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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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Comcast brings new 3-Gig backbone to Memphis Grizzlies’ FedExForum
Comcast Business, which has sponsored the backbone bandwidth to many sports arenas, announced that it has installed a new 3-gigabit fiber backbone to the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies' FedExForum, which will support the already-existing fan-facing Wi-Fi network at the stadium. According to our past research, the FedExForum Wi-Fi used to be supported by a wide-area wireless link provided by Ubiquiti, Read More>>
A building for the future: Tech shines through at Sacramento’s new Golden 1 Center
If you're building for the future, it's best to start with a building for the future. That's what has happened in downtown Sacramento, where the Sacramento Kings have built a technology-laden future-proof arena, a venue designed not just to host basketball games but to be the centerpiece of a metro revival for years to come. Now open for business, the Golden 1 Center is a living blueprint Read More>>
Extreme bids $100 million for Avaya’s networking business
In a move that could expand its reach into the stadium networking business, Extreme Networks said Tuesday that it had entered into an "asset purchase agreement" to acquire the networking business of Avaya, which recently filed for bankruptcy. The price of the deal is $100 million, which is still subject to the possibility of other companies submitting higher bids for Avaya's networking business Read More>>
College Football Playoff championship sees 2.4 TB of Wi-Fi — big decline from 2016
We finally have numbers for the Wi-Fi usage at the most recent College Football Playoff championship game, and in somewhat of a first the total data used during the event was much lower than the previous year's game, with just 2.4 terabytes of data used on Jan. 9 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla. -- compared to 4.9 TB of Wi-Fi used at the championship game in 2016, held at the University of Read More>>
Mobile Sports Report, Inside Towers partner to expand coverage
Mobile Sports Report is thrilled to announce a partnership with Inside Towers. Inside Towers delivers breaking, actionable and relevant tower and telecom industry news, straight to your inbox in an easy-to-digest e-newsletter format. It is written for tower people, by tower people and covers a wide variety of topics ranging from regional zoning issues and tower safety to financial impacts, FCC Read More>>
Seahawks see big jump in Wi-Fi usage at CenturyLink Field for 2016-17 season
The Seattle Seahawks saw almost every metric associated with the Wi-Fi network at CenturyLink Field just about double from the 2015-16 to the 2016-17 NFL regular season, according to statistics provided by the team. Chip Suttles, vice president of technology for the Seahawks, sent us over some excellent season-long charts of Wi-Fi activity, including unique and concurrent-user peaks, top Read More>>
From overhead to under seat: A short history of the hows and whys of stadium Wi-Fi network design
By Bill Anderson, AmpThink The history of high density (HD) Wi-Fi deployments in stadiums and arenas is short. Yet the the amount of change that occurred is significant; both in terms of how these networks are deployed and why. Venue operators, manufacturers, and integrators are still grappling with the particulars of HD Wi-Fi in large open environments, even though there are a substantial Read More>>
Arris to acquire Ruckus from Brocade as part of $800 million deal
The wireless networking business once known as Ruckus Wireless is finding a new home, as Arris announced today that it plans to buy Ruckus from current owner Brocade as part of an $800 million deal that also includes Brocade's ICX switch business. Brocade, which purchased Ruckus for $1.2 billion earlier this year, is being acquired itself, by chipmaker Broadcom in a $5.5 billion deal announced Read More>>
