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Water, gas and electricity are considered the three utilities. At BICSI's fall expo this year, The DAS Forum and its member companies proposed that Distributed Antenna Systems be considered the fourth utility. Wireless connectivity for data and voice applications are an important consideration when ...
DAS In Action: Orlando is a one-day workshop that takes place Oct. 1 at the Peabody Orlando, on the eve of the 2012 Wireless Infrastructure Show. Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS) increasingly are being deployed to help get better wireless coverage and capacity both indoors and outside. Hear from wi...
Attendees at DAS In Action: Orlando will hear from a variety of perspectives on the role of Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS) in the marketplace. The mass adoption of smartphones and tablets with wireless connectivity are pressuring today's wireless networks. As wireless operators work to sati...
TE Connectivity will offer a three-day, intensive RF design training certification course, Indoor Radio Planning, on-site at the Wireless Infrastructure Show. Participants will learn how to design an indoor DAS in a class taught by course textbook author Morten Tolstrup. Registration for this exclus...
The DAS Forum would like to welcome our newest member, SYM Technology, Inc. Steadily growing since 2008, SYM is an innovative solution provider based in Pasadena, Calif., targeting the evolving needs of the advancing DAS industry. SYM thrives on providing creative solutions for a multitude...
DAS in Action: Orlando will feature a tour of the Distributed Antenna System (DAS) deployed at the Amway Center, along with a networking reception at Jernigan's. The Amway Center was recently named “Facility of the Year” and boasts a number of technological advances that set...
The August issue of Campus Technology magazine features an article on how a Distributed Antenna System (DAS) solution can help improve commercial wireless coverage and capacity on higher-education campuses. University and college executives realize that wireless connect...
Smartphones and tablets are changing the way people access the mobile network. Much of the traffic now takes place inside buildings, whether individual homes or large-scale venues like sports stadiums. The DAS and Indoor Wireless track will explore best practices for bringing coverage and capacity i...
Wireless Week posted a great Q&A with Jeff Stoops, CEO and president of SBA Communications. Stoops discusses SBA's purchases of Mobilitie assets and TowerCo earlier this year, as well as increasing data demands, small cells, Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS) and its stake in ExteN...
Motorsports enthusiasts have a reputation for putting the "fan" in fanatic so they likely will be excited to hear that International Speedway Corp. is working with American Tower Corp. and Corning Cable Systems L.L.C. to build out wireless coverage and capacity at 12 of ISC's popular motor...
The United States represents about 19% of the indoor DAS business, with more than 200,000 DAS nodes installed last year, according to Joe Madden, principal analyst at Mobile Experts. The company just released a forecast that estimates global shipments of indoor Distributed Antenna Sy...
PCIA -- The Wireless Infrastructure Association and The DAS Forum filed Ex Parte comments today with the Federal Communications Commission on how to better streamline wireless deployments on federal lands. The complete Ex Parte letter can be found here....
PCIA -- The Wireless Infrastructure Association -- and The DAS Forum are planning a day of education at DAS In Action: Orlando and the Wireless Infrastructure Show 2012 , which is set to take place Oct. 1-4 at the Peabody hotel in Orlando, Fla. A significant component of the educ...
Membership in The DAS Forum continues to grow. A hearty welcome to AJ Telecom Group, Goodman Networks, Green Mountain Communications Inc., Hypower and InnerWireless. These companies all are helping to build out the nation's wireless infrastructure with Distributed Antenna Systems (DA...
The importance of reliable communications will become even more imperative as public-safety personnel use data communications to perform their jobs. Imagine being able to see — in real time — a floor-by-floor map of the building where an emergency has occurred, or watch surveillance video when an al...
Distributed Antenna Systems, small cells and Wi-Fi offload solutions all will contribute to helping with the capacity crunch on wireless networks, attendees were told today at the New York State Wireless Association's annual conference and trade show. Nevertheless, extra spectrum in the wireles...
With all of the talk surrounding small cell technology, Crown Castle and The DAS Forum presented at TIA's Inside the Network show earlier this week in Dallas. Distributed antenna systems (or DAS) technology is a small-cell technology, along with everything from microcells, metrocells, picocells and ...
If you want to understand how to deploy the right technology for your venue, come by the small cell workshop at TIA: Inside the Network 2012 to hear presentations from Bo Piekarski of Crown Castle and myself. Bo will explain the technical differences between the various small-cell technologies, whil...
The Wireless Infrastructure Show 2012 is set to take place Oct. 1-4 at the Peabody hotel in Orlando, Fla. We plan to have a significant component dedicated to in-building wireless systems, as well as a full day dedicated to Distributed Antenna Systems, along with a tour of a DAS facility. The W...