London, UK, 10 June 2014. The Small Cell Forum, the independent industry and operator association that supports small cell deployment worldwide, announced the launch of Release Four to help operators open up opportunities and overcome the barriers associated with urban small cells. This is the keynote speech from the launch event at Small Cells World Summit #SCWS2014

1. Small Cell World Summit
Small Cell Forum
June 2014

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The Small Cell Forum
• To accelerate small cell adoption to change the shape of mobile
networks and maximise the potential of the mobile internet
• Not-for-profit, founded in 2007
• Independent, inclusive, international
Aims
• Ecosystem development
• Market education
• Driving open standards
65 operators covering 3 billion global mobile
subscribers – 44% of total
86 providers of small cell technology representing all
parts of the ecosystem

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Residential UK deployments
• More than 300K residential femtocells in UK
– 47% increase in 12 months
• Penetration ranging from 0.18% to 8.5%
of premises
• Rural take-up 3 times higher than in
urban areas

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Urban small cell opportunity

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2014 operator survey:
Top drivers to deploy urban small cells
Source: Maravedis-Rethink survey of tier one and two mobile operators worldwide, January 2014
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%ofrespondents
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• Improve capacity
• New revenues
from value added
services
• Fill capacity holes
• Reduce cost of
data
• Improve coverage

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• Backhaul
• Deployment/site
acquisition
• Monetization
• Management
2014 operator survey:
Perceived barriers to urban deployments
27.5
17.5 17.5
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20
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%ofrespondents
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Source: Maravedis-Rethink survey of tier one and two mobile operators worldwide, January 2014

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Small cell drivers Europe
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Reduced cost
of data
delivery
Support new
applications
and revenue
streams
Overall
capacity
increase
Improved
coverage
Filling holes in
capacity
Support
location aware
services
Reduced
network TCO
Opportunity to
integrate Wi-Fi
Opportunity to
harness new
spectrum (eg
high
frequency)
Support
personalized
customer
response and
services
%ofrespondents
Global EU
Source: Maravedis-Rethink survey of tier one and two mobile operators worldwide, January 2014

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Small cell drivers Americas
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5
10
15
20
25
Reduced cost
of data
delivery
Support new
applications
and revenue
streams
Overall
capacity
increase
Improved
coverage
Filling holes in
capacity
Support
location aware
services
Reduced
network TCO
Opportunity to
integrate Wi-Fi
Opportunity to
harness new
spectrum (eg
high
frequency)
Support
personalized
customer
response and
services
%ofrespondents
Global NAM CALA
Source: Maravedis-Rethink survey of tier one and two mobile operators worldwide, January 2014

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Small cell barriers Europe
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5
10
15
20
25
%ofrespondents
Global EU
Source: Maravedis-Rethink survey of tier one and two mobile operators worldwide, January 2014

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Small cell barriers Americas
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5
10
15
20
25
%ofrespondents
Global NAM CALA
Source: Maravedis-Rethink survey of tier one and two mobile operators worldwide, January 2014

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Release Four
Four

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Small Cell Forum Release program

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2014 operator survey:
Most valuable Release content
Business case (45)
Best practice & case studies (40)
Reference scenarios (36)
Deployment guidelines (33)
Backhaul recommendations (33)
Network architecture (28)
Procurement guidelines (24)
White papers & market studies (24)
Standards update (20)
Regulatory details (17)
Source: Maravedis-Rethink Global Operator Survey, Jan 2014

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Release Three: Urban foundations
Small Cell Forum 2014
Urban Small Cells
Overview [103]
Backhaul
Regulatory
Services Market
Network
Architecture
SON Use cases
[077]
LTE SC-API
[082]
NET Architectures
for Urban [088]
Integrated Small cell
Wi-Fi [089]
Synchronisation [075]
Urban Backhaul
topic brief [095]
Backhaul Requirements &
Solutions [049]
Urban Deployment
Issues [096]
Market status
[050]
Urban Market Drivers &
Challenges [086]
Business Case
[087]
Small Cells - The Big
Idea [030]
Services for Urban
Small Cells [090]
Services API Programmers
Guide [091]
Regulatory
Whitepaper
[076]
Radio
Deployment
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Release Four: Urban
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Urban Small Cells
Release Overview
[104]
Backhaul
Regulatory
Backhaul Issues for
Urban Small Cells [095]
Backhaul Requirements &
Solutions [049]
Urban Deployment
Issues [096]
Regulatory Aspects
of small cells [076]
Radio
Deployment
Market status [050]
Urban Market Drivers &
Challenges [086]
Business case for
urban small cells and
their backhaul [087]
Small Cells - The Big
Idea [030]
Urban case studies [098]
Synchronisation [075]
NET Architectures
for Urban [088]
Integrated Small cell
Wi-Fi [089]
Small Cell Security
[099]
Services for Urban
Small Cells [090]
Services API Programmer’s
Guide [091]
Precise Indoor Location [092]
Edge Caching applications [093]
Services
Market
SON Use cases [077]
LTE SC-API [082]
X2 Interoperability in
Multivendor HetNets [059]
Small Cell Plugfests [085]
Network
Architecture
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Urban deployments

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What’s next for Small Cell Forum?

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Friday 13 May 9:15 – 1:30
South Gallery Meeting Rooms, Level 2. South Even Halls
Discussion and debate of the Release Program Workshop:
• How carriers view the Small Cell Forum Release Program
• Achievements and implications of Releases Three and Four
• An overview of Release Five (Rural & Remote)
• Beyond Release Five – Discussion
www.smallcellforum.org
Your chance to discuss and debate the existing content of the Release Program
and have your say on the future of the industry
Release Program Workshop

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• Cloud-RAN and small cells have often been presented as alternatives. We believe that
virtualization techniques can be re-applied to small cell architectures.
• Virtualization can be used to enhance co-operation within clusters of small cells.
• Small cell clusters may be required to interwork with a virtualized macro layer.
• • In dense HetNets, small cells will deliver
• maximum ROI if they are fully interworking with
• other platforms to create the broadest pool of capacity
• and most efficient use of shared resources.
• Our aim is to provide leadership in creating a
• unified view of the evolving role of virtualized
• architectures for dense HetNet.
Industry trends impacting small cell
(and other) RAN solutions
09/06/2014 © Small Cell Forum Ltd 2013

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