by SCF CSO Simon Fletcher Mobile World Congress was back to its usual time slot at the end of February in 2022, and despite the pandemic, managed to fill the Barcelona Fira conference centre with over 50,000 attendeees – about…
Entries are open for the SCF Small Cell Awards 2022, with new categories added to showcase neutral host and private network deployments, as well as updated categories on the topics of small cells Open RAN and small cells technology. The…
Small Cell Forum (SCF) today announced it has appointed wireless veteran Simon Fletcher as its Chief Strategy Officer, drawing on 25 years direct industry experience and work as an advisor to governments, regulators and big business. SCF CEO Sue Monahan…
Guest blog by Gayan Koralage, Director, edotco Group Strategy The world has experienced an unexpected explosion of data usage for the past 20 months. As the general population continues to deal with the after effect of the COVID-19 pandemic, one…
Company name: Wireless Infrastructure Group Company overview: Wireless Infrastructure Group (WIG) is a leading infrastructure services provider, delivering high-quality indoor and outdoor connectivity infrastructure across the UK, Spain, The Netherlands and Ireland. For more than a decade WIG has built…
From specifications to blueprints, and regulation to enterprise requirements, 2021 has been an exceptionally busy and fruitful year for Small Cell Forum. Before we get underway with another busy work program in 2022, we thought it would be useful to…
A key objective of the open RAN movement is to define common, modular network elements that can be mixed and matched based on open interfaces. This allows a wide variety of vendors to develop components, boxes and software, and for…
Company name: Freshwave Company overview: Freshwave makes digital infrastructure simple. It’s the network service provider bringing together mobile operators, local and central government, and real estate providers in new ways. Your name and title: Tom Bennett, CTO Q1. Your company…
Small Cell Forum, the organization making high-grade mobile connectivity accessible and affordable for industries, enterprises and for rural and urban communities, today published a comprehensive overview of the components and interfaces that comprise a 5G NR FR1 small cell distributed…
London, UK, 11 November 2021 – Small Cell Forum (SCF) today announced the release of its updated 5G FAPI PHY specifications. The specifications are used in millions of the world’s system-on-a-chip (SoC) small cells – and can now be applied to macro cells as well. FAPI is a common standard…
Company name: CommScope Company overview: CommScope pushes the boundaries of communications technology with game-changing ideas and ground-breaking discoveries that spark profound human achievement. We collaborate with our customers and partners to design, create and build the world’s most advanced networks….
Two of the most promising growth opportunities for small cells, over the next few years, are private wireless networks and automotive connectivity. However, in both cases, enterprises and other key stakeholders usually have limited experience of deploying or running cellular…