CommScope Blog

January 18, 2021

Outdoor Wireless Network Trends for 2021

Operators will continue to accelerate their rollouts of 5G networks across the globe in 2021, while governments clear additional spectrum to accommodate more users and data. In this blog, Mike Wolfe takes a closer look at three outdoor wireless networks trends in 2021.

January 06, 2021

How 5G is Enabling the Future of Government

The future of 5G in government is looking bright with the promise of transforming military operations and providing unprecedented service to troops and citizens alike. In this blog, Morgan Kurk shares insights from his virtual panel participation with leaders from the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, Customs and Border Protection and General Services Administration.

January 05, 2021

Poll Shows Federal Government Making Progress on Mobility and Wireless Access

While the U.S Government has replaced some older wireless network technology in the last two years, it appears there is still room for improvement. In this blog, Brian Wright highlights a recent poll that showed that many employees feel that their agency’s wireless access is relatively poor.

December 22, 2020

Is Your Government Agency 5G Ready?

While 5G will not automatically be quick, easy or cheap for the federal government, a study conducted by market research firm Market Connections, underwritten by CommScope, explores the opportunities of 5G and what impact it will have on agencies in the years ahead. Ed Wyatt explains the study in this blog.

December 10, 2020

Understanding CBRS use cases

If you are interested in setting up a CBRS-based network, whether private or public, CommScope offers a wide variety of products including radio access points, antennas and supporting fiber and copper connectivity. Martin Zimmerman explains in this blog.

November 24, 2020

Mystery of the C-Band Auction Costs

With the 3.7 GHz Service (aka C-Band) auction just a short time away, participants are finalizing their bidding strategies and making sure they have done their due diligence on the incumbents in the band. But are bidders aware of exactly what relocation costs they will incur beyond the license purchase price at auction? Joanna Lynch answers this and other questions in this blog.

November 17, 2020

Dual Band Antennas Go Full Circle

In this blog, CommScope's Donald Gardner explains how dual band antennas have come "full circle" using E-band frequencies to maximize capacity, coupled with microwave frequencies such as 23GHz to maximize availability for critical traffic.

November 11, 2020

Planning a 5G Cell Site Upgrade? Prepare to Integrate

In this blog, CommScope's Mika Hedemaki explains how a partnership with Nokia introduced an interleaved passive-active antenna that offers mobile operators the flexibility to tailor an antenna for their specific 5G needs.

November 03, 2020

CommScope Definitions: What is Wi-Fi roaming? Part 2

In Part 2 of the "What is Wi-Fi roaming" blog series, CommScope's Matt Melester explains how the company is a proponent of Cisco's OpenRoaming and Google's Orion platforms and the potential these platforms will have on the Wi-Fi industry and our customers.