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AT&T, MetroPCS, Sprint and Verizon sign onto Barclays Center DAS

Four leading U.S. mobile operators will use ExteNet Systems' new distributed antenna system (DAS) in the massive Barclays Center sports and entertainment venue.

T-Mobile's Ray: MetroPCS' DAS will give us a small cell play

 If regulators approve T-Mobile USA"s deal with MetroPCS, T-Mobile will be able to merge MetroPCS' existing LTE network into its own planned LTE network on AWS frequencies and refarm MetroPCS' 1900 MHz CDMA spectrum for HSPA+ services. T-Mobile will also gain some new telecom infrastructure, such as some 6,000 distributed antenna system (DAS) nodes that MetroPCS has deployed. FierceBroadbandWireless Editor Tammy Parker recently spoke with T-Mobile CTO Neville Ray regarding MetroPCS, DAS and spectrum.  Hot Seat

Top wireless stories of the week

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Crown Castle buys DAS provider NextG for $1B

Crown Castle said it will pay $1 billion to acquire distributed antennas systems (DAS) provider NextG Networks, giving the tower company a leg up in the DAS market and potentially enabling it to

Is small cell architecture a capacity savior?

Since the beginning of 2011, network infrastructure vendors have been falling over each other to introduce more advanced small-cell architecture solutions to help operators address network capacity

Corning moves into wireless space as Time Warner Cable buys into the cloud

Corning, known as much for its fiber optic telecommunications products as its dinnerware, is apparently expanding beyond the physical and into the air. The New York-based glass company has said it

Reading the tea leaves: Why Tyco Electronics wanted ADC

It doesn't take a genius--immediately qualifying me--to understand, or at least perceive to understand, the implications of Tyco Electronics' (NYSE: TEL ) $1.25 billion acquisition of ADC (Nasdaq:

Market approves of Tyco Electronics' ADC acquisition

The stock market apparently approves of Tyco Electronics' (NYSE: TEL ) bid to acquire ADC Telecommunications (Nasdaq: ADCT ) for $1.25 billion, pushing ADC's stock to a 52-week high as details of the

Tyco Electronics moves closer to cable with $1.25B ADC acquisition

Tyco Electronics, which has for the most part been sitting on the sidelines of the cable business, moved a step closer by agreeing to spend $1.25 billion for ADC. On the surface, the combined company

Distributed antenna systems: From niche to necessity

Over the past few years, distributed antenna systems have quietly emerged as a powerful tool for wireless carriers looking to bolster their coverage and boost their capacity--key concerns in the age