BROWSING: small cell forum

Small cells serve as complement to DAS, not replacement LONDON, England – Nokia’s head of small cells, in an exclusive interview with RCR Wireless News, said that small cells shipments are picking up and the technology is poised to finally take off in 2015. Stephane Daeuble,...

Fastback Networks president predicts sub $20,000 deployment cost LONDON, England – Small cells are poised to be a central component of future network developments but with so many small cells needed to push large-scale change, low capital and operating expenditures are key. That was the main thrust...

Fiber deployments are needed to support small cell networks LONDON, England – Vendors and operators from around the telecom world gathered at Small Cells World Summit to discuss the challenges and opportunities presented by small cell deployments. At this point, network infrastructure planning software solutions are...

Sales of some small cell units projected to double, triple this year As carriers move to densify metro networks as well as provide low-cost solutions for rural connectivity, analysts are expecting 2015 to be a big year for small cells. Research firm Mobile Experts on March...

ATLANTA – Small cells remain a bit of an outlier for rural and regional carriers, which typically don’t fall into the traditional use cases that small cells are known to solve. However, the segment was looking to bridge that gap through an educational panel at...

Want to know more about the technical progress of small cells, as well as recommendations and considerations for small cell deployment? RCR Wireless News recently explored these topics in a special report on small cell testing, and has gathered the most useful information and links to...

NFV collaboration targeting small cell layer The European Telecommunications Standards Institute’s NFV Industry Specification Group signed a collaboration agreement with the Small Cell Forum to “explore synergies” between the two organizations in working on network function virtualization technology targeting the small cell layer. The agreement builds...

The Small Cell Forum recently released numbers showing that more than 10 million small cells have shipped to date. Analyst Stefan Pongratz of Dell'Oro Group said that small cells saw a "modest ramp" at the end of last year and are expected to gain...

Some 75 mobile network operators have deployed small cells As carriers race to create true heterogeneous networks for consumers, the Small Cell Forum reported that some 10 million small cells have been shipped to mobile network operators. Specifically, a market report commissioned by the industry group...

One of the most important parts of small cell testing is interoperability between vendors' products; establishing the robustness of the standards and to identify and resolve issues before solutions are deployed in real-world networks. The Small Cell Forum and the European Telecommunications Standards Institute have...