Who's Big in Small Cells?
Table 1: Public Access Small Cells
| Company | Product Name | Air Interface Support | Power Output | Target Use Case | Commercial Availability |
| Airspan | AirSynergy | WiMAX (802.16d and 802.16e), LTE; TD-LTE planned for Q4 2012; integrated Wi-Fi also planned | 2 Watts | Outdoor, urban and rural | Commercially deployed with WiMax operators; LTE product shipped to customers |
| Airvana | LTE Femtocell | LTE, CDMA2000, UMTS, Wi-Fi | 250 milliwatts | Indoor, enterprise and public spaces | Mid-2013 |
| Alcatel-Lucent | lightRadio* 9363 Metro Cell Indoor V2 | WCDMA, HSPA | 250 milliwatts | Indoor | Commerically deployed |
| lightRadio 9364 Metro Cell Outdoor V2 | WCDMA, HSPA | 250 milliwatts | Outdoor | Commercially deployed | |
| lightRadio 9764 Metro Cell Outdoor W-CDMA 1W | WCDMA, HSPA, Wi-Fi | 1 Watt | Outdoor, urban hotspots | Summer 2012 | |
| lightRadio 9768 Metro Radio Outdoor | LTE | 500 milliwatts | Outdoor, urban hotspots; indoor (stadiums, event centers, subway stations) | Summer 2012 | |
| lightRadio 9764 Metro Cell Outdoor LTE (2x5W) | LTE, Wi-Fi | 10 Watts | Outdoor, urban hotspots or rural | Summer 2012 | |
| lightRadio 9764 Metro Cell Outdoor LTE (2x1W) | LTE, Wi-Fi | 2 Watts | Outdoor, urban hotspots | Summer 2012 | |
| ip.access | nanoGSM BTS | GSM, GPRS, EDGE | 200 milliwatts | Indoor, enterprise | Commercially deployed in more than 60 networks |
| S-class nano3G, S8 | HSPA+, Wi-Fi optional | 20 milliwatts | Indoor, small enterprise | Commercially available now | |
| S-class nano3G, S16 | HSPA+, Wi-Fi optional | 100 milliwatts | Indoor, small enterprise | Q3 2012 | |
| E-class nano3G, E16/24 | HSPA+ | 250 milliwatts | Indoor, medium/large enterprise and public spaces; outdoor version also available | Commercially available now | |
| E-class nano3G, E100 | HSPA+, LTE, Wi-Fi optional | 250 milliwatts | Indoor, medium/large enterprise and public spaces; outdoor version also available | Q1 2013 | |
| R14, rural product | GSM, GPRS, EDGE | Up to 4 Watts | Outdoor, rural | Q2 2012 | |
| Ericsson | Micro RBS (mRBS) | GSM, WCDMA, HSPA, LTE and Wi-Fi | 5 Watts | Outdoor and indoor, high-capacity hotspot areas | Q4 2012 |
| Pico RBS (pRBS) | WCDMA, HSPA, LTE and Wi-Fi��(802.11n Wi-Fi simultaneously with 3GPP) | 1 Watt | Indoor, high-capacity hotspots | Q4 2012 | |
| Huawei | AtomCell | UMTS, HSPA+, LTE, Wi-Fi, CDMA | 4 Watts or 8 Watts | Indoor and outdoor, hotspots | H1 2013 |
| NEC | NEC FPA1624 | Standalone HPSA+ or LTE; integrated HSPA+/WiFi; or integrated HSPA+/LTE | 100 milliwatts -250 milliwatts | Indoor, hotspots | Standalone HSPA+ version commercially available; standalone LTE version available end 2012 |
| NEC FMA1630 | Standalone HPSA+ or LTE; integrated HSPA+/WiFi; or integrated HSPA+/LTE | 1 Watt - 4 Watts | Outdoor hotspots, urban and rural | Standalone HSPA+ version commercially available; standalone LTE version available end 2012 | |
| Nokia Siemens Networks | Flexi Zone | HSPA+, LTE, Wi-Fi | 2 Watts | Indoor and outdoor, hotspots for capacity | Beginning 2013 |
| Flexi Lite | HSPA in 2.1GHz spectrum (initially); other versions for HSPA and LTE will follow | 10 Watts | Indoor and outdoor hotspots for capacity; urban or rural areas for coverage | Q3 2012 | |
| 3G Femto (enterprise) | HSPA in 2.1GHz spectrum | 100 milliwatts | Indoor coverage for enterprises | Commercially available now and deployed in Europe and North America | |
| Powerwave | LTE Picocell | LTE, Wi-Fi | 4 Watts | Outdoor, urban hot spots; indoor (stadiums, event centers, subway stations) | Commercially available now |
| Public Wireless | Monterey UMTS small cell | UMTS, HSPA | 4 Watts | Outdoor, rural and urban | Q3 2012 |
| Laguna CDMA small cell | CDMA 1x/EVDO | 4 Watts | Outdoor, rural and urban | Q3 2012 | |
| Venice multi-RAN small cell | LTE; LTE and UMTS, HSPA | 10 Watts | Outdoor, rural, suburban, urban or dense urban, shared RAN | Q4 2012 for LTE version; Q2 2013 for LTE and UMTS, HSPA version | |
| Ruckus Wireless | SmartCell 8800 | HSPA, HSPA+, LTE and Wi-Fi | 1 Watt - 2 Watts | Outdoor, urban | H2 2012 |
| Ubiquisys | G5 Enterprise | UMTS HSPA, Wi-Fi optional | 100 milliwatts - 250 milliwatts | Indoor, small/medium enterprise and larger buildings | Commercially deployed |
| G7 Indoor Hotspot | UMTS HSPA, LTE optional, Wi-Fi optional | 250 milliwatts | Indoor, public spaces | Commercially deployed | |
| G7+ Smart Cell | UMTS HSPA, LTE optional, Wi-Fi optional | 250 milliwatts | Public hotspot | Q3 2012 | |
| G9 Outdoor Rural | UMTS HSPA | 250 milliwatts - 1 Watt | Rural and remote areas | Commercially deployed | |
| ZTE | ZXSDR metro cell | LTE; HPSA+ and Wi-Fi optional | 2 Watts and 10 Watts | Indoor or outdoor, including rural | Q3 2012 |
| Source: Company information. *lightRadio is the brand for Alcatel-Lucent's small cell portfolio of products, but only the 9760 series will use the vendor's cube technology. | |||||
— Michelle Donegan, European Editor, Light Reading Mobile
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