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1. Why and When to deploy Metrocells
  
  Explore Femtocell News, Views and Analysis Nov 20 2012
  
  Mobile data traffic is doubling annually. Future predictions are for total mobile data capacity demand of anywhere between 20 and 50 times within 5 years. The greatest demand both today and in the future is concentrated in the dense urban areas. While operators have just about been able to keep up so far (some less so than others), there is wide recognition that something radical will have to change to deliver the capacity required. And it's not just about more capacity per se, it's about the overall speed and quality of service each customer perceives.
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  Mentions: 3GPP LTE Nokia Siemens Networks
2. Guest Post:Why I believe Small Cells will solve the mobile data capacity crunch
  
  Explore Femtocell News, Views and Analysis Nov 14 2012 LTE
  
  Joe Madden, Principal Analyst at Mobile Experts, wasn't convinced about residential femtocells but strongly believes that carrier grade small cells for capacity are a different story. In this guest post, he explains why he's reached that conclusion. With some insights into who will be the winners (and losers) from today's supply chain, he believes that small cells can deliver the same mobile data capacity at less than half the cost of a traditional macrocell approach. That's something to make the accountants sit up and take note.
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  Mentions: David Chambers LTE 3G
3. A new small cell approach is required for large indoor buildings
  
  Explore Femtocell News, Views and Analysis Nov 6 2012
  
  Behind the hockey stick growth charts showing rapid wireless data traffic increases, there is a behavioural change taking place inside our workplaces. Voice calls previously using fixed wired telephone extensions are more often being taken on mobile phones. Checking email is no longer constrained to the desktop, or even laptop. These days your email is more likely to be read on a Blackberry, smartphone or tablet – as evidenced by those little "sent from my iPhone" footnotes on the reply. This trend is present in all sizes of business, large and small, and across both public and private sector. Competitive advantage ...
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  Mentions: David Chambers Huawei SpiderCloud Wireless
4. Interview with Rathinder Bhat, Director of Business Development Aricent, on LTE small cell market evolution
  
  Explore Femtocell News, Views and Analysis Oct 25 2012 LTE , Enabling Technologies
  
  The Aricent Group, a global technology innovation company, offers software frameworks and engineering services to small cell vendors. I asked Rathinder Bhat, Director of Business Development, for his perspective on the recent LTE Asia conference, the current status of LTE small cells and his views on the adoption of small cell technology in that region. He foresees there are five key areas to be evaluated and addressed to ensure a successful multi-vendor combination of small cells and HetNets.
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  Mentions: Aricent LTE 3G
5. Cloudberry launch small cell service targeted for smaller European operators
  
  Explore Femtocell News, Views and Analysis Oct 17 2012
  
  We've seen several companies trialling and offering "Femtocell as a Service" to existing network operators, who may not have the in-house capacity, experience or budget to bring small cells onto their network as rapidly as their business demands. Some, like COLT and Virgin UK, have extensive fixed network assets. Other companies are bringing different capabilities to market. We recently saw Cloudberry Mobile, a Norwegian based player, announce their offer and asked Tom Guldberg (CEO - pictured left) and Geir Ove Jenssen (CTO) to explain their concept further. They believe that disruptive change is imminent and say that "the telecom industry ...
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  Mentions: LTE ThinkSmallCell 3G
6. ThinkSmallCell interview with Martin Guthrie, Head of Business Development in Emea, Nec Europe
  
  Explore Femtocell News, Views and Analysis Oct 3 2012 LTE
  
  NEC have been a small cell solution provider for several years, with many trial and live deployments using Ubiquisys small cells and their own gateway. Martin leads their business development activities in EMEA and is well placed to share views on the region's current market direction. He's spotted an interesting new commercial development for MVNOs, believes there is still plenty of mileage for 3G in the medium term and sees strong growth in both residential and enterprise sectors.
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  Mentions: LTE ThinkSmallCell SpiderCloud Wireless
7. HetNet Europe Conference Report - A mix of large and small cells
  
  Explore Femtocell News, Views and Analysis Sep 27 2012
  
  Avren's HetNet Europe conference, formerly known as the Bath Basestation Conference, attracts a fairly technical crowd who are dealing at the sharp end with the issues of mobile radio networks. A tremendous range of information is covered, both during the presentations and the offline networking, of which I've covered only a sample below. While few would dispute the growing trend of mobile data traffic (although some do and did), I sensed that most European operators seem set to deploy a combination of UMTS900, Wi-Fi offload and 3G small cells before embarking on heavy investment in LTE. From a ...
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  Mentions: NGMN Alliance Telefónica T-Mobile
8. Multiple iPhone variants spell costly diversity for Lte - how are small cells impacted
  
  Explore Femtocell News, Views and Analysis Sep 20 2012 LTE
  
  One of the great things about GSM and 3G was the common set of frequency bands adopted worldwide. While there were a few exceptions, you'd find 2G GSM at 900 and/or 1800MHz with 3G at 2100MHz in almost every country. The US/Canada operated at 1900MHz. This meant that the industry could build and ship the same models of phones that worked everywhere, bringing huge benefits to the entire supply chain resulting in reduced costs, complexity and time to market. However, the multiple variants of the iPhone 5 indicate a disturbing trend ahead due to fragmentation in LTE ...
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  Mentions: 3GPP Bell Mobility T-Mobile
9. Cisco’s entrance onto the small cell scene
  
  Explore Femtocell News, Views and Analysis Sep 12 2012 Standards , Network Equipment Vendors
  
  You’ll know of Cisco from their dominance of Internet technology. The company that makes the plumbing through which most of the world’s internet traffic is routed, with products ranging from set top boxes, modems, routers through to the mobile packet core networks that power 3G and 4G networks. Many enterprises, both large and small, rely on Cisco technology for their day-to-day operations. The company is now making a play for the small cell market. With a strong foundation in Carrier Wi-Fi and Enterprise networks, they are looking to expand that presence now that Wi-Fi is being accepted by ...
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  Mentions: 3GPP T-Mobile GSM Association
10. ThinkSmallCell interview with Manish Singh, CTO Radisys – August 2012
  
  Explore Femtocell News, Views and Analysis Aug 29 2012 LTE , Asia-Pacific
  
  Radisys has been active in the femtocell and small cell industry for some years. The company's CTO, Manish Singh, is a board member of the Small Cell Forum and the company won a Small Cell Forum award this year for best enabling technology. Supplying software solutions to many customers for both 3G and LTE, they are well connected with the industry. I asked Manish for his views on the current market status.
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  Mentions: 3GPP Korea Telecom Manish Singh
11. Interview with David Swift, Senior Manager of Market Positioning at Alcatel-Lucent, on Metrocells
  
  Explore Femtocell News, Views and Analysis Aug 22 2012
  
  David is very upbeat about prospects for metrocells in the near future. With a growing pipeline of trials around the world, Sprint have just announced that Alcatel-Lucent will be one of their key suppliers for LTE. I asked him clarify some of the issues around metrocells.
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  Mentions: Sprint LTE Alcatel-Lucent
12. Chinese small cell market status August 2012
  
  Explore Femtocell News, Views and Analysis Aug 8 2012 Asia-Pacific , Operators
  
  China Mobile now seems to be recognizing that it can't solve its data capacity demand issues through macrocells alone. With a low takeup of their 3G service (less than 10% of subscribers), the strain on their huge GSM network is taking its toll. As with many other network operators elsewhere, their strategic plan involves a combination of 2G, 3G, 4G and Wi-Fi but critically, they recognize that small cells have an essential role to play and have been moving forward with trials and deployments.
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  Mentions: China Telecom China Unicom Samsung
13. ThinkSmallCell interview with Raouf Halim, CEO Mindspeed, who recently acquired Picochip
  
  Explore Femtocell News, Views and Analysis Aug 1 2012 LTE , Enabling Technologies
  
  Mindspeed now has a established position as vendor of baseband chipsets for both 3G femtocells and the emerging LTE small cells. Six months after acquiring Picochip, I asked Raouf Halim, CEO, what has changed with the transition, whether the Picochip product line will continue and how closely the products will be integrated.
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  Mentions: Rupert Baines Doug Pulley LTE
14. ThinkSmallCell leadership interview with Prof Simon Saunders, Chairman of Small Cell Forum, July 2012
  
  Explore Femtocell News, Views and Analysis Jul 18 2012 LTE , Standards
  
  Small Cells are a chameleon technology. 3G small cells will have stronger/earlier takeup than LTE. Carrier Wi-Fi is a stop gap solution for some. Data Offload isn't the right term to use. Prof Simon Saunders makes some provocative statements in this exclusive ThinkSmallCell interview which covers the hot topics in progress at the Small Cell Forum, of which he is Chairman.
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  Mentions: Broadband Forum 3GPP Telefónica
15. Comparison of recent Small Cell and femtocell industry forecasts
  
  Explore Femtocell News, Views and Analysis Jul 11 2012
  
  Several analysts have published reports with their estimates and forecast of small cell shipments recently. Some were released quietly, and others with strong headlines. We’ve looked behind the hype and spoken to a few people in the industry to come up with a considered view.
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  Mentions: Simon Saunders Samsung Sprint
16. Small Cell World Summit Report June 2012
  
  Explore Femtocell News, Views and Analysis Jun 28 2012 LTE , Enabling Technologies
  
  The annual jamboree for the small cell industry continues to evolve and grow organically. This year's event didn't just have a new name (no longer Femtocell World Summit), it had quite a different feel about it. There has been a substantial groundswell of opinion change from operators in the last six months. LTE, Wi-Fi, Policy Management alone won't be enough to meet their own data traffic forecasts, and everyone is now very serious about deploying substantial numbers of small cells. As before, Avren have their own style of running the event which attracts all the key players ...
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  Mentions: Simon Saunders NGMN Alliance Contela
17. What can we expect to see at next week's Small Cell World Summit 2012?
  
  Explore Femtocell News, Views and Analysis Jun 20 2012 LTE
  
  The annual jamboree for the Small Cell industry takes place next week. We'll be there and reporting the highlights. What might we expect to see during the event, and how has it changed since last year?
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  Mentions: LTE Fujitsu ThinkSmallCell
18. LTE World Summit 2012 and Small Cells
  
  Explore Femtocell News, Views and Analysis May 29 2012 LTE , Asia-Pacific
  
  Small cells featured prominently at last week's LTE World Summit, where there were diverse views about the pace and shape of deployment. This premier event attracted several thousand delegates from around the world, including many operator presentations reporting their experience to date. Small cells and HetNets were firmly an accepted part of the technical solution. By contrast, there were more diverse views about the business case and value of LTE services.
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  Mentions: Sprint Informa Korea Telecom
19. ThinkSmallCell Interview with Pletronics
  
  Explore Femtocell News, Views and Analysis May 9 2012
  
  The team at Pletronics have a very up to date view of what's going on today at many small cell vendors. As one of the two leading suppliers of specialist oscillator components to the industry, they have a birds-eye view of the types of products under development and some of the issues arising. While not divulging specific customer details, they shared some great insights into the state of the industry today. Residential femtocells showing steady rather than spectacular growth; LTE small cell designs needing refinement and a new requirement for 3G Metrocells. I spoke with the team there including ...
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  Mentions: 3GPP LTE ThinkSmallCell
20. ThinkSmallCell interview with George Lamb, VP Operations, Nextivity Cel-Fi
  
  Explore Femtocell News, Views and Analysis Apr 18 2012
  
  Nextivity have developed the Cel-Fi Booster, a simple to install device which improves indoor coverage. Unlike unmanaged repeaters, it is tied to a single network and can be remotely controlled by the host network operator. Here George Lamb, VP Operations at Nextivity, lifts the covers on the product, and forecasts strong market potential – especially in areas without wireline broadband where traditional small cells could not be used.
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  Mentions: Nextivity ThinkSmallCell UMTS
21. Rakon introduce a new oscillator for 3G and LTE small cells
  
  Explore Femtocell News, Views and Analysis Apr 11 2012 Standards , Enabling Technologies
  
  Rakon have dominated the market for femtocell oscillators since their inception with well over 85% market share. Here we look back at how they established their position, and look ahead to the changing requirements for LTE.
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  Mentions: LTE Femto Forum UMTS
22. ThinkSmallCell interview with Dimitris Mavrakis, Principal Analyst at Informa Telecoms and Media
  
  Explore Femtocell News, Views and Analysis Apr 4 2012
  
  There are many analyst reports forecasting dramatic growth in the numbers of small cells. Rapid growth is predicted across all sectors. The quarterly Small Cell Forum market report lists several. I took the opportunity to ask Dimitris Mavrakis, Principal Analyst at Informa Telecoms & Media, who compiles the report for more insight into the assumptions and basis behind it.
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  Mentions: Informa Infonetics Research LTE
23. Small Cell Synchronisation Solutions
  
  Explore Femtocell News, Views and Analysis Mar 21 2012 LTE
  
  Timing and synchronisation are critical components of an efficient mobile network architecture. Get it wrong and you can dramatically affect the efficiency and capacity of the network, not to mention dropped calls or data sessions during handovers. There are two significant differences for public access small cells that require different solutions than residential 3G femtocells. Here we look at the options and best practices.
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  Mentions: LTE CDMA 3G
24. Verizon Wireless to deploy small cells, already short of LTE spectrum
  
  Explore Femtocell News, Views and Analysis Mar 7 2012 LTE
  
  Verizon Wireless, the large US cellular network with over 100 million subscribers, filed a request for additional spectrum from the FAA. The 299 page submission explains how they are already planning for small cells, but argues for additional spectrum to meet demand and suggests that small cells can't alone provide the capacity required. Is this true?
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  Mentions: T-Mobile LTE Apple
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