In-building wireless coverage is more
important now than ever. In fact, 87 percent of facilities managers and
architects consider coverage inside of buildings to be “imperative,”
according to a recent study conducted by Coleman Parkes Research and
CommScope.
Another study, CommScope noted, was conducted by Nemertes Research and the Small Cell Forum. It
found that 94 percent of enterprise IT executives believe in-building
mobile performance impacts their business. Currently about 80 percent of
wireless usage is indoors, but RAN infrastructure is outdoors,
CommScope reported.
The Nemertes study found that growing
business dependence on mobile connectivity was emphasized when 94
percent of respondents said that the quality of in-building cellular
coverage had an impact on their business performance – on a scale of one
to ten, some 42 percent gave it a rating between eight to ten in terms
of seriousness, with the healthcare sector notably prominent in these
scores. Continue Reading
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