FLAGSHIP SERIES: STADIUM TECH REPORTS
Introducing: The Stadium Connectivity Outlook survey!
To all stadium, arena, ballpark, race track, concert-hall, convention-center, airport, casino and other large public venue owners, operators and administrators and deployers of connectivity technology: We need you! That is, we need you to take our Stadium Connectivity Outlook survey, a vehicle designed to find out "where we're at, and where we're going" when it comes to connectivity technology and the business Read More>>
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Artemis announces DISH spectrum lease, setting up San Francisco pCell service trial; also makes venue-specific hub available for trial
Artemis Networks moved one step closer to a real-world offering of its pCell wireless service with the announcement of a spectrum lease deal with satellite provider DISH that will give Artemis the means to offer commercial services in San Francisco perhaps as early as sometime later this year, pending FCC approval. In the meantime, owners of large public venues (like sports stadiums) can now Read More>>
NHL’s Bettman: Better tech coming to all NHL stadiums
He wasn't really there to talk about stadium Wi-Fi, but NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman was kind enough to spend a couple minutes geeking out about wireless connectivity with Mobile Sports Report following a press conference at Levi's Stadium to announce a new NHL online stats operation powered by software giant SAP. If you are a hockey fan (and there are lots of them in town this weekend for the Read More>>
New Atlanta football stadium picks IBM as lead technology integrator
The yet-to-be named new football stadium under construction in Atlanta has selected IBM as its lead technology integrator, somewhat officially welcoming the new 800-pound gorilla to the stadium technology marketplace. While computing giant IBM has dabbled in sports deployments before -- mainly contributing technology as part of its corporate sponsorship of events like The Masters in golf and Read More>>
Levis’ Stadium app adds special features for Sharks-Kings outdoor hockey game
Other than mobile ticketing, all of the regular features of the Levi's Stadium mobile app will be active for Saturday's outdoor hockey game between the San Jose Sharks and the Los Angeles Kings, with fans able to use the app over the free Wi-Fi network or the enhanced cellular DAS to do things like watch instant replays, or to order food, drinks and merchandise and have those items delivered to Read More>>
AT&T upgrades DAS at University of Washington hoops arena
AT&T's deal to bring better wireless connectivity to Pac-12 conference schools expanded into the basketball zone, with announcement of DAS upgrades at the University of Washington's Alaska Airlines Arena. Officially and somewhat longwindedly called the Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edumunson Pavilion, the cozy 10,000-seat facility is home to not only the Husky men's and women's basketball teams, Read More>>
DGP gets deal to extend DAS outside Levi’s Stadium
DAS Group Professionals, the company that installed the neutral-host DAS inside Levi's Stadium, now has a deal to extend the DAS outside the Levi's walls, covering parts of the city of Santa Clara, Calif., that surround the stadium. With next year's Super Bowl set to take place at Levi's Stadium, it makes sense that city officials would want to make sure the parking lots and other pre-game Read More>>
Comcast powers Wi-Fi for Tennessee Titans, Philly’s Wells Fargo Center
Comcast continues to expand its presence in the stadium Wi-Fi marketplace, with announcements that revealed the cable giant's participation in Wi-Fi networks at both the Tennessee Titans' LP Field and the Wells Fargo Arena in Comcast's headquarters hometown of Philadelphia. In a somewhat confusing press release, Comcast last week revealed that it was the backbone service provider for the Wi-Fi Read More>>
Super Bowl XLIX sets new stadium Wi-Fi record with 6.2 Terabytes of data consumed
The Super Bowl is once again the stadium Wi-Fi champ, as fans at Sunday's Super Bowl XLIX in Glendale, Ariz., used 6.23 terabytes of data during the contest, according to the team running the network at the University of Phoenix Stadium. The 6.23 TB mark blew past the most recent entrant in the "most Wi-Fi used at a single-day single-stadium event" sweepstakes, the 4.93 TB used at the Jan. 12 Read More>>
