Ericsson to open 'innovation lab' on the Facebook campus; Boingo launched Hotspot 2.0 at 21 U.S. airports

Wireless tech news from around the Web.

> Ericsson will open an "innovation lab" on the Facebook campus in Menlo Park, Calif. Article

> Juniper Networks broadened its SDN portfolio. Article

> Spain's Telefonica unveiled a wide-reaching NFV program. Article

> Intel's Wind River subsidiary is touting a commercial carrier-grade platform for NFV. Release

> WNC and Altair are showing 3.5 GHz LTE-only routers at Mobile World Congress. Release

> CommScope's ION-E in-building platform combines licensed wireless and power plus gigabit Ethernet for Wi-Fi. Release

> Boingo launched Hotspot 2.0 at 21 U.S. airports. Release

> iBwave rolled out a mobile app designed to simplify the design of indoor small cell networks. Release

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