–Mobile Experts expects that the small cell market will reach $10 billion in 2018.
Joe Madden, principal analyst at the firm, said that the deployment of 200,000 small cells in Asia “has validated the accuracy of our forecasting over the past five years. This year, we’ve added revenue analysis and more quantitative ‘trigger points’ into our forecast based on real-world examples in Korea.”
–The Federal Communications Commission has approved new cell phone signal boosters from SureCall, formerly Cellphone Mate. The company said that the FCC has certified three home and office boosters under its new technical standards: the FlexPro (pictured upper right) for 2G and 3G signal boosting for all major U.S. carriers, and two TriFlex 2G/3G/4G carrier-specific boosters for Verizon (TriFlex V) and AT&T (TriFlex A). SureCall expects a third TriFlex model to be approved shortly, which will improve the signals for T-Mobile 4G network in the U.S. and Canada as well as 2G and 3G signals for all carriers.
CEO Hongtau Zhan said that he expects SureCall booster kids with the newly certified boosters to start shipping this month.
–Ruckus Wireless channel partner Connect Computer has supplied Ruckus equipment to a series of K-12 schools in Connecticut and New York.
Ruckus’ Smart Wi-Fi has been installed to upgrade from older systems that would crash with as few as 15-20 devices trying to connect at once, according to Bob Thomas, senior solutions architect with Connect, which is an exclusive Ruckus reseller.
–Site solutions provider Westell Technologies Inc. has signed Sales Outsource Solutions as a manufacturer’s representative to expand its presence in Canada; the company will be part of Westell’s extended sales team, as well as responsible for managing and supporting Westell’s reseller network in the country.
Westell also is supplying comprehensive site management equipment to Telecom Personal Paraguay, one of the top three leading wireless providers in that country, with Planex providing services. The carrier is using Westell’s solutions for remote monitoring for generator fuel consumption and remote control of generators.
—Qualcomm is expanding the use of beamforming to Wi-Fi with the release of new chipsets for 802.11ac MU-MIMO (multi-use MIMO). Read more here.
