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Small cell offload represents the most important technology to operators over the next two years, according to the Telecoms.com Intelligence Industry Survey. On a scale of one to five where one is the lowest in importance and five is the highest, a fifth (20.6 per
Almost all operators (98 per cent) believe that small cells are essential for the future of their networks, according to a report from Informa Telecoms and Media. The research firm’s quarterly small-cell market status report also highlights significant new technological progress with operators announcing major public access deployments and the first dual-mode LTE/3G devices.
Mobile operator O2 UK has revealed that it expects to run out of spectrum on its macro cell layer around 2014. Speaking at a round table briefing hosted by the Small Cells Forum, Telefonica UK’s chief radio engineer Robert Joyce said that, “As we see it, with the increasing demand from tablets and smartphones the macro cell will not be able to cope. We can take the macro cell grid to eight times its current capacity and then we’ll run out of spectrum.”
Norwegian operator group Telenor has signed a deal with ip.access which will see the UK vendor supply the operator with its end-to-end small cell solutions.
