRadio Base Stations. NSN optimization services have gained valuable experience of optimizing LTE networks in advanced markets such as Japan and Korea, and can help to further fine-tune cell edge performance of the network.