Summary Bullets:
• Vendors unveiled a variety of new small-cell base station products at Mobile World Congress (MWC), meeting demand for 5G network densification and indoor penetration.
• Some new small cells address specific trends such as neutral-host networks and improved uplink performance needed for video streaming and artificial intelligence (AI) use cases.
Multiple mobile network equipment vendors announced new small-cell base station products at the MWC event in Barcelona (Spain) this month, including major RAN vendors and lesser-known names and spanning indoor and outdoor products of various architectures. Some of these addressed specific trends such as neutral-host networks and improved uplink performance needed for video streaming and artificial intelligence (AI) use cases.
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