GEOVERSE, LLC, an Enterprise Mobile Network Operator and
provider of carrier-grade private networks to enterprise and
commercial real estate, and RF CONNECT LLC. - a leading provider of
mobility technology services in commercial, governmental, and
public venues, today announced a partnership between the two
entities to streamline the design, network engineering, and
deployment of communications solutions.
By incorporating the Geoverse solution portfolio with RF
Connect's existing ecosystem of LTE capabilities, the partners are
able to deliver a flexible range of solutions combining commercial
and private LTE. This flexibility will maximize the value of the
CBRS spectrum to our clients as its use cases expand and evolve
going forward.
"The combination of the Geoverse mobile network expertise with
RF Connect's deployment and radio access network experience is a
big win for enterprises looking for a simple one-stop solution to
benefit from private LTE," said Jeff Clark, Chief Innovation
Officer at RF Connect.
It’s been years in the making, but in July 2018 the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC) finally hit the final milestone to
bring shared spectrum to the masses. The shared spectrum is known
as Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS). It has not received as
much attention as 5G, but it’s an important development that will
have a wide impact.
One of the many applications of CBRS is solving is the
in-building cellular challenge. According to the U.S. Census, there
are over 85 billion square feet of floor space across millions of
commercial buildings in the United States. While mobile coverage in
some of these indoor spaces is adequately served by “outside-in”
coverage from outdoor cell towers, lack of seamless mobile coverage
and poor user experience is unfortunately common in many buildings.
This indoor challenge is exacerbated in modern "green" buildings
that are designed and built using strategies aimed at improving
performance. While good for the environment, the building material
used often prevent outdoor cell signals from penetrating inside
buildings.
CBRS is important because it is designed to making Private LTE
wireless networks economically and technically feasible for
enterprises with performance significantly better than Wi-Fi used
today for this purpose. Also, Private LTE offers an
alternative for IoT connectivity at the “long-range level” that is
currently available almost exclusively by wireless carriers and
operators of Low-Power Wide Area Networks.
Wi-Fi is the technology currently used to create private
networks. It is free from rules associated with licensed
applications, and equipment is readily available, inexpensive, and
reasonably easy to deploy. However, it also has significant
disadvantages when compared to LTE wireless networks.
Wi-Fi operates on unlicensed frequencies, along with Bluetooth,
and other low-power communication technologies. Even though each
one has a mechanism designed to keep it from interfering with
others, so many are in operation almost everywhere that
interference is virtually inevitable. Wi-Fi was also never intended
to be used over more than small areas and has no "roaming"
capabilities at its core. When compared to cellular standards,
Wi-Fi is less spectrally efficient and requires several times the
access points to cover a given area as well.
Using CBRS, an enterprise can create a secure private LTE
network to run corporate-level or site-specific applications, using
custom applications on employee mobile devices. CBRS can also be
used to provide in-building coverage for various facilities through
a private network with enhanced security features, global asset
tracking, virtual PBX solutions and much more. In short, CBRS
makes it possible to create an affordable LTE private network
without having to rely on a wireless carrier, at much lower cost,
with far less complexity.
Consumers are shifting to mobile networks that are providing
new, unlimited data bundles. That’s according to mobile network
performance analyst OpenSignal. The testing-firm, which publishes
an annual Wi-Fi-versus-mobile crowdsourced study, says consumers
are taking advantage of unlimited data plans being offered by the
major mobile network operators (MNOs) in the U.S.
"Everything runs in the cloud now. No longer are folks worrying
about generating large bills by streaming content or doing
everything on their smartphones", said James Jacobellis, VP of
Channel Partners at Geoverse.
Meanwhile, with the exception of the most significant and most
heavily frequented properties - where poor coverage can reflect
upon the carrier brands - mobile network operators are no longer in
the position to pay. Wireless connectivity, including 5-bar
cellular coverage and capacity, is becoming an enterprise problem
and CBRS may be the most cost-effective way forward.
“We selected Geoverse as a partner,” said Jeff Clark, “based on
their corporate DNA as a mobile operator, which will be key in
realizing the full value of the CBRS spectrum and the challenging
path to interoperability between private and commercial
networks."
There is no lack of enthusiasm for Private LTE, and the CBRS
Alliance created by Ericsson, Federated Wireless, Intel, Nokia,
Qualcomm, and Ruckus Wireless, now has more than 120 members
including all four major U.S. wireless carriers. In addition to
being the umbrella evangelist for CBRS, the CBRS Alliance has
established a product certification program in the U.S. to
ensure multi-vendor interoperability and compliance with FCC
rules.
Every chip, technology OEM, mobile device and IoT supplier is
now busy developing their ways- to-play with this can’t-miss new
capability. Just like WiFi, the idea of using shared spectrum
with low power access points will become a reality. LTE is no
longer the private playground of large carriers. With the help from
an experienced partner, like Geoverse and RF Connect, building
owners, building mangers and enterprises can now unleash the
high-capacity and lightning-fast indoor mobile service people have
been are waiting for based on the new CBRS shared spectrum.
ABOUT:Geoverse LLC, a subsidiary of ATN International, Inc
(NASDAQ: ATNI), is focused on providing in-building cellular
solutions for the enterprise. Geoverse leverages over 30 years of
cellular experience and international carrier relationships to
design, operate, and maintain state-of-the- art cellular solutions
as a service.
RF Connect: From 4G wireless to in-building first responder
communications, WIFI networks to optical networks, you can rely on
the depth of our RF and networking expertise to deliver the optimal
solutions for your enterprise’s diverse RF and IT environments.
If you would like more information about this topic, please
call: Geoverse:Peter Spouse, SVP of Sales, at +1 (206) 369-5374, or
email peter.spouse@geoverse.io
RF Connect:Jeff Clark, Chief Innovation Officer, at +1 (480)
340-0356, or email jclark@rfconnect.com
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