Articles by Richard Mumford, International Editor, Microwave Journal

The introduction of HSPA, WiMAX and LTE radio access technologies has resulted in an explosion in bandwidth requirements on the backhaul links from base stations to the core of the network. According to a recent Infonetics Research report the number of mobile broadband users has doubled over the past...

The weather in Spain in February can never be guaranteed, but those attending the 2010 GSMA Mobile World Congress at the Fira de Barcelona from 15 to 18 February were met by particularly cold and damp wintry conditions. However, for those frequenting the premier event for the mobile communications...

Speaking to Microwave Journal at the recent IMS 2009 in Boston, MA, Jimmy Hwang of Zifor Enterprise Co. Ltd. explained that the show was not only an opportunity to spotlight the company’s extensive range of high frequency products but also to establish itself as a global name and to...

Nearly thirty years of support and mutual collaboration reached its latest milestone when Agilent Technologies Inc. and the University of Leeds opened a new wireless communications laboratory equipped with Agilent instruments. The lab, located in the university’s school of electronic and electrical, will support teaching of undergraduate and postgraduate...

Nokia is one of the most familiar names worldwide, but not everyone is conversant with the fact that the company started out in 1865 with a mill producing paper—the original communications technology—and that it took a merger with a cable company and a rubber firm to set the new...

As one of the first major global events of the year the 2009 GSMA Mobile World Congress was not only eagerly awaited for the technology and evolutionary clues that it would divulge, but also as a barometer of the impact of the global downturn on an industry that has...

As one of the first major global events of the year the 2009 GSMA Mobile World Congress was not only eagerly awaited for the technology and evolutionary clues that it would divulge, but also as a barometer of the impact of the global downturn on an industry that has...