One of the few aspects of 5G on which there is broad agreement is that it will be deployed completely differently from previous mobile networks. It will need to be far denser, in order to support the broad range of…
New non-residential small cell deployments set to grow at compound annual rate of 36% from 2015 to 2025, with Enterprise deployments set to 17x over same period San Jose, CA – 5th December 2017 Small Cell Forum (SCF), the telecoms organization…
Ahead of our North America Plenary next week, CEO Sue Monahan shares insight into the discussions and debates members can expect. Registration is essential. Only a few days until the last Small Cell Forum gathering of the year, our North…
Ahead of SCWS Americas next month in San Jose, the conference’s Head of Content Georgie Mailer-Howat shares key highlights of the event which covers the most pressing issues and challenges in wireless connectivity. If Sprint’s deployments of Magic Box are…
From 12-13 December the Small Cell Forum will be participating in the Tower Xchange/ Future Network Asia Meetup at the Marina Bay Sands hotel in Singapore – and we would like to invite our members to join us. Small cell…
Members from TIA will be joining our North America plenary in San Jose next month for the launch of TIA’s Smart Buildings Working Group. This is a joint project which sees SCF and TIA partner to develop definitions, classifications, specifications,…
Latin America’s MNOs call for new partnerships to make densification real Operator CxOs took to the stage at the GSMA’s Mobile 360 Latin America event in Bogota, Colombia, with some clear messages about deploying next generation networks. The overall theme…
On October 4-5, Small Cell Forum held its first ever Densification Summit, which was also its first-ever major event in India. Hosted at its Mumbai headquarters by Reliance Jio, the newest wireless operator in this country, the summit highlighted the…
Organizations highlight importance of connectivity for municipalities, reiterate pledge to co-operate to expedite deployment of small cells to increase cellular network coverage, speed, and enhanced capacity for 5G. LONDON, UK – 23rd October 2017 – Small Cell Forum (SCF), the telecoms…
Ahead of CEO Sue Monahan’s keynote address at the DC5G Summit in Washington DC this week, we examine how small cells can meet the needs of smart cities. ‘Smart city’ is in danger of becoming one of those phrases which…
Momentum continues to grow for SCF’s work in enabling the digitized enterprise, densification and lighting the path to 5G. London, 9th October 2017 – Small Cell Forum (SCF) has welcomed nine new members from across the wireless and Internet ecosystems, further expanding…
The modern mobile network has become such a complex beast that no single organization can address all its challenges. Operators are grappling with the challenges of deploying huge numbers of base stations, as they densify their current networks and look…