Mobile & Wireless Communications

Small Cells with Wi-Fi Set to Reshape Wireless Communications Market

The use of Wi-Fi functionality in small-cell base stations will be a game changer for cellphone service providers, easing heavily congested data pipes while linking together billions of devices into a single network architecture, according to the IHS iSuppli Mobile & Wireless Communications Service at information and analytics provider IHS.
Small cells—also known as metro cells—are low-power base stations each supporting approximately 100 to 200 simultaneous users.

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