OVERLAND PARK, Kan.,
May 22, 2019 /PRNewswire/
-- Sprint (NYSE: S) with Airspan is honored to receive the
2019 Small Cell Award for Excellence in Commercial Deployment from
the Small Cell Forum (SCF).
The Small Cell Awards, now in their eleventh year, celebrate the
very best in industry innovation and commercial excellence. The
Excellence in Commercial Deployment award recognizes Sprint for
improving its customers' network experience with the deployment of
nearly 20,000 AirStrand small cells from Airspan.
The AirStrand strand-mount small cell delivers up to 16 times
faster download speeds than before to Sprint customers in targeted
locations. Sprint is rapidly deploying these compact small cells on
existing cable infrastructure, virtually eliminating many of the
zoning and permitting restrictions and delays associated with
traditional small cells.
"Our innovative strand-mount small cell deployment has been
incredibly successful," said Scott
Santi, Senior Vice President of Network Engineering and
Deployment at Sprint. "By installing small cells on existing aerial
cables, we can rapidly increase coverage and capacity to give our
customers an even better data experience on a network that's built
for unlimited."
To follow Sprint's Next-Gen Network build and its road to 5G,
visit http://newsroom.sprint.com/network/.
About Sprint:
Sprint (NYSE: S) is a communications services company
that creates more and better ways to connect its customers to
the things they care about most. Sprint served 54.5 million
connections as of March 31, 2019 and
is widely recognized for developing, engineering and deploying
innovative technologies, including the first wireless 4G service
from a national carrier in the United
States; leading no-contract brands including Virgin Mobile
USA, Boost Mobile, and Assurance
Wireless; instant national and international push-to-talk
capabilities; and a global Tier 1 Internet backbone. Today,
Sprint's legacy of innovation and service continues with an
increased investment to dramatically improve coverage, reliability,
and speed across its nationwide network and commitment to launching
a 5G mobile network in the U.S. You can learn more and visit Sprint
at www.sprint.com or www.facebook.com/sprint and
www.twitter.com/sprint.
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