Nextivity CEO discusses key in-building wireless dynamic
As vendors look to drives sales in the vastly underserved in-building wireless segment, a key variable is proactively making work easier for the system integrators and installers that will ultimately engage with building owners and commercial real estate...
Nextivity CEO discusses the opportunity for in-building wireless in health care segment
As enterprises in a variety of verticals increase investment in in-building wireless systems to support typical cellular use cases—voice, text and data—as well internet of things (IoT) deployments, vendors are faced with serving...
When it comes to the in-building wireless market, systems integrators have typically been defined by the type of cellular coverage solutions they offer and the types of customers they are willing to service.
There are big iron DAS integrators that only do massive venues of...
Mobile data traffic has grown 18-fold over the past 5 years, and shows no signs of slowing down. In the effort to provide adequate service, the ecosystem (in all its components) continues to innovate with new technologies, and to densify wireless networks both indoors...
Addressing cellular infrastructure for small to mid-size (SME) enterprise has hit a major challenge in terms of who pays for the in-building system.
Carriers are often willing to subsidize enterprise solutions for large-scale customers (usually in the form of a classic DAS), but the ROI...
Telenor calls enterprise in-building wireless a "top priority"
The middleprise is currently the white whale of the in-building wireless vendor market. Declining carrier spend puts the capex impetus onto venue owners who know they need in-building wireless, but might not be fully aware of the...
Nextivity CEO Werner Sievers discusses drivers of IBW capex and opex
After years of focused market education and outreach, building owners and enterprise decision makers have arrived at the realization that in-building wireless connectivity is an essential part of enabling business value in increasingly mobile...
The middleprise – defined as commercial venues with up to 500,000 sq. ft. of space – has long been underserved when it comes to solutions that solve in-building cellular coverage problems.
Systems integrators in this market have consistently run into the same pain points, regardless...
Nextivity adds multi-carrier support to hybrid active DAS solution
"You’ll see folks try to implement DAS, but no enterprise wants to pay $5-per-square-foot for cellular coverage they think the carrier should be paying for anyway. It’s just too much for the enterprise."
That was the message...
A conversation with Werner Sievers, CEO, Nextivity
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Most enterprise wireless infrastructure is indoors – offices, warehouses, factories, retail outlets. The big venues are mostly covered, and they...
Those in the in-building wireless (IBW) market have heard about different “hybrids” to fix the indoor cellular connectivity problems virtually every enterprise experiences. Whether it’s in the board room, the CEO’s office, or during an important sales call – dropped calls, poor cellular reception,...
The term “signal booster” is often associated with a consumer-facing product meant to amplify indoor cellular coverage often in a residential setting. However, as enterprises increasingly look to self-fund in-building wireless connectivity, more robust, business-facing products have been developed to address the lucrative market...
In-building wireless is a red hot market, particularly given the shift from carrier subsidized deployments to enterprise- or neutral-host led financing models. To better enable enterprise buyers, equipment vendors are looking for ways to take cost and complexity out of DAS and small cells,...
Vendors focus on indoor coverage at Super Mobility
Bolstering indoor cellular coverage economically continues to be a challenge for mobile operators, and a number of vendors launched new products aimed at solving that problem at CTIA's Super Mobility show this week.
The cost of in-building coverage solutions...
Cellular signal boosters have often been viewed as consumer product nuisances that can cause major interference to mobile operators’ networks. However, operators have sometimes made use of so-called “industrial” signal boosters: rural operators have used them to enhance their coverage in areas with few...
