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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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AT&T sets new DAS traffic records for Super Bowl with 1.7 Terabyte mark
AT&T said its customers set new records for Super Bowl and professional football game wireless data consumption, with a total of 1.7 terabytes of traffic used in and around the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., Sunday night. In a blog post from AT&T senior executive vice president John Donovan AT&T said it saw 696 gigabytes of wireless data used on its in-stadium DAS Sunday Read More>>
Verizon sees 4.1 Terabytes of cellular data use in and around Super Bowl
We're still trying to get an only-in-stadium breakdown but the early report from Verizon Wireless said that the company's customers used 4.1 terabytes of cellular data directly around the Super Bowl Sunday in Glendale, Ariz. According to the Verizon stats team this figure includes not just Verizon traffic on the stadium DAS, but also from the surrounding Westgate entertainment district that Read More>>
Super DAS: AT&T, Verizon beefed up Phoenix area with mobile cell towers and more DAS
While we wait for the traffic stats from the incredibly exciting Super Bowl XLIX, here's the final installment of our Super DAS series -- in which the two major U.S. wireless carriers, AT&T and Verizon Wireless, provide some details about how they beefed up coverage in and around Phoenix to handle the expected Super Bowl communications crush. The lengths to which AT&T and Verizon went to ensure Read More>>
Extreme, SignalShare team up to bring Wi-Fi to Detroit Red Wings’ Joe Louis Arena
Extreme Networks and SignalShare, which earlier this year collaborated to bring Wi-Fi networks to an NFL stadium and a college football stadium and basketball arena, have scored a new goal, teaming up to bring fan-facing Wi-Fi services to the Detroit Red Wings' Joe Louis Arena. Announced today, the deal trails the actual Wi-Fi network, which has been active at the 20.066-seat arena since at Read More>>
Big DAS news: CommScope buys TE Connectivity’s telecom and wireless business for $3 Billion
It's a little bit industry insider baseball but in the world of DAS big deals like this don't come along that often. Yes we're talking about the deal that went down Wednesday, with communications infrastructure supplier CommScope acquiring the telecom, enterprise and wireless businesses of former rival TE Connectivity for $3 billion. There's more to the businesses of both CommScope and TE Read More>>
Sonim’s rugged LTE phones get public-safety trials at Super Bowl, World Ski Championships
The new XP7 ruggedized LTE smartphone from Sonim Technologies will get some on-the-scene testing by public safety professionals at both the Super Bowl as well as the upcoming World Ski Championships in Vail, Colo., according to Sonim, a San Mateo, Calif.-based maker of ruggedized devices. Expected to be publicly announced Friday, the news that Sonim's newest ruggedized LTE handset will be Read More>>
Super DAS, Part 2: Super Bowl stadium DAS expands to address increased demand for cellular connectivity
Editor’s note: This story is part 2 of a series of profiles of the providers of the extensive Distributed Antenna System (DAS) deployment for Super Bowl XLIX at and around the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. and other parts of the Phoenix city area as well. Stay tuned all week as we highlight how DAS will keep Super Bowl fans connected, no matter where they roam in and around Read More>>
Championship games traffic stats: AT&T DAS hits high-water marks; Seahawks Wi-Fi sees 1.6 TB of data
Just a quick update on some wireless usage statistics from the recent NFL championship games in New England and Seattle: According to AT&T, the AT&T customers on the DAS networks at both stadiums hit high-water marks for the host teams this season, well above the traffic averages. And maybe due to their team's lackluster play for most of the game, fans at CenturyLink Field in Seattle didn't give Read More>>
