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…
Small Cell Forum and Indian Telecoms Ecosystem to Gather Requirements to Accelerate Network Densification in the Region London, UK & Mumbai, India 3 October 2017 – Small Cell Forum (SCF), the telecoms organization driving universal cellular coverage, and Reliance Jio, the…
Small Cell Forum will be represented at 5G Asia by Aya Mukaikubo of SoftBank. Ahead of the event, CEO Sue Monahan discusses the steps being taken to progress towards 5G.
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London, UK & Arlington, Va. – 13th September 2017 – Small Cell Forum (SCF), the telecoms organization driving universal cellular coverage, and the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), the leading association representing the manufacturers and suppliers of high-tech connectivity networks, today…
Densification is the most important trend in mobile network deployment, and few markets are densifying with such dramatic impact as India. With the prospect of subscriber numbers hitting one billion before the end of the decade, operators have no choice…
The timing couldn’t be better for Small Cell Forum to hold its first major event in India. The global spotlight is on this huge market, as it gears up for its first 5G auctions, and as dense mobile networks take…
India is now the second largest smartphone market in the world, overtaking the US, and to support that growth, its operators are turning their network strategies and business models inside-out, and focusing heavily on densification. Yet on the industry events…
The success of the mobile industry has been built on global standards, and these will be even more vital to the economics of 5G because of the huge numbers of elements involved. Many millions of small cells, and billions of…