REDMOND, Washington, United States—Metawave Communications said the results of its GSM smart antenna cluster deployment in Guangzhou, China, were successful.
Metawave was employed by Guangzhou Unicom to deploy its SpotLight GSM smart antenna system to improve antenna site quality and to accommodate additional subscribers. Since the deployment, busy hour dropped call rates were reduced by 35 percent, despite busy hour traffic increases of 45 percent.