January, 2012

Nexius Executive Opinion

LTE - Paving the Path Forward

In the wireless world  LTE seems to be the hot topic this year with operators announcing new LTE market rollouts on almost a daily basis. Just recently, US carrier AT&T announced six new markets for its LTE network, which is currently spreading like wildfire across the country. This brought AT&T up to 15 LTE markets by the end of 2011 and placed more competitive 4G pressure on other operators, like Sprint and Verizon. However, we are not witnessing an overnight revolution…read more

Nexius Service Spotlight

Demand for Vertical Real Estate Drives Smart Site Solutions

The U.S. housing market may still be on “life support,” as a recent Forbes article maintains, but what about the real estate market that wireless carriers really care about  – the vertical real estate market?

In contrast to plummeting demand in housing, demand for equipment space on towers is soaring , driven in large part by smart phone users demanding higher-speed access to bandwidth-intensive mobile applications …read more

Industry News

Goodbye Unlimited Data Plans. Hello WiFi

Looks like unlimited data is becoming a thing of the past for wireless subscribers, at least in the U.S.  Blame the exploding demand for mobile data.

After all, today’s wireless subscribers are armed with dual-core, 1 GHz smartphones that are as powerful as desktop PCs were a few years ago. And those phones are accessing a dizzying array of online data services delivered over wireless networks that can rival cable in terms of speed…read more