Small Cells

DALLAS – The demand for small cells is pressing, and carriers, venue owners and other stakeholders are racing to deploy. But scalability remains a challenge as it’s inherently difficult to …

Small Cell Forum Chairman Alan Law discusses deployment strategies and more during Small Cells Americas event DALLAS – Small cells broke out in 2015, Small Cell Forum Chairman Alan Law …

PCIA’s HetNet Expo brings together mobile operators, tower companies, equipment vendors, infrastructure service providers, legal experts and industry analysts. At this year’s show, it was clear that the distinction between …

DALLAS – Small Cells Americas, a 9-year-old event that takes place each fall in Dallas, highlighted a carrier Wi-Fi track on its agenda for the first time last year. This …

Don’t buy spectrum, share the 3.5 GHz band DALLAS, Texas – Google’s principal wireless architect, Preston Marshall, on Monday laid out the benefits of sharing, not buying, access to the …

Small cells that can support more than one mobile operator have the potential to change the wireless landscape, particularly indoors. With more than one carrier tenant paying rent, small cells …

LOS ANGELES – On this episode of HetNet Happenings, Sean Kinney gets an overview of the 2015 HetNet Expo from PCIA President and CEO Jonathan Adelstein. Adelstein and Kinney take …

LOS ANGELES – The “Internet of Things” is a hot buzzword in the ICT industry and as the technology takes shape, industry leaders are considering implications like the pending explosion …

LOS ANGELES – All four nationwide carriers are set to invest in small cells and distributed antenna systems next year, with the two largest carriers leading the way. That forecast …

Boingo CTO Derek Peterson discusses building a future of convergence LOS ANGELES – When discussing network infrastructure, it’s not about picking one access technology over another; it’s about finding a …

Building size, carrier involvement, return on investment among determining factors LOS ANGELES – There are some 4.8 million buildings in the U.S. that are 25,000 square feet or less, yet …

PCIA CEO Jonathan Adelstein kicks off HetNet Expo 2015 LOS ANGELES – Former Federal Communications Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein, and current president and CEO of wireless trade association PCIA, kicked off …

Industry expert discusses lessons learned from rolling out small cells both indoors and outdoors Small cells present a huge opportunity for the wireless industry, but, despite the promise, small cell …

Spotlight on the network deployment services business Adding a macro cell to cover a very low pop count area is not always economically viable, often forcing carriers to postpone a decision …

A conversation with Said Mokbel, VP of wireless technology development, chief technology office, TELUS Download a transcript of the interview and be the first to receive the smart RAN report …

For the last few years small cells have been looked at as the answer to fill coverage gaps at the edge of networks and keep up with increased network demands …

There has been a lot of talk about small cell deployments in the past years. These low-powered, wireless radio access nodes are designed to be installed locally in cities’ dense, …

A panel discussion highlighted LTE-U, VoLTE and small cells as technology challenges FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Technology challenges took center stage for the final keynote and panel session at this …

The real reasons behind 5G Some people believe that faster is always better, particularly in regards to wireless networks. That’s why it’s easy to get excited about “5G” wireless systems, …

This week on HetNet Happenings, host Sean Kinney, the managing editor for RCR Wireless News, takes a look at the recent Tower and Small Cell Summit event, co-located in Las …

The Chinese firm also targets LTE-A projects in the region Chinese vendor Huawei said it’s seeing significant growth opportunities in the Middle East region with small cells projects, the company’s …

SVP of Technology Dave Mayo said small cells haven’t been a big focus for carrier In a recent interview at the Tower and Small Cells Summit in Las Vegas, Dave …

FCC balancing historic preservation with need for small cells, DAS CTIA filed comments with the Federal Communications Commission urging the agency to ease rules under Section 106 of the National Historic …

Small cells deployment would be key part of potential new mobile network Singapore-based Internet service provider MyRepublic has completed a funding round for a total of SG$23 million ($16.1 million) …