Whitepaper: small cells show great potential in urban hotspots

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Posted on May 15, 2012 by admin

The Small Cell Forum used the International CTIA WIRELESS 2012 show in New Orleans to unveil its latest whitepaper outlining the opportunities and challenges facing public access 3G small cell deployments. The paper highlights the impact that the technology could have in urban hotspots using conservative small cell models. Public access small cells can offload more subscribers It claims that …

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Positive 4G forecasts made at Small Cells Asia 2012

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Posted on March 30, 2012 by admin

Last week, Small Cells Asia 2012 took place at the Westin Taipei in Taiwan. Small Cells Asia, formerly known as Femtocells Asia, is now in its fourth year. The event explored how leading operators in Asia are overcoming the challenges of interference management and backhaul to roll out metrocells in both high density urban to rural areas. At the show, …

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The borderless business: enterprises await LTE

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Posted on March 26, 2012 by admin

Creating the borderless business is set to become a priority for the enterprise market in the coming years. In February, a report by Informa Telecoms & Media predicted that small cell deployments are set to be dominated by femtocells with the installed base growing from 2.5 million in 2012 to 59 million in 2016 – a 2400% increase. More interesting is the …

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Small cells center stage at MWC

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Posted on February 29, 2012 by admin

The recently renamed Small Cell Forum used the Mobile World Congress to spotlight advances in smaller mobile-network gear. The session included the launch of a report by Informa Telecoms & Media which found that small cell deployments are set to be dominated by femtocells with the installed base to grow from 2.5 million in 2012 to 59 million in 2016 – a 2400% …

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A happy marriage of Wi-Fi and 3G: integrated devices the future for residential femtocells

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Posted on February 23, 2012 by admin

By Robert Mackinnon, NETGEAR This week, we joined forces with Alcatel-Lucent and Broadcom to launch an integrated Wi-Fi and Small Cell router with Femtocell technology. We believe that by bringing femtocell technology into an established fixture in the living room (or study or back bedroom), could boost femtocell usage substantially. Service providers are clearly signalling a need for integrated devices …

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Join the family: Femto Forum rebrand reflects wider ecoystem

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Posted on February 20, 2012 by admin

The Femto Forum has changed its name to Small Cell Forum. What’s in a word, you ask? Quite a lot when you consider what impact femto technology is having on how the mobile network is built. Femtocells have had a very specific role to play in assisting operators fill holes in their network coverage, and thereby reduce churn. But the …

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