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Small cellular base stations or small cells are low-powered radio access points that improve 3G and 4G cellular coverage in order to increase capacity and backhaul traffic at a lower cost. Small cells, which can consist of femtocells, picocells and macrocells, allow mobile operators to deploy IP based devices using the existing IP infrastructure while providing a seamless evolution to IMS. There are many challenges providers face regarding 3G and 4G capacity issues that small cell sites can address. By utilizing small cells, additional spectrum, HSPA+, LTE, WiFi offload and femtocells all attempt to add more wireless broadband capacity and coverage. Therefore, in order to reduce the number of 3G and 4G coverage holes, operators can deploy large numbers of small cell sites at the 3G and 4G macrocell cell edges.

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Sprint Focused on Small Cells Strategy
5/15/2012
With the news that telecom giant Sprint plans to deploy many thousands of small cells to support the growing demand for wireless communications, the projected growth of the deployment over the next few years by industry experts deserves more credence.

Stoke Becomes First to Join Small Cell Forum
5/15/2012
Stoke, a mobile broadband gateway developer, has become the first new member of the Small Cell Forum, formerly the Femto Forum. The Small Cell Forum supports, promotes and helps drive the wide-scale adoption of small cell technologies to improve coverage, capacity and services delivered by mobile networks. Its mission is to advance the development and adoption of small cells for the provision of high-quality 2G/3G/4G coverage and services within residential, enterprise, public and rural access markets.

Nokia Siemens' Small Cell Portfolio Goes beyond Femtocell Base Stations
5/11/2012
The recent increase in the adoption of small cell technology has certainly brought the innovative next generation technology to the forefront of the industry, however, small cells are in no way new in the broadband market.

Five Reasons 4G Service Won't Work Nearly as Well Without DAS Deployment
5/9/2012
With the value--and importance--of 4G systems growing to mobile providers with every passing day, more and more 4G system deployments must take place. While some look to small cells like those provided by Taqua, others, like TE Connectivity, are looking to DAS--Distributed Antenna System--deployment. Why? There are five very good reasons for such a stance, at least according to the folks at TE Connectivity.

Taqua Enables Optimal Small Cells Innovations
5/9/2012
With the projected explosion of small cells to assist providers in giving clients the bandwidth they need to support the growing use of data and multimedia entertainment, Taqua is uniquely poised to deliver small cell backhaul and small cell core services.

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