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    1. ThinkSmallCell Interview with Gordon Mansfield, Chairmain Small Cell Forum, May 2013

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      ThinkSmallCell Interview with Gordon Mansfield, Chairmain Small Cell Forum, May 2013

      Gordon Mansfield, AVP – Small Cell Solutions at AT&T, has been Chairman of the Small Cell Forum since last September, and we caught up with him before Small Cell World Summit to hear how the Forum has evolved under his new leadership. He explained their Release Program, reveals where the strongest areas of interest are, discusses some terminology confusion and explains how the membership has evolved. This shows a considerable move of focus from earlier residential femtocells (which aren't going away) onto both Enterprise and so-called Public Access small cells (Metrocells and Picocells).

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    2. Small Cell Forum Industry Awards 2013 Shortlists Announced

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      Winners to be announced at Small Cell World Summit in London on June 5th London, UK – The Small Cell Forum, the independent industry and operator association that supports small cell deployment worldwide, today announced the shortlists for the Small Cell Industry Awards 2013. The awards recognise the outstanding achievements and innovations from within the small cell community. The winners will be announced at a gala awards dinner on Wednesday 5th June 2013 at Small Cell World Summit in London. This year’s awards follow on for what has been an outstanding year for the Small Cell Forum and the industry ...

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    9. New chair and CEO for the Small Cell Forum

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      The Small Cell Forum, the independent association that supports ‘small cell’ deployment to enhance mobile network coverage, has appointed Gordon Mansfield as its new Chairman. It’s also announced a new Executive Board and has introduced a new role of full-time CEO, appointing Graham Wright to this position. Gordon Mansfield currently leads AT&T’s small cell activities. He’s replacing Simon Saunders, who founded the forum - known initially as the Femto Forum - in 2007. Mr Mansfield said “Small ce
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    10. Zayo adds more fiber to its Las Vegas network

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      Zayo is taking out the backhoe again as it revealed plans on Tuesday to expand its network in Las Vegas, adding 155 new route miles to its existing fiber network. This is not a "build it and they will come" deployment, however, as the new fiber is being deployed to support a large customer expansion. In this expansion, Zayo will leverage its existing Las Vegas network, increasing its fiber ...
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    11. O2 uses Olympic hotzone as rehearsal for HetNet

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      Olympic Games are traditionally a great forum to test and showcase new mobile technologies amid massive levels of usage. China showed off 3G at their Olympics and TD-LTE at Shanghai World Expo, and Telefonica O2 is meeting the challenges of the London Games by harnessing several fashionable approaches - notably carrier Wi-Fi, small cells and mesh backhaul. The UK cellco has created a dense London metrozone of 100 free Wi-Fi hotspots to service Olympic visitors in the western areas of the capital
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      Mentions: Telefónica British Telecom Nokia Siemens Networks

    12. Cambridge Broadband supports O2 Wi-Fi network in London

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      Cambridge Broadband Networks, developer of next generation mobile backhaul technologies, is working with O2 UK to help backhaul the operator's first public small cell Wi-Fi network in London. This small cell Wi-Fi network consists of more than 100 Wi-Fi access points mounted on street furniture, such as lampposts, across the London Boroughs of Westminster and Kensington & Chelsea. Traffic from the Wi-Fi network will be aggregated across the mesh and transferred to a number of VectaStar point-to-
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    15. #SCWS2012…my thoughts on how small became big news

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      Small cells are not small fry: that’s my takeaway from Small Cells World Summit 2012 in London. Femtocells have proven to be a very effective weapon for operators to fight  the twin scourges of poor coverage and insufficient capacity.  There a number of case studies presented SCWS that demonstrate this. Vodafone appears to be keen to ramp up the volume …
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    16. Small Cell Forum Industry Award 2012 winners announced

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      London, UK – 28th June 2012 – The Small Cell Forum, the independent industry and operator association that supports small cell deployment worldwide, today announced the winners of the Small Cell Forum Industry Awards 2012. The awards recognise outstanding achievement within, and contributions to, the small cell industry. The awards were presented at a gala dinner at the Small Cell World Summit in London last night.The awards were open to the whole industry and are judged independently of the Small Cell Forum by a panel of distinguished analysts, journalists and industry experts, chaired by David Chambers, Editor of ThinkSmallCell. The awards ...
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    20. Even a few small cells can boost capacity

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      Carriers can start to alleviate their mobile broadband pressures by offloading to a "moderate deployment" of small base stations All the US carriers were using their spots on stage at this week's CTIA Wireless event to plead their need for more spectrum to deliver mobile broadband promises, but they know they will have to make use of many other techniques besides, to boost capacity. One of the most debated at February's Mobile World Congress was small cell build-out, and that is also a key theme
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      Mentions: Simon Saunders CTIA LTE

    21. Small Cell: Smart Spectrum Saver Solution

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      By Sean Fitzsimmons The 2012 CTIA show kicked off in New Orleans with much of the talk turning to the rural market. Top of mind for many carriers is the subject of 700 MHz spectrum and the choices that need to be made with deadlines looming. Across the tiers, carriers are looking at best practices for implementing, acquiring or at the very least, saving spectrum license. What is apparent from a year ago at this time is the realization of new options for execution. Where before, rural operators w
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    22. CBNL offers backhaul expertise to Small Cell Forum

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      Cambridge Broadband Networks (CBNL) has been accepted as a member of the Small Cell Forum (previously Femto Forum), a not-for-profit membership organisation that seeks to enable and promote small cell technology worldwide. The Forum supports, promotes and helps drive the development and adoption of such small cell technologies to improve the coverage, capacity and services delivered by mobile networks. As part of this effort CBNL will provide its expertise in promoting and defining the need and
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    23. Small Cell Forum’s Andy Germano at Mobile World Congress 2012

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      In the latest of videos from Mobile World Congress 2012, we caught up with Andy Germano of the Small Cell Forum to discuss such matters as the name change from Femto Forum to Small Cell Forum, exciting uses of femtozone technology, what can be done to increase small cell deployment and more. Continue reading →
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