Sunday, March 24, 2013

Infonetics Forecasts Small Cell Market to Hit $2.7B in '17

The global small cell market to grow from a very small base now to $2.7 billion by 2017, according to a new forecast from Infonetics. Given the current pace of LTE rollouts worldwide, 4G small cell shipments are anticipated to overtake 3G shipments by the end of 2013. “2013 is shaping up as a kick-off year for small cells, driven by 4G small cells deployed for capacity upgrades,” expects Stéphane Téral, principal analyst for mobile infrastructure...

Apple Data Centers Now 100% on Renewable Power

Apple's data centers are now 100% powered by renewable energy. In a blog posting last week, Apple announced that its flagship data center in Maiden, North Carolina, boasts the nation’s largest end user–owned, onsite solar photovoltaic array -- a 100-acre, 20-megawatt (MW) facility with  an annual production capacity of 42 million kWh.  Apple is currently building a second 20-MW solar photovoltaic facility on nearby land that should be...

Apple Acquires WiFiSlam for Indoor Location Tracking

Apple has acquired WiFiSlam, a start-up developing indoor location tracking technology, for $20 million, according The Wall Street Journal. WiFiSlam is based in Palo Alto, California. https://angel.co/wifislam http://www.apple.co...