In this new short film, the partners involved in 5G-MoNArch explain the project’s aims, expectations and ultimate goals. Featuring Real Wireless expert Julie Bradford, this is a great introduction and overview of the project as whole, as it evolves 5G-PPP Phase 1...
Real Wireless CTO Simon Fletcher today (15th June 2018) attended the launch of the Digital Catapult’s “UK 5G Ecosystem Report”, the UK’s first ever 5G landscape report and online reference tool. Commissioned by Innovate UK, the UK Government’s innovation...
The UK Spectrum Policy Forum is an industry-led group focused on future policy and approaches on spectrum. At a recent Forum meeting on Release Mechanisms & Flexible Spectrum Access, I was invited to give a Real Wireless perspective on spectrum options. My...
It is clear that 5G networks, if they are to support the new use cases envisaged for them, will require far more infrastructure, from small cell sites to high quality fibre backhaul and fronthaul. This is likely to result in a far greater degree of infrastructure, and...
Passive infrastructure owners? Hardly. Tower companies have been seen as a driving force behind multiple operator infrastructure sharing for a long time. And, while pure-play towercos still exist, many have been branching out for years. Digital Bridge, for example, is...
I was recently chatting to a consultant from a highly regarded multi-asset alternative investment firm. He knows and understands the telecommunications business, but he mentioned to me that the sort of insight Real Wireless offered was on a different level: an...
Small cells versus distributed antenna systems (DAS)? Is it really that stark a choice? Of course not. Both technologies have their advantages and disadvantages. But it is true to say that the balance has shifted slightly in recent years. Not long ago there would be...
