Small Cell Forum aims to support all members promote the adoption of small cells across the industry. A key part of this is providing exclusively to members research, market updates and insights to key aspects of the technology which may…
Ahead of our European plenary, held 13 – 15th September in Rome, CEO Sue Monahan explains why the event is not to be missed. Our September plenary is arguably THE best one to attend to both learn and influence industry direction…
London Tuesday 5 July 2016 – A multivendor, virtualized and future-proof HetNet – this is the vision that mobile operators have for their next generation deployments, and many want to move towards that ahead of 5G standards. Small Cell Forum’s…
Arun Bansal, head of Ericsson’s Radio business unit, set the tone at London’s 5G World conference today, with a keynote address entitled ‘5G moves out of the labs and into the neighborhood’. His theme was echoed time and again by…
30 June 2016: At Mobile World Congress Shanghai this week, a specially convened mobile operator round table summit meeting will focus on the path to the future HetNet mobile network and the 5G environment. The summit discussion, chaired by Small…
Release 7 provides the essential tools to deploy and manage a multi-x network to meet today’s data challenges – and lay practical foundations for 5G A working guide to deploying HetNets now, and a migration path to 5G – this…
Operators which were in the forefront of LTE roll-out have largely completed their wide area macrocell deployments and are switching their attention – and their dollars – to increasing capacity to support rising usage and new services. But throwing additional…
From 2016, there will be a sharp uptick in deployments of small cells in enterprise and urban environments, as operators see their LTE macro networks coming under pressure from data traffic that never stops multiplying. In any project to densify…
In the mobile world, discussion tends to focus on MNOs’ mainstream deployments geared to consumer data and voice. Yet many of the most interesting innovations in the RAN originate from highly specialized use cases in areas like public safety or…
It so often happens in the mobile world. The operators of Japan and South Korea pioneer a new network platform, and make it look easy. Then others follow, and discover the real complexities. It happened in urban small cells –…
SCF Chair Alan Law reports back from a successful week in London at Small Cells World Summit. Once again, the small cell industry has convened in London at the annual Small Cells World Summit, always a highlight of the calendar….
Commercial benefits also shine as market matures London, May 12, 2016: Independent companies took centre stage in London last night at the Small Cell Forum’s annual awards ceremony. Just three years after its launch, US company Parallel Wireless scooped two…