The Disaggregated RAN Transport Study (DARTs) tool has been made freely available to the industry DARTs – An analysis tool for Disaggregated RAN Transport bandwidth requirements Barcelona, Spain, 1 March 2023; SCF (Small Cell Forum) has announced the launch of its Disaggregated RAN Transport Study (DARTs) tool – an online calculator that evaluates and compares bandwidth requirements for various popular splits associated with disaggregated RAN. One key aspect of open RAN is the splitting of base station functions into separate units, separated by fronthaul and midhaul connections. Backhaul then connects…
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SCF Industry Awards open for entries – including new Women in Wireless category for 2023
Awards will recognize the role of women in the progress of small cell architectures and business London, UK, 8 February 2023 – SCF (Small Cell Forum) has announced that submissions are now open for the SCF Industry Awards 2023, the only entirely independent awards event supporting technical innovation in, and the deployment of agile, cost-effective, scalable, cellular infrastructure and solutions by established and emerging service providers. The categories have been updated this year to reflect the industry and changes in technologies. There are categories for deployments by MNOs, neutral hosts…
Read MoreSCF releases new FAPI specification to provision L1 SoCs with M-Plane for 7.2x Open Fronthaul
Latest release and updates are part of SCF’s commitment to maintain FAPI as the leading small cells open standard for the industry LONDON, 20 December 2022; SCF (Small Cell Forum), the global organization supporting the evolution and adoption of low-cost, agile mobile infrastructure, today announced the release of a new specification in the FAPI suite – SCF229 FAPI Operations, Administration and Maintenance (OAM) Protocol For Inline High-PHY, as well as an update to the SCF222 5G FAPI: PHY API specification. SCF229 FAPI PHY is an agnostic interface for baseband control…
Read MoreSCF announces its new Chair and Executive Board for 2022-23, as the organization strengthens its support for multi-operator shared infrastructure
Crown Castle’s Mark Reudink becomes SCF Chair and Picocom joins Executive Board London, UK, 7 November, 2022 – SCF (Small Cell Forum), the global organization supporting the evolution and adoption of low-cost, agile mobile infrastructure, today announced its new Chair, Mark Reudink, Head of Technology Strategy at Crown Castle. Mark is a highly regarded industry veteran who, prior to Crown Castle, worked at several of the world’s largest MNOs. He replaces Lockhead Martin’s Prabhakar Chitrapu, who steps into the role of SCF Vice Chair to head up the organization’s new…
Read MoreFour new companies join Small Cell Forum – strengthening work program with diverse expertise
SCF welcomes three new members and a new executive board member 25 AUGUST, 2022, LONDON, UK – SCF (Small Cell Forum), the global membership organization committed to supporting agile, low-cost mobile infrastructure through small cells, today announced it has welcomed four new companies to the Forum – Ontix, O-Cubes, Microamp, and TAWAL, with TAWAL also being a member of the executive board. The new members, which are from diverse areas of the small cells eco-system, will contribute to the extensive SCF work program, tackling a wide range of topics from…
Read MoreSmall Cell Forum releases updated 5G FAPI and 5G nFAPI specs, extending the feature sets – including NR positioning and 7.2x FH status awareness
SCF’s 5G FAPI suite specifications continue to evolve to meet industry needs and 3GPP alignment London, UK, 27 July 2022 – Small Cell Forum (SCF) today announced the release of three updated specifications within the 5G FAPI suite – 5G FAPI PHY API, 5G FAPI: P19 RF and Digital Frontend Control API, and 5G nFAPI. The specifications are used in millions of the world’s system-on-a-chip (SoC) small cells. FAPI sits at the crucial confluence of L1 hardware and L2 application and can be utilized in a variety of disaggregated RAN…
Read MoreSmall Cell Forum report forecasts that open networks, shared spectrum and new operating models can drive significant growth in small cell deployment
London, UK, 7 July 2022 – Small Cell Forum (SCF) has released its latest market forecast report. The report, available here: https://www.smallcellforum.org/scf-market-forecast/, based on a survey of 101 service providers, confirms the continuing growth of the small cell market, while forecasting that 2022-27 will be a period of rapid change and expansion in the small cell market, driven by potent enablers that include increased diversity in use cases, deployment business models and architectures. Key data points include: The report forecasts compound annual growth rate (CAGR) for small cells of 15%…
Read MoreSCF releases high-level design of Hosted RAN – a global framework for neutral host and private networks
Hosted RAN will enable new entrants to deploy coverage and capacity at pace, and will support tenants including MNOs, private networks, MVNOs and enterprises both indoor and outdoor 29 June 2022, UK – Small Cell Forum, the global membership organization committed to supporting agile, low-cost mobile infrastructure through small cells, today released part two in its Neutral Host Requirements series of documents, which details the proposed global Hosted RAN framework for neutral host and private networks. SCF245 Neutral Host Requirements Part 2: Hosted RAN high-level design is the result of…
Read MoreSCF Small Cell Award Winners for 2022 Announced
Industry gathers to celebrate best small cell deployments and technology innovations of the year London, UK 25th May 2022 – Small Cell Forum (SCF) has announced the winners of the SCF Small Cell Awards 2022, recognizing outstanding achievement within, and contributions to, the global small cell industry. The awards were presented at a ceremony during Small Cells World Summit in London last night. Open to the whole industry and judged independently of SCF by a panel of distinguished analysts, journalists and industry experts, the awards attracted entries from operators and vendors…
Read MoreSCF Small Cell Awards 2022 announces two new categories dedicated to neutral host and private network deployments
Prestigious Awards ceremony will take place during SCWS in London London, 16 March 2022 – Entries are open for the SCF Small Cell Awards 2022, with new categories added to showcase neutral host and private network deployments, as well as updated categories on the topics of small cells Open RAN and small cells technology. The Awards ceremony will take place during a prestigious gala dinner in London at Small Cells World Summit 2022, on 24 May. Companies from across the eco-system are invited to submit their entries by 1 April…
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