In just a few short years, passive intermodulation (PIM) has gone from a vaguely understood but accepted nuisance, to a major concern that wireless service providers seek to manage and minimize. As wireless service providers add the most recent 4G/LTE capabilities to their networks, the incidences and effects of PIM on performance and profitability are on the rise. On this basis, Commscope has put together an infographic explaining PIM, based on internal research.