Picocom President: “We need a healthy ecosystem of semiconductor vendors in the Open RAN world selling chips that are freely available to anyone that wants to buy them.”
The RAN Intelligent Controller is seen as a key way that Open RAN can provide operators with...
Small Cell Forum (SCF) is to develop a new set of private 5G ‘blueprints’ for enterprise and industry, to build on parallel work already completed by the likes of the Telecom Infra Project (TIP), the 5G Automotive Association (5GAA), and the MulteFire Alliance. The...
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By 2026, over three-quarters of enterprise small cells will be deployed and operated by private network operators or neutral hosts, according to Small Cell Forum (SCF). Deployments in shared spectrum will overtake those in licensed bands in 2025, it reckons.
The latest market report from...
The most important watchword in 2021 will be diversification. This will be key to growth for the mobile industry in the 5G era, on multiple levels. In the past, cellular networks and services have been supplied, deployed and monetized by a relatively small number...
As much as 30 percent of the installed base of outdoor small cell networks and 71 percent of indoor enterprise systems in the next five years will be operated by new entrants to the cellular segment. This is the conclusion of a new market...
By 2025, almost one quarter (23 percent) of all private LTE and 5G networks will be deployed by smart cities, either at local or national government level. Other major industrial sectors to negotiate their own spectrum and manage their own wireless networks will be,...
As early 5G deployments begin amid expectations that the next generation of wireless technology will be enterprise-led, Small Cell Forum has been exploring the intersection of 5G, small cell infrastructure and the internet of things.
"It is widely accepted in the industry that small cells,...
Small Cell Forum and the CBRS Alliance have agreed to work together to drive development and promote the adoption of OnGo solutions for the 3.5 GHz ecosystem.
OnGo is the brand for LTE-based solutions for use in the Citizens Broadband Radio Service band. The two organizations said that...
New work program focuses on small cells in the context of enterprise, 5G
The Small Cell Forum is sharpening its focus on the large-scale deployment of small cells within the enterprise, laying out a new work program that it says "reflects the growing urgency to...
According to a new research, two thirds of healthcare workers have poor cellular coverage at work
Small Cell Forum announced plans to work with the healthcare sector to support the deployment of small cells to address the risks of poor connectivity in the sector.
According to...
Densifying the networks with small cells is a key part to making 5G a reality, but the most dense small cell networks are still in 4G.
Network densification has been used in 4G LTE for a while. As the 3GPP standards committee meets in Busan,...
The Small Cell Forum also forecasts carriers in the region to install almost 850,000 small cells by 2025
North American enterprise are forecast to deploy a total of 400,000 small cells during 2018, up compared to 292,000 the previous year, according to a recent study...
European carriers expected to deploy 412,000 non-residential small cells this year
Europe accounted for 13.7% of all non-residential small cell deployments last year, according to the latest report by the Small Cell Forum. Last year, carriers in the region deployed 208,000 small cells. In total, 1.52...
40% of operators to deploy 100-350 small cells per square kilometer by 2020
Small cell deployments are poised for a dramatic uptick as operators hone network densification plans as 5G networks come to life, according to new research published by the Small Cell Forum.
The paper,...
Small Cell Forum says growth is ramping up
A new survey shows that nearly 60% of operators expect to focus on small cells in the first years of 5G deployment, as they roll out targeted densification to support enhanced mobile broadband and other 5G use cases.
The...
Small Cell Forum collaborates with industry standards bodies to support densification ahead of 5G
Network densification is seen as an imperative to support the vision of 5G. This requires many things: more fiber, more cell sites--at both the macro level and major increases in the...
The two entities will explore opportunities to identify processes for efficient implementation of small cell solutions across campuses and cities
The Small Cell Forum (SCF) and the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) have announced an alliance to focus on smart communities and smart buildings.
The two organizations...
Small cell deployments have lagged behind projections for years. Carriers are largely using the devices to provide pinpoint demand and capacity, but in terms of providing a multi-carrier solution, most commercially available small cells require infrastructure for each carrier. However, companies like Baicells, SpiderCloud...
Marking its 10th anniversary, industry advocacy group Small Cell Forum published Release 9, which covers a broad range of small cell-related topics, both technological- and market-based.
“The next few years will see densification on a massive scale of both existing 4G networks as well as...
The broad in-building wireless market, including small cell vendors, is increasingly targeting sales to the enterprise market as a way to solve for current coverage and capacity problems, as well as set the stage for enterprise-facing internet of things initiatives such as smart lighting,...
Enterprises and businesses around the world are increasingly adopting small cells as they become aware of the benefits. As business becomes increasingly dependent on high quality mobile connections, organizations of all sizes are looking to deploy small cells to deliver improved coverage, capacity and...
The Small Cell Forum and 5G Americas look to accelerate small cell deployments.
Small cells are seen as a key enabler of high-speed mobile broadband, particularly in crowded, urban areas where the macro network can't keep up with demand. Similarly, small cells can...
In its latest Release 8 documentation, the Small Cell Forum makes the case for using sharing models to enable enterprises to take advantage of small cells. The key to multi-operator small cells, according to the industry advocacy group, is virtualization – separating the network...
