Changing the Shape of Future Networks

Changing the shape of
future networks
Singapore April 2015

© Small Cell Forum Ltd 2015
Small cells matter
More customers. More data revenues.
More usage. Less churn.
Source: https://gsmaintelligence.com Feb 15, 2015 15:00 UTC
3,667,620,297
and counting
GSM ASSOCIATION TICKER OF UNIQUE MOBILE SUBSCRIBERS

Indoor small cells for
home or small office
applications
Coverage driven premises-based
small cells for deployment beyond
the home – e.g., government
buildings, hotels, hospitals as well
as SMEs or corporate campuses
Small cells that offer capacity for dense environments, which
may be indoor (e.g., shopping malls, convention centers or
transport hubs) or outdoor (e.g., parks or city centers)
Indoor & outdoor small cells connecting the
unconnected – delivering services to users in rural
and remote environments (e.g., remote
communities, disaster recovery, special events,
military applications, public safety, transportation)
RESIDENTIAL URBAN
ENTERPRISE RURAL & REMOTE
Small cells indoor, outdoor… everywhere

10 MILLION SMALL CELLS
DEPLOYED WORLDWIDE

Confidence in deployment of Small Cells is
continuing to grow
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
Time to deploy
agreed
6-12 months 12-24 months 24-36 months
%ofoperators
2015 2014
Source: Rethink
Technology Research Jan
2015
Plans are accelerating

Our release programme can help you
accelerate Small Cell deployments
12
18
17
30
23
8
15
27
37
13
6
10
13
39
32
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
Large scale Small
commercial
Trial Planning by
2018
None
%ofoperators
Enterprise Urban Rural
Source: Rethink
Technology
Research Jan 2015
•  However, still a long
way to go towards
widespread mass
deployment
•  87% of tier one/two
carriers have small
cells in plans by end
2018 (exc residential)
•  But most still at trial or
planning stage, with
precise trigger dates
often uncertain
Seize opportunities

N America
1,011,105
L America
19,965
Europe 418,695
China 186,750
APAC 356,760
MEA 282,325
We continue to drive our communications
across the globe
Source: 2014 small
cells shipments by
region

0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Millions
Rural+Remote
Urban
Enterprise
Residential+SOHO
SmallCellShipments
We are using our Release Programme to
address understanding across use cases

Regulation
Standardization
Security
Interoperability
Deployment
Interference management
Business case
Market drivers
Small Cell Forum helps them to answer these questions
OPERATORS SEE THE POTENTIAL OF SMALL CELLS. BUT THEY ALSO
NEED THE RESOLUTION OF IMPORTANT QUESTIONS ABOUT:
So why do Small Cells need a forum?

We have driven the standardization of key elements of
small cell technology including Iuh, FAPI/SCAPI, SON,
the small cell services API, TR‑069 evolution
and the X2 interface.
What have we done?

Small Cell
Forum
Release FIVE

•  Rural & Remote comprises 16 documents, including Business Drivers and
Case Studies
•  Individual documents also focus on backhaul, deployment challenges and
architectures associated with rural & remote environments
•  Sets out a clear commercial and technical case for operators, businesses and
communities – everywhere
•  Small cells could deliver mobile broadband to an additional 650 million users
with GDP benefits close to $1 trillion
Release Five: Rural & Remote

•  Access to billions of new mobile users including high ARPU and high value
application areas
•  Leverage existing investments in small cells infrastructure to work harder in
new environments
•  Opportunities for differentiation and brand strengthening with specialist
services
•  Significant social and economic value particularly for rural communities in
developing nations and supporting disaster relief efforts
Small cells in Rural & Remote environments
– the benefits to operators

“Operators can tap into captive, previously untapped and
unreachable markets due to reduced deployment costs
and new ecosystems to deliver via small cells”
Operator investment in small cells in
Rural & Remote areas
R5 Rural & Remote Business Case
051.05.01
Real Wireless

The Release Program is working
•  Survey of 59 operators January 2015 found 80% had direct
responsibility for small cell decisions or plans
•  77% found the Release documents “directly valuable” with 23%
viewing them as “extremely useful”
•  54% said the documents had supported critical business or technical
decisions
“The Release Program is highly rated by its users in terms of one of its most important
objectives, to lower the barriers to deployment which still exist for many carriers by
providing practical and in-depth information and best practice.”
ReThink Technology Research February 2015

TODAY CARRIER MEMBERS ARE DRIVING
TECHNICAL WORKSTREAMS THAT INCLUDE:
Integration of small cells into 5G
standards evolution
HetNet interoperability
Regulatory development
What’s next: Technology
Smarter Wi-Fi integration – LAA &
Wi-Fi calling
Smarter SON
Virtualisation of Small Cells
Small Cells and M2M

What’s next: Advocacy

Who are we doing all this for?
We are a carrier-led
organization. Our operator
members feed us their
requirements and we respond.
OPERATORS
We do this
for you

What can you do?
Make your voice heard.
Join us.
Tell us what your customers need.

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