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…
London, UK 19th November 2020 Small Cell Forum has welcomed the first release of the Joint Operator Technical Specifications for Neutral Host In-Building (JOTS NHIB), agreed by the four UK mobile network operators, Telefonica O2, EE, Vodafone and 3UK. The…
As a strong advocate of emerging small cell neutral hosting, we at Small Cell Forum are delighted to see the release of the Joint Operator Technical Specifications for Neutral Host In-Building – JOTS NHIB. Before we get too technical, it’s…
SCF agrees on a new board, and sets an agenda focussed on neutral host requirements and small cell Open RAN specifications London, UK 12th November 2020 Small Cell Forum (SCF) is pleased to announce its board for the year ahead…
Small Cell Forum’s usual round of face-to-face events may not be possible this year, but we still managed to hold an extremely successful plenary in virtual form. It was clear that Zoom fatigue has not set in among our members…
Neutral Host and private operators lead new breed of service providers offering multi-operator and bespoke connectivity solutions First comprehensive, industry-backed guide outlines current commercially available services, featuring real-world case studies from wide range of indoor deployment scenarios London, 29 October…
SCF Contributors Qualcomm Technologies, Radisys, Reliance Jio, Picocom, Microchip and Airspan Define Specification to Help Operators Deploy Disaggregated 5G Small Cells London, UK 22nd September 2020 – Small Cell Forum (SCF) today published the first release of the 5G nFAPI…