In the past few days a lot has happened in the in-building industry. There are several new DAS projects being deployed worldwide and the femtocell solution is becoming a reality for enterprise users.
Week in review
In the past few days a lot has happened in the in-building industry. We leave you with some headlines from the past days.
Mario Bouchard: “2011 marks a paradigm shift in the in-building industry”
Posted by admin on May 23rd, 2011
A few years ago indoor wireless specialists battled with the multiple spreadsheets of link budgets and sketching their designs with adapted tools. Then in 2003 iBwave appeared on the market promising to improve the experience of the indoor RF engineers. Now you can find their software in multiple TelCo companies and countries. Mario Bouchard, president and CEO of iBwave Solutions talks about the indoor industry, the role of IBwave and what can we expect from the company that is shaping the landscape of in-building wireless industry.
Morten Tolstrup: “Indoor coverage, quality & capacity is key to the mobile operators”
Posted by admin on May 16th, 2011
Back in 2008 a new book emerged in the wireless market filling gap in the knowledge demand. Morten Tolstrup‘s “Indoor Radio Planning: A Practical Guide for GSM, DCS, UMTS and HSPA” became a great introduction to the new-comers and solid reference guide for the seasoned indoor radio designers.
On next 30th July, the book will hit the store shelfs with its second edition – Indoor Radio Planning: A Practical Guide for GSM, DCS, UMTS, HSPA and LTE. In this interview, Morten talks about his new book, the state of indoor wireless industry, femtocells and his vision about the future of indoor DAS.
London subway mobile coverage: just in time for the Olympics?
Posted by Pedro Claro on April 19th, 2011
The 2012 Olympics are just around the corner and there is a push of London city hall of putting mobile access in the tube. Mobile operators, 02,Vodafone, 3 and Everything Everywhere, say the costs are prohibited even considering the recent offer from Huawei.
After several step backs from the mobile operators, the Chinese vendor offered $81 million of equipment. Even with this offer on the table, and with the installation costs supported by the operators, the project was put on hold. Or probably will never be put on air just in time for the Olympics 2012.
5 Aesthetic Indoor Antennas
Posted by admin on March 14th, 2011
Having trouble getting permission to install that antenna in that particularly good spot? We’ve gathered some good antenna solutions that might help to achieve a good compromise between coverage performance and aesthetics.
M2M – The role of indoor wireless coverage
Posted by admin on March 9th, 2011
The M2M, or Machine-to-Machine wireless world is becoming a reality to mobile network operators and has huge potential (if you are new to this subject consider reading 3G4G blog introduction). GSMA has a dedicated workgroup dedicated to this subject entitled - GSMA Embedded. This immense opportunity imposes several challenges but we will restrain our focus on coverage and capacity.
