Joe Madden, Mobile Experts Who needs small cells? Well, as it turns out, you do. Recently, in major US cities, urban mobile traffic exceeded the total peak capacity of the macro network. Without small cells, this would have caused major…
[dkpdf-remove][/dkpdf-remove]By Guang Yang Director, Strategy Analytics In October, China Mobile quietly launched a tender for white box indoor small cell reference design. Two Chinese startup companies, BaiCells and BravoCom, won the project. This is only a small project for China…
Cellular industry must avoid pitfalls of proprietary solutions as it seeks to define the open RAN London, UK & Santa Clara, CA – 5th December 2018 Small Cell Forum (SCF) has today called for the cellular industry to adopt open…
Operator small cell deployments set to surge with 92% annual growth in North America and 74% in South-East Asia as restrictions ease following SCF and partner efforts London, UK & Santa Clara, CA – 4th December 2018 Small Cell Forum…
[dkpdf-remove][/dkpdf-remove]By Ken Rehbehn Principal Analyst, CritComm Insights, @krehbehn Communications is an integral element of successful public safety operations. Law enforcement, firefighting and emergency medical operations all demand high quality, reliable communications for rapid and effective mission execution. Voice communications remains the…
Related content: nFAPI specifications, small cell virtualization, functional splits It remains to be seen how far 5G, in reality, will differ from 4G. That will depend who deploys it and with which use cases in mind; how regulators allocate spectrum;…
There are different schools of thought about how 5G and WiFi will coexist. At one extreme are those who think 5G will make WiFi redundant after a few years because it will overtake the 802.11 family in speeds, support better…
[dkpdf-remove][/dkpdf-remove]Peter Jarich, Head of GSMA Intelligence[dkpdf-remove] 5G and small cells. It’s hard to disentangle the two. Which makes it all the more important to recognize that they’re distinct. To be fair, the connection between low-power, limited coverage RAN assets and the next…
[dkpdf-remove][/dkpdf-remove]By Caroline Gabriel, Rethink Technology Research Ltd The current wave of 4G densification is being led by major roll-outs in north America. But when it comes to 5G, China will lead the way in deployments. The scale of that market…
Forum and Taiwanese Government Association inked MOU and showcased use cases at Taipei event London, UK – 16th October 2018 – Small Cell Forum (SCF), the telecoms organization driving densification worldwide, has partnered with the Taiwanese Government’s Electric and Electronic…
Requirement gathering events shine light on urgent need for densification and a unified platform London, UK – 11th October 2018 – Small Cell Forum (SCF), the telecoms organization driving densification worldwide, has outlined its work program for 2018-19, following the conclusion of…
One of the major barriers to at-scale deployment of small cells has been the fact that they were confined to licensed spectrum. In each country, just three or four MNOs own that spectrum, and if they find it hard to…