Windstream Invests in $20M in Fiber Network
Posted by Jesse Ward on Monday, February 1, 2010 · 
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Windstream announced last week that it plans to invest approximately $20 million to expand its core and backhaul fiber network. The rural carrier says that its network will deliver more bandwidth to wireless carriers, and Ethernet and next-generation technologies to business customers. Read more
Report: Mobile Backhaul Market to Jump 60%
Posted by Jesse Ward on Monday, November 30, 2009 · ·
Mobile backhaul equipment investments jumped a healthy 59% in 2008 to $3.7 billion worldwide, and Infonetics Research is forecasting another 60% jump in 2009 to $5.9 billion.
Infonetics expects more than 1.6 billion new mobile subscribers and about 700 thousand new mobile broadband subscribers between 2009 and 2013, which will require more base stations, more cell site connections, higher backhaul capacities, and equipment for each cell-site connection.
“We see no letup in the mobile backhaul equipment market, as service providers around the world continue to upgrade their networks to handle the rapidly growing number of mobile broadband subscribers and their bandwidth-heavy habits,” said Michael Howard, principal analyst for carrier and data center networks at Infonetics Research. Read more
NTCA Releases ePaper: The Business Case for Mobile Backhaul
Posted by Jesse Ward on Monday, November 23, 2009 · ·
By 2010 the number of worldwide mobile broadband phone subscribers is expected to pass the 1 Billion mark, and data traffic will surpass voice traffic on mobile networks, this according to a May 2009 release by Infonetics Research. Cisco’s Mobile Forecast supports this projection, reporting that mobile data traffic will increase a thousand-fold over the seven years from 2005 through 2012.
Web surfing, VoIP and multimedia messaging service (MMS) are a few of the bandwidth-hungry services gaining popularity, while early adopters are embracing mobile TV and multimedia content streaming. Read more
Level 3 Enters Wireless Backhaul Market
Posted by Jesse Ward on Monday, October 26, 2009 · ·
Level 3 Communications announced last week that it is entering the wireless backhaul market with the launch of Level 3 Tower Access, a new service that offers direct wireless tower connectivity to the Level 3 network.
The new service allows a wireless carrier to backhaul its voice, data and Internet services, and scale its network capabilities as mobile bandwidth and end-user demand grow.
Level 3 Tower Access offers wireless providers the opportunity to connect to the Level 3 IP backbone and, in some cases, the company will construct wireless towers at or near its existing network facilities.
Level 3 is billing the service as a prime competitor to rural incumbent providers. Read more