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When using mid-band or low band spectrum,
which enables them to lower the cost as they
don’t have to deploy as many cells to cover
the same area, the cost per bit goes up as
the bandwidth of the radios is significantly
less. The key will be an optimisation equation
driving high frequency in more dense areas
and lower frequency in less dense areas.
Which bands are owned and deployed by an
operator will dictate the areas of coverage,
reach and speed. What we will end up with
is ‘coverage kings,’ ‘capacity kings’ and
‘fixed wireless’. Coverage kings will use their
spectrum and chosen technology to cover a
large geographic area; for example, in Saudi
Arabia where vast parts of the country are
sparsely populated.
Capacity kings will focus on cities like Cairo,
Riyadh, New York, Paris and London, and
other densely populated areas relying
on technologies such as small cells, to
deliver speed and low latency services to
consumers, businesses and connected
devices. Fixed wireless will focus on
Femi Oshiga, VP Sales, Service Providers,
MEA, CommScope
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