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Extend Your Performance – How RF Equipment Manufacturers Benefit from Integrating with a Third-Party RF Downconverter
After years of trials and testing, 5G wireless deployments finally began this year. Around the world, the scale of investment in infrastructure, spectrum resources, and testing and optimization shows just how important 5G networks will be going forward. Accenture estimates that mobile operators will invest as much as $275 billion in the US alone by…
Distributed Spectrum Monitoring – Deploying Multiple Spectrum Analyzers for Wireless Research and Development
We have seen a proliferation of wireless devices in the past decade. Today, 95 percent of US adults own a mobile phone, and the combination of faster speeds and lower data costs has led to an explosion in mobile data usage around the world. Wireless signals standards are using higher frequencies and bandwidths than ever…
A New Approach to Spectrum Analysis Equipment – Why An Open Solution is the Future
It’s difficult to see change happening in front of us. Change is often gradual, and major technology advancements happen over time. There are very few instances where a single event radically changed the way we live our lives. However, when you look back over the past decade, you start to realize that a lot has…
ThinkRF Introduces Two New Real-Time Spectrum Analyzers
The ThinkRF R5550 and R5750 spectrum analyzers are silent, lightweight, and offer improved spectral performance in a more rugged form factor ThinkRF Corp., the leader in software-defined spectrum analysis, today announced the release of the new ThinkRF R5550 Real-Time Spectrum Analyzer and ThinkRF R5750 Real-Time Spectrum Analyzer with Global Positioning System (GPS). Designed to be…
ThinkRF Expands Globally to Meet Growing Demand for Software-Defined Spectrum Analysis Platforms
Company adds new resellers to better serve customers in Asia, Europe, North America, and Africa ThinkRF Corp., the leader in software-defined spectrum analysis, today announced partnerships with a number of resellers and manufacturers’ representatives worldwide. The new partners grow the company’s existing relationships as part of its ongoing strategy to expand into new markets, broaden…
Saving Lives – How Spectrum Monitoring Helps Rescuers During Emergencies
Search and rescue (SAR) is resource intensive, difficult, and often dangerous. When someone is trapped, stranded, or lost, locating them and getting them out as quickly as possible is crucial to improving their chance of survival. When someone is stuck in a dangerous environment, minutes can make the difference between life and death. In 2017,…
5G Networks – The Signals Powering the Next Generation of Wireless Technology
The fifth generation of wireless networks, or 5G, has the potential to transform society as we know it. Already we have seen some significant steps taken toward implementation, and the come years will bring more research, investment, and deployment in cities around the world. 5G wireless will place new pressure on spectrum resources to fully…
Wireless Networks and Utility Companies – How Energy Infrastructure Depends on the RF Spectrum
Much of the energy infrastructure we use today is old, outdated, and in need of upgrade and repairs. In response, energy companies are increasingly implementing new technologies to help modernize the energy grid and build the infrastructure that will power the world for decades to come. Electric companies, for example are installing smart meters at…