Telenor has been deploying Cel-Fi PRO for buildings under 1,400 square meters since 2015
Telenor Norway has recently selected Nextivity’s Cel-Fi QUATRA In-Building Enterprise Cellular System to improve indoor cellular coverage for its business customers.
Under the terms of the deal, Cel-Fi QUATRA will be deployed for Telenor Norway’s middleprise customers by certified installers.
“Too many businesses lack a strong cellular signal indoors, making this issue a top priority for us,” said Bjørn Lydersen, head of mobile products in the business markets at Telenor Norway. “Building materials such as concrete, metal siding, and low energy glass can impair cellular signals, so we needed a robust technology solution like Cel-Fi QUATRA that effectively addresses these challenges and provides better indoor coverage for both voice and data, without any risk of interference on our network.”
“We have seen tremendous success with Cel-Fi QUATRA across a wide variety of implementations ranging from office buildings, warehouses, and parking structures, to hospitals to name a few,” said Werner Sievers, CEO of Nextivity. “Now, Telenor Norway can offer its middleprise customers a world-class solution to combat the challenges of poor in-building cellular coverage.”
Nextivity noted that Cel-Fi QUATRA is an active DAS hybrid that solves coverage issues for 3G/4G/LTE in middleprise venues, such as office buildings, warehouses, and parking structures.
This announcement expands on Telenor’s existing partnership with Nextivity. Telenor has been deploying Cel-Fi PRO for buildings under 1,400 square meters since 2015.
Nextivity also highlighted that Cel-Fi QUATRA operates in off-air mode or can be integrated with carrier small cell equipment and operated in distributed small cell mode. Cel-Fi QUATRA is self-configuring and self-optimizing, distributes RF over Ethernet (RFoE), and leverages Power-over-Ethernet (POE) for ease and accuracy of installation by Cel-Fi Certified professionals. The system is monitored and managed using the Cel-Fi WAVE Platform.
Nextivity’s Chief Commercial Officer, Stephen Kowal, recently said in a podcast with RCR Wireless News that one of the main drivers of the adoption of in-building cellular coverage was the BYOD concept. “This is one of the top drivers for enterprises. It doesn’t matter if it’s your employees, or your customers coming in. You got to be able to support their devices on their carriers. You can no longer dictate that the company is only supporting one carrier in the building. It’s just not what the customers or employees expect,” Kowal said.
“And then additionally, when you go to this thought around security, even if you had good cellular coverage inside of your main office space, you better be able to cover parking, garages, stairways, and other areas of the campus,” the executive said.
Commenting on the specific vertical markets that are driving growth for Nextivity, the executive said that the company is seeing traction from a number of verticals including healthcare, education, retail and manufacturing.
“Hospitals, over the last couple of years have gone from a nice to have to requiring cellular to power some of the applications used by doctors but also providing environments for the patients and the families who are there.”
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