The Federal Communications Commission's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau and the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (NATOA) plan to hold a workshop  on Distributed Antenna Solutions and small cells. The workshop takes place from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on May 3 at th...

ExteNet Systems  and the HetNet Forum will facilitate a discussion at HIMSS 2016  on how the consumer eHealth revolution is impacting healthcare organizations. The discussion takes place from 8:30 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. PT in Galileo 1004 at the Sands Convention Center in Las Vegas. In its thir...

Jonathan Adelstein, President and CEO of PCIA – The Wireless Infrastructure Association, issued the following statement after the decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit regarding wireless facility siting and affirming the Federal Communications Commission was within its legal...

The HetNet Forum would like to thank BICSI for the opportunity to speak at the  2016 BICSI Winter Conference and Exhibition  on Feb. 3. Also, thanks to HetNet Forum members Eric Toenjes, Business Development Manager - Mobility,  Graybar ; Richard Paul-Hus, CEO of  Whoop Wireless ...

Kick off 2016 right by joining the HetNet Forum! Become part of a professional organization dedicating to advancing the Heterogeneous Network, or HetNet. As a HetNet Forum member, your company will get a front-row seat to the evolution of the HetNet, including educational and networking opportunitie...

The first day of the HetNet Expo featured a mix of keynote insights from Nokia Network's Don Hewitt, Verizon's Eric Fizgerald Reed, Boingo Wireless' Derek Peterson and consulatant Chetan Sharma. In addition, attendees heard panelists discuss public safety initiatives, new opportunities in densificat...

I am looking forward to discussing In-Building, HetNets and Towers: How do they all fit together" this afternoon with Donny Jackson, the editor of IWCE's Urgent Communications; Steven Berry, president and CEO of the Competitive Carriers Association and Jim Allison, manager of planning for the Capito...

HetNet Expo 2015 is bringing together the people who design the heterogeneous networks, the people who build out the networks, the operators who run the networks and the people who use the networks. This year's event has unmatched experts who will talk about the HetNet, but even better, who can...

The Internet of Things gets a lot of hype, but what exactly does it encompass. Join Moderator Iain Gillott of iGR as he quizzes experts from AT&T , Belden , Cisco  and Ericsson  about their definitions of IoT, the challenges facing the marketplace today and what the Internet of Things ...

Mobile health and tele-medicine initiatives are resulting in massive changes to the healthcare industry, but these efforts can only be as good as the networks they run across. HetNet Expo features a roundtable discussion that will examine the complexities facing the healthcare industry as more hospi...

After a day filled with educational sessions and keynotes, HetNet Expo attendees will head outside to nearby  Pershing Square  Park for networking fun! We've got an area set aside to connect with colleagues and listen to live music from  Acoustic Saints , a group that "reinterprets Cl...

PCIA President and CEO Jonathan Adelstein underscored the need to remove barriers to wireless broadband deployment before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. "When it comes to meeting the growing wireless data demands of Americans and consumers throughout the world, the wir...

  I'm excited to hear Derek Peterson, Ph. D., Chief Technology Officer for Boingo Wireless , explore the impact that the Mobile Mind Shift – the expectation that people can turn to their smartphones for the answer to everything – is having on network deployments. Peterson’s keynote at HetNet Ex...

A new 270-page report from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Public Safety Research Program notes that in-building coverage needs to be supplemented with a combination of small cells deployed indoors as well as Cell on Wheels (COWS). Hear from one of the authors of the study, as well as a Los Angele...

Eric Fitzgerald Reed, Vice President – Entertainment and Tech Policy for Verizon Communications , will explore the intersection of the HetNet and consumers’ increased mobile broadband appetite, particularly wireless data and video consumption at HetNet Expo 2015 . Learn how Verizon is using innovati...

The HetNet Forum and its members Boingo Wireless, Connectivity Wireless and JMA Wireless joined Smart City Networks at the International Association of Venue Manager's 90th annual VenueConnect event in Baltimore. Here is a copy of the presentation in case you missed it.  VenueConnect2015_HetNet...

PCIA CEO Jonathan Adelstein will testify before the U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Communications and Technology at a hearing entitled “Promoting Broadband Infrastructure Investment”next week. The hearing will be held in 2322 Rayburn House Offic...

Chetan Sharma  is probably the only industry strategist who has advised all of the top six global mobile data operators. As a best-selling author and visionary frequently interviewed by Time magazine, New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Business Week , Chetan believes that we are in the mid...

Whoop Wireless  recently joined the HetNet Forum. The company provides mobile and public safety connectivity between devices, people, and buildings. Its mission is to create or improve in-building signal coverage aimed directly at core customers with speed, technology, and a world-class su...

  Welcome new member NB+C to the HetNet Forum. NB+C focuses on site development, engineering and construction technology. The company said it believes in making progress, not excuses. " That differentiates our culture from other wireless site development firms. We’re highly ...