Commercial, cost-effective and connected

View this email in your browser No Images? Click here   Landlords, operators and the Digital Economy Bill The new Digital Economy Bill may help operators in the short term, but will it adversely affect their relationship with property developers? In our latest expert insight piece, Elaine French considers how these issues might be addressed >>     Fixed wireless access & the joy of cranes with John Okas & Oliver Bosshard Fixed wireless access (FWA) continues to make inroads into markets big and small – as it has done for many years. Maybe that is why recent announcements of fixed point-to-multipoint (PMP) high-capacity mmWave 5G trials and the deployment of pioneering national wireless-to the-x (WTTx) rural broadband networks took our FWA experts on a trip down memory lane – some a bit further down than others. Before we follow them, we should point out that the members of the Real Wireless team are as generous in their view of FWA as the next person – assuming that next person is a highly trained, engineering-savvy telecoms consultant who has worked in wireless telecoms at many levels. Read more>>         California dreaming? Looked like a shoo-in, didn’t it? For some time now, CTIA and a clutch of US carriers have been laying the foundations for Senate Bill 649; legislation aimed at giving wireless companies similar deployment rights to public utilities. It required US cities to approve permits for equipment that will be deployed 'in the public right-of-way or a commercial or industrial zone and complies with all federal, state and local safety regulations'. Well, in California SB 649 was opposed by some 300 cities, dozens of counties and more than 100 local organizations. Predictably, California Governor Jerry Brown hammered the final nail into the coffin a week or so back, when he vetoed SB 649 into oblivion. Read more>>       Connected Stadium Summit  In November, both our CEO Mark Keenan and COO Oliver Bosshard will be attending and presenting at the Connected Stadium Summit in Amsterdam. We'll be sharing our experience of ensuring reliable wireless coverage for iconic sports venues and how we continue to deliver reliable communications for venue and stadium owners as choices and technology evolve. Find out more >>       Find out more   Real Wireless experts will be attending, presenting and speaking at a range of events across Europe this autumn. To see the full list go to our website and if you want to arrange to meet at any of these events, please get in touch.    Meet Real Wireless at these events     Real Wireless Ltd PO Box 2218 Pulborough West Sussex RH20 4XB, United Kingdom Copyright ©2008-2017 Real Wireless Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Company registered in England and Wales no. 6016945. Registered address: Dalton House, 60 Windsor Avenue, London SW19 2RR, United Kingdom.   Tweet    Share    Forward  Preferences  |  Unsubscribe

5G architecture, spectrum costs & network slicing

View this email in your browser No Images? Click here   5G evolution continues Real Wireless is delighted to be a one of 14 key mobile network players from six European countries involved in 5G MoNArch (5G Mobile Network Architecture) .  Nokia formally launched the 5G MoNArch research project in July, which is supported and financed as part of Phase II of the 5G Infrastructure Public Private Partnership (5G-PPP), under the auspices of the European Union's Horizon 2020 Framework Programme. Find out more >>        Modelling the cost of spectrum Regulators and operators know that spectrum for mobile communications is an extremely valuable asset. In this exclusive case study, Oliver Bosshard provides an insight into how our modelling tools helped one regulator realistically calculate the cost of implementing its densification targets. Download it now >>       Network slicing is here Thirty years ago neither the economic implications of network slicing nor the concept itself would have been conceived of, let alone be seriously considered as viable in the delivery of mobile services. Dr Kostas Konstantinou considers the many reasons why network slicing is essential to the 5G future >>     Real Wireless experts will be attending, presenting and speaking at a range of events across Europe this autumn. To see the full list go to our website and if you want to arrange to meet at any of these events, please get in touch.    Meet Real Wireless at these events       Real Wireless Ltd PO Box 2218 Pulborough West Sussex RH20 4XB, United Kingdom Copyright ©2008-2017 Real Wireless Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Company registered in England and Wales no. 6016945. Registered address: Dalton House, 60 Windsor Avenue, London SW19 2RR, United Kingdom.   Tweet    Share    Forward  Preferences  |  Unsubscribe

mmWave: Behind the Headlines

View this email in your browser No Images? Click here   White paper: 5G early learning 5G means new technology challenges and new rollout demands, not to mention new services, business models, products and partnerships. As we enter the last six months of the highly significant and influential 5G-PPP Phase 1 project 5G-NORMA, and begin our next 5G-PPP project 5G-MoNArch, it’s time to reflect on progress towards 5G. In this new white paper, we bring together the views of our experts on the evolution of 5G and what we know so far. Download it now       LTE investment is not wasted  Oliver Bosshard, COO 5G is the future of mobile communications – but are standalone 5G networks the only way forward? There is now enough consensus on the standards to confirm that LTE-A investment will not be wasted. That's good news for existing infrastructure owners. It's also confirmation that waiting for 5G to arrive to deploy networks and meet demand would not be a sensible strategy. Here's why>>     mmWave: behind the headlines Simon Fletcher, CTO Regulatory reluctance to create stable spectrum availability for the 26GHz band appears to be causing some dismay among certain operators and vendors. A recent news article proclaimed that "UK telcos plead for stability in issuing mmWave band".  Our CTO Simon Fletcher takes a look at the real story behind the headlines >>            Opportunity – Managing Consultant vacancy at Real Wireless We are looking for an intellectually curious Managing Consultant located in the South East of England with the ability to influence the direction of the technology sector in the face of ongoing change. Candidates will have a track record of successfully managing clients and projects in the wireless advisory space from the identification of opportunities, through the development of business and the delivery of projects. This position requires a candidate with proven leadership capabilities, excellent communication and analytical skills, and an ability to identify, formulate and present complex information in a clear and concise manner.  For more details about the role and how to get in touch, go to our website      Meet Real Wireless at these events         Real Wireless Ltd PO Box 2218 Pulborough West Sussex RH20 4XB, United Kingdom Copyright ©2008-2017 Real Wireless Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Company registered in England and Wales no. 6016945. Registered address: Dalton House, 60 Windsor Avenue, London SW19 2RR, United Kingdom.   Tweet    Share    Forward  Preferences  |  Unsubscribe

5G White Paper, LTE in Asia & the truth about mmWave

View this email in your browser No Images? Click here   White paper: 5G early learning 5G means new technology challenges and new rollout demands, not to mention new services, business models, products and partnerships. As we enter the last six months of the highly significant and influential 5G-PPP Phase 1 project 5G-NORMA, and begin our next 5G-PPP project 5G-MoNArch, it’s time to reflect on progress towards 5G. In this new white paper, we bring together the views of our experts on the evolution of 5G and what we know so far. Download it now       LTE investment is not wasted  Oliver Bosshard, COO 5G is the future of mobile communications – but are standalone 5G networks the only way forward? There is now enough consensus on the standards to confirm that LTE-A investment will not be wasted. That's good news for existing infrastructure owners. It's also confirmation that waiting for 5G to arrive to deploy networks and meet demand would not be a sensible strategy. Here's why>>     mmWave: behind the headlines Simon Fletcher, CTO Regulatory reluctance to create stable spectrum availability for the 26GHz band appears to be causing some dismay among certain operators and vendors. A recent news article proclaimed that "UK telcos plead for stability in issuing mmWave band".  Our CTO Simon Fletcher takes a look at the real story behind the headlines >>            Opportunity – Managing Consultant vacancy at Real Wireless We are looking for an intellectually curious Managing Consultant located in the South East of England with the ability to influence the direction of the technology sector in the face of ongoing change. Candidates will have a track record of successfully managing clients and projects in the wireless advisory space from the identification of opportunities, through the development of business and the delivery of projects. This position requires a candidate with proven leadership capabilities, excellent communication and analytical skills, and an ability to identify, formulate and present complex information in a clear and concise manner.  For more details about the role and how to get in touch, go to our website      Meet Real Wireless at these events         Real Wireless Ltd PO Box 2218 Pulborough West Sussex RH20 4XB, United Kingdom Copyright ©2008-2017 Real Wireless Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Company registered in England and Wales no. 6016945. Registered address: Dalton House, 60 Windsor Avenue, London SW19 2RR, United Kingdom.   Tweet    Share    Forward  Preferences  |  Unsubscribe