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Small Cells Reality Check (Hosted by Infonetics)

  • September 17, 2013

Bruno Giguère

Senior Product Line Manager, EXFO

Bruno Giguère was nominated to EXFO’s CTO Office in 2006. As Sr. Advisor, he is instrumental in analyzing market dynamics and implementing corresponding technical strategies for the Transport and Service Assurance Division. He is EXFO’s representative to many standard organizations including the Metro Ethernet Forum, the International Telecommunication Union and the Broadband Forum. Mr. Giguère is also the Canadian National Study Group Chairman for ITU-T Study Group 12 and the current Editor of ITU-T  Y.1564 and MEF 48. Mr. Giguère holds a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the École de technologie supérieure in Montréal, Canada.

Carrier Ethernet networks, fronthaul, backhaul (OBSAI, CPRI, GigE), private/utility

The small cell market has been emerging for a number of years, but now mobile broadband is shifting the game to capacity upgrades. Infonetics research indicates the market should hit 3 million units by 2016. This webinar explores the small cell opportunity and covers major impediments, pragmatic considerations and deployment issues. Future market trends are also examined.