The edge represents a huge market opportunity. Tier 1 venues, the middleprise and outdoor urban are all in play. But they all have unique cycles and market drivers - so where are we placing our bets? What problems need to be solved and who plays a role in solving them?
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Edge Densification means increasing the throughput per square meter. Today this means deploying any number of technologies based on the venue, carrier involvement, and business model requirements. So how do you determine the best solution for the application and how is this going to become repeatable and easier?
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It’s universally agreed that the “edge” has consisted of large and highly visible outdoor and indoor public venues, solved by direct capital investment by willing carriers. However, the carrier has reached a level capex exhaustion that is requiring the ecosystem to rethink the edge densification business. Is this indirect model forcing the entire ecosystem to establish new roles and business initiatives of their own?
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Mike Collado, Vice President of Marketing for SOLiD tells TIA NOW how the middleprise represents the line of demarcation where wireless operators will no longer fund in- building systems. Collado says this change in the industry means a clear shift for SOLiD’s market focus, moving towards the middleprise and investing in outdoor DAS and transport technologies, bringing connectivity closer to the handset through edge densification.
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The emerging middle-enterprise space is not a high profile market, but requires in-building connectivity and public safety infrastructure just as much as large venues. Mike Collado, Vice President of Marketing for SOLiD Technologies, tells TIA NOW what a middleprise customer looks like and why industry should be focusing on this burgeoning market.
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SOLiD's President, Seth Buechley, talks to TIA NOW's Abe Nejad about the biggest hurdles to the deployment of in-building public safety systems including liability protection, cost to maintain systems and standards.
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James Teele of Harris Corporation talks to TIA NOW's Abe Nejad at the 2013 APCO conference about funding challenges for in-building services vis-a-vis the public safety network.
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Robert LeGrande, former CTO of the District of Columbia and founder of the Digital Decision, highlights the importance of public and private partnerships for the success of the public safety network.
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Jonathan Adelstein, CEO of PCIA, tells TIA NOW's Abe Nejad about what needs to be done to speed up the deployment of public safety systems.