The new, small cell, the Nokia Flexi Zone MulteFire Multiband Pico BTS, will allow companies to connect mobile sensor-enabled "things" and people more efficiently, enabling new business models and paving the way for future 5G connectivity.
Private LTE, and in the future 5G, will help transform operations for industries and businesses in sectors such as logistics, energy, mining, transportation, manufacturing, and smart cities and locations. Private LTE will provide high coverage and performance, low latency, and reliable wireless connectivity as an alternative to Ethernet, enabling businesses to increase productivity and efficiency through the widespread wireless mobile connectivity required for both human and machine-type communications.
With its "Wi-Fi®-like" ease of deployment, the small MulteFire cell will enable industries, smart cities, and service providers to take advantage of new capabilities:
• Industries will be able to reliably track packages and containers in key logistics centers and campuses, to remotely connect to and control their vehicles while leveraging MulteFire's performance for video applications such as surveillance.
• Mobile service providers will be able to expand their mobile enterprise offering to companies in regions of the world outside their licensed spectrum.
• Owners of public buildings such as hotels, shopping malls, stadiums and venues will also benefit from new revenue streams, with the possibility of opening their private LTE network to mobile service providers to improve internal services for subscribers at their location.
About Nokia Flexi Zone MulteFire Multiband Pico BTS
• Compact 4-liter indoor/outdoor cell to be marketed in the second quarter of 2018
• It offers support for multiple operators by leveraging the new MulteFire radio access technology standard and enabling throughput of up to 300 Mbps, and multi-user capability
• MulteFire Alliance Release 1.0 is compliant and can be updated via software
• Rugged to meet the demands of industries and easy "Wi-Fi type" deployment in an "all-in-one" form factor/unit using Ethernet backhaul and power
• Wide coverage with up to 1 W of RF power, the maximum allowed in the unlicensed spectrum
• Simplified operations and optimization through Flexi Zone Plug & Play and enhanced self-organizing network (SON) capabilities
• Support for neutral host capability will allow owners of public buildings, such as hotels, headquarters, traffic centers and subways, to lease the private LTE network to mobile service providers, enabling them to enhance services for customers.
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