Mike Demler, Editorial Director, OpenSystems Media

• Operators battle for more spectrum as FCC opens new frequencies

  Mike Demler Editorial Director

  Carriers clear spectrum as FCC recognizes small cells and Wi-Fi

• Wireless operators set to blanket U.S. with LTE - Aided by foreign investment

  Mike Demler Editorial Director

  With LTE rollouts reaching maturity, do we have a spectrum crisis?

• LTE networks will enable a new generation of M2M applications

  Mike Demler Editorial Director

  M2M applications are looking forward to the higher bandwidth of LTE as well, but spectrum and standards issues must be resolved before a true Internet of Things (IoT) takes hold.

• Base stations-on-a-chip deliver the lower cost per bit promise of 4G LTE networks

  Mike Demler Editorial Director

  As base stations-on-a-chip proliferate into next-generation eNodeBs, they continue to drive down the cost per bit of the Evolved Packet Core (EPC) architecture.

• 4G Focus: U.S. wireless operators prepare to take LTE mainstream in 2012

  Mike Demler Editorial Director

  But questions remain, do operators have sufficient spectrum and network infrastructure to support the transition from 3G?