Nokia is set to introduce the world’s first MulteFire small cell, designed to help industries, enterprises, smart cities and mobile service providers make use of global unlicensed spectrum to build reliable, secure, high-capacity and wide-coverage private LTE networks.
The Nokia Flexi Zone MulteFire Multiband Pico BTS will help pave the way toward future 5G deployments by enabling enterprises to connect mobile sensor-enabled devices and people more efficiently and cost-effectively.
Easy to install, the MulteFire small cell offers a range of practical benefits for industries, smart cities and mobile operators. Property owners — such as hotels, shopping centers and stadiums — can deploy private LTE networks and selectively open access to mobile operators, improving indoor service for visitors while creating new revenue opportunities. Mobile operators can extend enterprise-grade mobile services to customers located beyond their licensed spectrum coverage. For logistics companies and large campus environments, MulteFire simplifies tracking of parcels and containers and enables improved location-based management of assets.
Randy Cox, head of small cell product management at Nokia, said that enabling any organization to operate its own private LTE network will drive industrial transformation in a way comparable to how mobile networks and devices changed consumer life.
“By deploying Flexi Zone MulteFire small cells to provide a private 4G layer, we offer a complementary wireless option to wired Ethernet that can cost-effectively connect large numbers of people and devices, including mobile assets,” Cox added. “Wireless solutions play a vital role in helping operators and enterprises adopt the next wave of industrial innovation.”
The Nokia Flexi Zone MulteFire small cell was scheduled to be showcased at Mobile World Congress 2018 in Barcelona, Spain, from 26 February to 1 March.
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