Category Archives: LTE

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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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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The analysts speak: 2012 will be good times for small cells

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Posted on February 6, 2012 by admin

This will be a bountiful year for femtocells, according to NPD In-Stat. It expects the value of the femtocell revenues to double in 2012, with access point shipments growing at nearly 140% compared to 2011. Nearly three-quarters of femtocells are W-CDMA, while LTE femtocells are expected to start shipping in late 2012. By 2015, the retail value of small cells …

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Small cells could solve the mobile broadband capacity crunch

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Posted on October 10, 2011 by admin

By Paul Golden. A combination of more data-hungry devices and higher service expectations on the part of users has created a ‘perfect storm’ for mobile broadband providers, who are likely to look to small cells to address some of their network coverage and congestion issues. According to the International Telecommunication Union, there were 872 million active mobile broadband subscriptions last …

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Does anybody want a Porcupine Phone?

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Posted on August 16, 2011 by admin

By Joe Madden. In both Wi-Fi and mobile networks, MIMO has proven to be an effective way to boost data speeds, making use of a multipath RF environment to give indoor users a better data experience. LTE deployment has universally settled on 2×2 MIMO as a starting point for next-generation networks. Based on early results with MIMO testing and a …

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Femtocells World Summit – highlights from day 1

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Posted on June 21, 2011 by admin

By Stewart Baines. I’m at the Femtocell World Summit over the next three days to find out just how far the small cell technology and business models have come in the last year. There’s presentations from a glittering array of operators – from Vodafone and Telecom Italia in Europe to emerging market players like Russia’s MTS, Megafon, and Thailand’s TOT. …

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