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Indoor coverage: problem or opportunity

by Mark Keenan | Mar 9, 2020 | 5G, Commercial property, Featured 5G, Uncategorised

The challenge of indoor enterprise connectivity is well-rehearsed. Not long ago a service-based industry like a hotel based its reputation on how well its staff performed and the quality of the accommodation on offer. Now reliable connectivity is part of that...

Independent towercos: the outsourcing opportunity

by Oliver Bosshard | Mar 9, 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...

AutoAir 5G transport project extended

by Simon Fletcher | May 28, 2019 | Featured 5G, Real Wireless news, Use case

Real Wireless will continue to play a key role in the AutoAir consortium, which has received a further £1.8m in funding from the UK government (DCMS) taking the total project investment from the government to nearly £6m. Matched industry funding now totals more than...

Trains, ports and 5G automobiles

by Oliver Bosshard | Mar 27, 2019 | 5G, Featured 5G, Past events

The buzz around 5G continued at this year’s Mobile World Congress (MWC) with clear indication that what was once an evolution, has now become a race. As much as the industry claims to be tired of hearing about 5G, we were genuinely inspired by the innovation...

5G testbed takes to the track

by Anthony Dunne | Dec 19, 2018 | Featured 5G, Real Wireless news

Real Wireless is in the news this week (17 December 2018) as part of a Forbes piece profiling the 5G AutoAir testbed at Millbrook in Bedfordshire. The AutoAir consortium is led by Airspan, with support from the 5GIC, Arm, Blu Wireless, Dense Air, McLaren Applied...

5G: whose opportunity?

by Dr Abhaya Sumanasena | Mar 16, 2018 | Featured 5G, Real Wireless blog

Bristol this year has seen the establishment of a live 5G proof of concept (PoC) to test smart city applications in the city centre, as part of a joint research initiative led by the university, BT and Nokia. The main focus of this investigation is on the reliability...

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Towercos: backing into the limelight and moving up the value chain

by Mark Keenan | Mar 9, 2020

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...