About the deployment Dense Air is pioneering the use of Split 6 fronthaul and smart antenna technology for the scaled deployment of small cell clusters to support or infill existing holes in carrier networks, or to provide densified, dedicated private…
Another Mobile World Congress is over, and 2024’s Barcelona jamboree was almost up to pre-pandemic strength, topping 100,000 attendees according to organizers GSMA. MWC is always full of hype, gimmicks, and demoes so blue-sky that they will rarely be seen…
Release 11 is a suite of documents aimed at helping policy makers and service providers unlock the benefits of new deployment models and shared infrastructure SCF, the global trade organization committed to fostering sustainable digital transformation across industries, enterprises, and…
Bonn, Germany and London, UK February 13, 2024 – The O-RAN ALLIANCE (O-RAN) and SCF (Small Cell Forum) have announced the expansion of their collaboration through a comprehensive Cooperation Agreement. This agreement extends the longstanding partnership between the two global…
The SCF DARTs – Disaggregated RAN Transport study – tool is an industry first, a means of precisely identifying the optimal split for RAN options. It is also a great example of SCF’s practical stance, where we focus on identifying…
This week SCF is in Kuala Lumpur at the TowerXchange Asia meetup, where Richard Kennedy, SCF COO, is running a workshop on regulation. Why is this important? All too often we tend to look at technology and regulation in isolation,…
As a global organization, SCF has a front row seat to the opportunities and challenges emerging across regions and nations, making us uniquely positioned to identify trends and common themes. When it comes to neutral hosts and private network service…
We’re pleased to announce ACES, an international neutral digital infrastructure company has joined SCF as a member and board member. We caught up with Dr. Khalid Al Mashouq, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) from ACES and Executive Board Member of SCF, to find…
Latest upgrades to SCF’s 5G FAPI suite advance interoperability, improve O-RAN ALLIANCE Open Fronthaul support, ease small cell deployments and accelerate massive MIMO features. London, UK, 23 August 2023 – Small Cell Forum (SCF) continues to advance its 5G FAPI…
SCF, the industry association driving small cell technology and deployment, has released its Market Forecast Report 2023 shedding light on the current state of mobile infrastructure deployment and the challenges faced by and opportunities open to the telecoms ecosystem. The…
SCF, the global trade organization supporting the evolution and adoption of low-cost, agile mobile infrastructure, today announced the publication of its latest white paper that highlights the key role small cells will play in the future technologies that will take…
Timely new release focuses on private small cell networks and how they can be customized for enterprise networks-as-a-service businesses – for both indoor and outdoor deployments. SCF (Small Cell Forum), the global organization supporting the evolution and adoption of low-cost,…