Qualcomm announced its second-generation 5G RAN Platform for Small Cells (FSM200xx), in what it says is the industry’s first 3GPP Release 16 5G Open RAN platform.
Nokia will expand and enhance LG Uplus’ 5G network, enabling what it says will be "seamless 5G connectivity between indoor and outdoor locations", with Nokia’s AirScale indoor solution to be deployed flexibly and upgraded easily, with the deal continuing the long-standing partnership between the two companies.
Australian public Wi-Fi and smart city solutions provider, OneWiFi, is claiming an Australia-first launch of a 5G Neutral Host Service for mobile operators.
PIPE Networks, a subsidiary of telecom services provider TPG Telecom, has been ordered by the telecommunications regulator to comply with new rules for small mobile phone base stations (small cells) following two investigations which found the company had contravened code rules.
Telstra has moved to boost mobile capacity in the Melbourne CBD with the installation of more than 50 new 4G cells at the city’s busiest locations.
The famous Pub With No Beer has had beer for quite some time, but it’s only now, halfway through 2017, that mobile coverage is finally on tap.
Telstra is ramping up the deployment of 4G Internet and voice services on small cell technology across regional Australia as part of the second phase of the government’s national mobile blackspot programme.
Optus is installing nine satellite small cells along almost 2000km of highway across Western Australia which the telco says provide the potential for an inexpensive and flexible alternative to traditional mobile towers.
Optus is boosting mobile coverage for locals and travellers across 12 remote locations in the Northern Territory with the introduction of cells that provide mobile coverage through its satellites.
Nokia and Telefónica Chile have completed world’s largest indoor small cell deployment in Santiago shopping mall, boosting high-capacity, high-speed 3G and more.
The first communities to benefits from ‘improved mobile coverage’ under the ‘Mobile Black Spot Programme’ are Cheepie and Marlborough in QLD and Deniliquin in NSW.
How do we measure the small cell market opportunity? It is a lot more complex than many industry commentators would have us believe.
Telstra will trial the emerging Alcatel-Lucent small cell technology at the Birdcage at Flemington for the Spring Racing Carnival.
System is Industry's First All-Digital Integrated DAS and Base Station
Femtocells, low-power wireless access points, have tremendous potential to change the way people use their mobile phones as the technology becomes increasingly competitive. This is according to Alejandro Piñero, director of the Femtocells World Summit, which will bring together more than 350 industry experts in London from 21-23 June, at what is the only global event of its kind.