SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Conductus Inc. said it installed its ClearSite receiver subsystems in a field trial in three sites in Wisconsin. The trial will run through the end of January to cover two full subscriber billing cycles.
ClearSite allows weak signals to be received more clearly, potentially reducing the number of base stations needed in a given area.
“The primary focus of the trial is to develop a cost-performance model for improving coverage (uplink or reverse-path sensitivity) in rural cellular networks,” said Stephen Garrison, product marketing manager for Conductus. “The cellular industry requires a business model for widespread deployment of infrastructure equipment and we believe that this trial with Cellcom represents the largest deployment of superconductive electronics in a single network.”
