Michel Combes promoted to Sprint CEO role vacated by Claure
It has been a busy week for Sprint. On Monday the company agreed to merge with T-Mobile US to better compete against Verizon and AT&T. The combined company will be called T-Mobile and John Legere,...
Deal stipulates the deployment of 170 small cells on lampposts across the city
AT&T and the city of San Jose have reached a tentative agreement to install a network of 170 small cells on lampposts by the end of the year in a move to...
The deployment initially includes a total of 50 small cells with plans of deploying additional small cells during the coming months
UK firm Cambridge Communication Systems (CCS) has announces the completion of a next-generation small cell network in London’s Square Mile.
The first phase of deployment...
Enterprises in the Asia-Pacific region are forecast to deploy 1.67 million of small cell units this year
The Asia-Pacific (APAC) region accounted for 58.6% of all non-residential small cells deployments last year, according to the latest report by the Small Cell Forum. Last year, a...
The two firms said the small cell deployment will be completed by 2020
U.K mobile operator O2 and compatriot communications infrastructure firm Arqiva confirmed plans to deploy up to 300 small cells across London.
The companies said the small cells will offer enhanced mobile data capacity...
The Australian operator has recently deployed 50 4G small cells in the Melbourne area
Australian telecommunications operator Telstra announced plans to rollout small cells across the country in a move to boost capacity and speed in some of the country’s busiest locations, said Channa Seneviratne,...
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...
COLLEGE PARK, Md.--Fiber deployment is critical for both current networks' capacity needs and preparation for 5G networks, but it also poses significant deployment challenges.
Panelists at the Wireless Connect event at the University of Maryland discussed the hurdles ahead for sufficient network density for future...
Verizon said nearly 62% of all wireless deployments last year were small cells
Verizon Wireless announced plans to install small cells in Napa, California, during 2018 in a move to expand its current coverage in the region famous for its vineyards.
The telco said it has...
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...
The Asia Pacific region led the small cell market last year, mainly due to large deployments in China and India
A total of 2.3 million small cell units were shipped during 2017 globally, an increase of 39% year over year, according to a new study...
Steel in the Air President Ken Schmidt has some recent analysis of what the national distribution of 100,000 small cells over the next few years could look like, if you assume that deployment will more or less follow population. His estimates crown California as...
Some small cell deployments no longer subject to federal review
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted along party lines 3-2 yesterday to make it easier for operators to deploy small cell infrastructure in an effort to hasten network densification in support of 5G commercialization....
MulteFire 1.1 spec focused on private LTE for the internet of things
With broad interest from industrial players who see private LTE as a big opportunity to take control of cellular needs and from operators looking to augment licensed spectrum holdings by deploying cellular in...
Utah small cell bill comes ahead of Thursday FCC vote
Yesterday Utah Gov. Gary Herbert signed into law Senate Bill 189, the Small Wireless Facilities Deployment Act, which is designed to make it easier for operators to deploy small cell infrastructure. The bill accomplishes this...
The future of wireless networking depends on the widespread deployment of outdoor small cells. Not only are small cells essential for realizing the full potential of 5G, but they are also key to the success of LTE License Assisted Access (LAA). Paving the way...
The 5G testbeds will receive approximately $35 million in funding
The U.K. government has allocated £25 million ($ 34.7 million) in new funding to six 5G pilots across the country. The six projects are run by small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), universities and...
T-Mo plans 5G deployments, 25K LAA small cells
T-Mobile US laid out plans to start building out 5G and "5G-ready" capabilities in 30 markets this year, pinning its 5G strategy on mobile, smartphone-based 5G services once devices are available in 2019.
T-Mobile US said that it "plans...
The Chinese vendor said it expects to ship 300,000 small cells this year globally
BARCELONA- ZTE expects to see growing business opportunities with 5G in Asian and European markets, ZTE’s SVP and president of wireless product operation division, James Zhang, told reporters.
The executive said that...
NASHVILLE, Tenn.--Network densification efforts mean new strategies -- and new challenges -- for infrastructure installation, from zoning to painting, according to Ryan Peters, who is the manager for Seattle-based Legacy Telecommunications' distributed antenna system and small cell division.
Peters, speaking at the National Association of...
With around 80 percent of mobile broadband traffic generated or consumed inside buildings, it’s vital to deliver the best customer experience indoors. Yet conventional macrocellular outdoor-in coverage is often inadequate. We explore the options for delivering revenue-boosting indoor mobile broadband experiences.
While the telecom industry at large is keenly focused on boosting LTE capacity on the road to commercialization of 5G, there are still many markets that rely on 3G networks to provide reliable coverage and capacity. In Belgium, operator Telenet is planning a mass...
AT&T 5G plans will tap millimeter wave spectrum
After initially announcing its plans to offer mobile 5G in 2018, AT&T identified Dallas and Waco, Texas, and Atlanta Georgia, as the first cities where it will deploy network services based on the 3GPP non-standalone 5G New...
According to a recent study from Open Signal, global LTE networks are slowing down. Airspan is delivering the solutions to this problem today. Small Cells with integrated backhaul provide a faster indoor experience and at the same time increase macro network efficiency.
By crowd-sourcing small...
