With only days to go before the start of this year’s Small Cells World Summit, anticipation is mounting about the most packed agenda we’ve ever put together for this annual event. The pandemic forced us, like most organizations, to postpone…
Event will bring together thought-leaders, service providers, equipment vendors and enterprise communities – offering in-depth discussion and excellent networking opportunities London, UK 21st April 2021 – Small Cell Forum (SCF), the telecoms organization making mobile infrastructure solutions available to all,…
The wide variety of contributions in this edition of our member newsletter highlights Small Cell Forum’s mission to support business model diversity. Our technical, commercial and regulatory work all combine to make it viable and attractive for many types of…
Small Cell Forum’s new monthly industry news round-up makes its debut at an appropriate time, when some of the issues we have placed at the heart of our 2021 work agenda are grabbing headlines. These include the Forum’s work on…
13th Annual Awards will form part of Small Cells World Summit 2021, the leading networking event for the global wireless connectivity industry London, UK 15th February 2021 Small Cell Forum (SCF) today announced that the SCF Small Cell Awards 2021…
An introduction to the awards from Chair of Judges Caroline Gabriel At Small Cell Forum, we’re delighted to announce the launch of our annual awards for 2021. I’m honoured to chair the judging panel once again, and at the current…
One of Small Cell Forum’s most active and important projects focuses on neutral hosts – driving platforms and processes that encourage deployment of dense networks that are built for sharing. A decade of studying business cases and gathering operator requirements…
Recent international events, from pandemic supply chain disruption to Brexit, have highlighted the challenges of keeping major ports running during uncertain times. The complexity of these environments is mind-boggling, with the need to handle millions of items a month, while…
SCF and Europe’s ports to develop technical blueprints to speed rollout of improved cellular connectivity and private cellular networks London, UK 14 January 2021 – Small Cell Forum (SCF) today released the first in a series of requirements reports that…
Neutral host program to capture requirements driving technologies and standards supporting hosted and private small cell networks London, UK 12th January 2021 – Small Cell Forum (SCF) today announced the launch of a new initiative to capture technology requirements for…
In our previous blog article, we discussed how infrastructure sharing will be essential to improve the economics of deploying cellular networks at scale in emerging markets where ARPUs can be very low. In this article we look at another key…
The economics of deploying cellular networks at scale are increasingly challenging, as demands for higher data rates and better coverage go up, but user willingness to pay higher fees does not. This dichotomy is particularly wide in emerging markets, especially…