Oliver Bosshard, Author at Real Wireless

Rail connectivity – further down the track

by Oliver Bosshard | Jul 9, 2020 | Real Wireless blog, Transport

Passenger connectivity on trains is not a new topic. Unfortunately, neither are the issues it throws up. Of course one central problem doesn’t change. If you are trying to guarantee continuous communications and sufficient capacity to a moving village, issues like...

Small cells and DAS: the balance is shifting

by Oliver Bosshard | Jun 5, 2020 | 5G, Featured 5G, Real Wireless blog, Use case

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...

Independent towercos: the outsourcing opportunity

by Oliver Bosshard | Mar 14, 2020 | 5G, Featured 5G, Towerco, Use case

It’s second time lucky for independent tower companies. Back in 2008, the financial downturn made selling off towers and leasing them back a sensible approach for MNOs. It reduced opex and helped replenish significantly reduced coffers. This helped drive and validate...

Real Wireless helps lay groundwork for Austrian 5G auction

by Oliver Bosshard | Sep 25, 2019 | Featured 5G, Real Wireless blog

Recent news of an Austrian 5G auction that won’t involve eye-watering sums has, not surprisingly, been greeted with a very positive response from commentators and analysts – not to mention operators. Austria’s Regulatory Authority for Broadcasting and...

Rail Wireless

by Oliver Bosshard | Jul 23, 2019 | Real Wireless blog

What do rail passengers in 2019 want from wireless? Voice, web browsing, emailing and social media are pretty much a given, but it’s the ‘streaming’ services that are forecasted to generate 75-90% of traffic on trains. Assuming an unconstrained usage...

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C-RAN – all still up in the air?

by Simon Fletcher | Aug 27, 2020

C-RAN seems to have been a long time coming. I first started exploring the potential of C-RAN back in 2007. Since then there’s been a great deal of industry talk and thousands of pages of standards describing dozens of C-RAN architectures. And I’m still waiting. Cloud...

Can Satcoms at sea improve operations on land?

by Mike Walsh | Aug 27, 2020

We write a lot about the needs of industry and how LTE, Wi-Fi, DAS and 5G, incorporated into a private network, could improve logistics and security and underpin just-in-time operations for airports, sea-ports, factories, stadiums, malls or local government. But what...

Connected vehicles: The long and winding road

The automotive industry’s goal was for every new vehicle to be connected by 2022. Now, less than 18 months out, things are more or less on track. But on track for what? M2M vehicle connectivity is already widely available. This enables a vehicle to be connected to an...

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