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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Small Cell Forum appoints Simon Fletcher as Chief Strategy Officer to drive its support for neutral hosts, private network operators and Open RAN architectures
10th February 2022, London, UK – Small Cell Forum (SCF) today announced it has appointed wireless veteran Simon Fletcher as its Chief Strategy Officer, drawing on 25 years direct industry experience and work as an advisor to governments, regulators and big business. SCF CEO Sue Monahan said: ‘We’re delighted to have someone with Simon’s knowledge and contacts in the CSO role. Simon’s brief is to continue to build and strengthen SCF’s technical and regulatory support for the growing ecosystem of service providers that includes neutral hosts, private network operators, and…
Read MoreSmall Cell Forum launches new 5G FAPI specs to align with 3GPP Rel-16 features and introduces MU/Massive-MIMO support
Latest SCF 5G FAPI specifications target key 3GPP features, market performance requirements, and support Open RAN evolution London, UK, 11 November 2021 – Small Cell Forum (SCF) today announced the release of its updated 5G FAPI PHY specifications. The specifications are used in millions of the world’s system-on-a-chip (SoC) small cells – and can now be applied to macro cells as well. FAPI is a common standard agreed between chipset and component suppliers and mobile base station integrators. It is an API for hardware components implementing 3GPP physical layer functions,…
Read MoreSmall Cell Forum neutral hosts propose Hosted Open RAN global framework
Framework combines the qualities of DAS, CBRS/OnGo and JOTS NHIB with Open RAN disaggregation and virtualisation to provide flexible and modular approach for neutral hosting and private networks London, UK – 13th July 2021 – Small Cell Forum (SCF), the telecoms organization making infrastructure solutions available to all, today unveiled a proposed global framework for hosted Open RAN networks combining the qualities of established and emerging neutral host architectures ranging from site share and Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS) to small cells with Citizen Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) and Joint Operator…
Read MoreSmall Cell Forum releases next generation 5G FAPI specifications demonstrating maturity of the interfaces and adding macro cell features
The suite of 5G FAPI specifications underpins the high-performance low-cost components integral to 5G mobile base stations, whether small cell or macro London, UK – 16th June 2021 – Small Cell Forum (SCF) today announced the release of its updated 5G FAPI PHY and RF specifications, as well as an updated 5G network FAPI specification and a testing framework for S-RU and S-DUs. The updated specifications and new test support paper developed by the SCF membership demonstrate maturity and ongoing support for the FAPI interfaces, which are used in millions…
Read MoreSCF Unveils Agenda and Speakers for Small Cell World Summit 2021 – the Year’s Largest Gathering of the Industry’s Small Cell Ecosystem
Event will bring together thought-leaders, service providers, equipment vendors and enterprise communities – offering in-depth discussion and excellent networking opportunities London, UK 21st April 2021 – Small Cell Forum (SCF), the telecoms organization making mobile infrastructure solutions available to all, has announced details of the forthcoming Small Cells World Summit 2021 (SCWS), to be held virtually between 11-13 May. SCWS will be the biggest online global gathering of the small cells industry in 2021, and SCF has curated a rich agenda of thought leaders, analysts and expert panellists, coupled with…
Read MoreSmall Cell Forum grows at pace, welcoming new members from across the eco-system to support ambitious 2021 industry work program
New members from three continents include: Celling5G, ETRI, Interdigital, Sercomm, Sterlite Technologies Ltd, and Zeetta Networks London, UK 25th August 2020 – Small Cell Forum (SCF) today welcomes six new members from across the wireless and software ecosystems as it continues to show growing momentum in mobilizing the enterprise and driving network densification worldwide. These new additions add to the organization’s depth of specialist knowledge and resources – particularly from key Asian markets such as China, India and Korea – and strengthen the Forum’s collaborative efforts to develop foundations for…
Read MoreSmall Cell Forum Announces New Board and Member Intake for 2019/20
New members, including Colt, Dense Air and Radysis join to strengthen Forum’s new work programs and continue their critical work in 5G-era London, UK 28th October 2019 – Small Cell Forum (SCF), the telecoms organization making mobile infrastructure solutions available to all, has announced a new board for the coming year and new members from across the wireless and internet ecosystems, further expanding the organisation’s breadth of expertise in developing 5G Open Small Cell RAN architectures and 5G-era small cell products. New members include; Analog Device, Askey Computers, Colt, Dense…
Read MoreSmall Cell Forum Appoints AT&T’s Dr. Prabhakar Chitrapu as Chair
Forum to continue leadership in developing 5G Open Small Cell RAN, enable new stakeholders and opportunities in evolving mobile ecosystem, and develop Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to revolutionise small cell network rollouts London, UK 9th October 2019 Small Cell Forum (SCF), the telecoms organization making mobile infrastructure solutions available to all, today announced the appointment of Dr. Prabhakar Chitrapu as its new Chair, replacing outgoing Chair David Orloff. As a lead at AT&T’s Converged Access & Device Technology organization, Dr. Chitrapu brings a wealth of high-level technical and strategic…
Read MoreSmall Cell Award 2019 Winners Announced
Awards Ceremony Concludes Successful Opening Day of New-Look SCF Event London, UK – Thursday 23rd May 2019 SCF (Small Cell Forum) has announced the winners of the SCF Small Cell Awards 2019, recognising outstanding achievement within, and contributions to, the global small cell industry. The awards were presented at the Small Cell World Summit in London. 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 from across the world and the…
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