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Five different small cell value propositions for indoor venues 22 Aug 2013 | 08:58 pm
Network planning departments in cellular operators are primarily focussed on lowering the cost of production. If small cells are cheaper than macrocells, they'll consider using them. The primary benef...
Cisco's Big Thinkers ponder the implications of Small Cells 15 Aug 2013 | 09:55 pm
Cisco released a series of video recordings earlier this year, featuring a number of selected thought leaders from both within and outside the company. To save you time, we've reviewed and condensed t...
Interview with Chris Larmour, CMO, Celcite on Self-Organising Networks 7 Aug 2013 | 09:39 pm
Celcite is one of at most half a dozen companies that specialise in SON (Self-Organising Networks) today – software systems that are the "auto-pilot" for mobile networks, configuring and setting param...
A UK operator's view of LTE and small cell network deployment 1 Aug 2013 | 09:13 pm
Andy Sutton, EE, revealed some of the detailed strategy being used in their initial rollout of small cells as part of their wider 3G and LTE network deployment. This article is based on conference pre...
Is the latest femtocell security scare really a major new privacy threat? 24 Jul 2013 | 10:02 pm
The newswires have been abuzz lately about a demonstrated hack of a residential femtocell, potentially allowing them to snoop and intercept calls and data illicitly. Is this FUD (Fear, Uncertainty and...
ThinkSmallCell Interview with Kim Chang-young, Senior Manager of Access Network Lab, SK Telecom 17 Jul 2013 | 10:33 pm
SK Telecom is the largest network operator in South Korea and continues to retain a leading market share despite strong competition through constant innovation and investment. We asked Kim Chang-young...
EdgeConneX shares insights into US small cell evolution 11 Jul 2013 | 10:01 pm
It's helpful to talk to a variety of industry players when seeking different views and opinions about the practical issues and progress of small cell deployment. To gain perspective on how the industr...
How Cisco plan to establish themselves as a major RAN and Small Cell supplier 3 Jul 2013 | 10:02 pm
...which includes pre-wiring buildings to be 3G capable using Small Cells. Cisco has recently spent over $2 billion on acquisitions in the mobile network equipment market. They say they don't plan to...
LTE World Summit 2013 report 27 Jun 2013 | 11:12 pm
A smorgasboard of the latest mobile technology. This week's LTE World Summit provided a wide range of content which aimed to satisfy almost everybody's appetite. While I focussed on the LTE small cell...
Free shakes up the residential femtocell market in France 25 Jun 2013 | 09:35 pm
On Friday, Free commercially launched a residential femtocell module for their existing Freebox. This will capture 3G calls in the home, providing much better signal quality and offload traffic from m...
