Alcatel-Lucent?s lightRadio Network Could Help Decentralize Mobile Data

That headline definitely sounds dry, but hear me out. There's been a gradual move from tower-based communications to more local stuff on top of buildings and so on, but this latest change might make towers extinct altogether. Alcatel-Lucent has put together a new compact radio stack called lightRadio that is small enough to be mounted on telephone poles, and could connect to the internet directly and provide packet service without ever touching a cell tower or repeater.

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