Sue Monahan presented this deck as part of her interview with Telesamana. It details the work that SCF is committed to for 2018 in order to accelerate densification worldwide.

1. SCF’s 2018 mission
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2. Streamlining deployment becomes urgent
Densification cannot wait for 5G
• Operators must start building networks
now to support smart cities, enterprises,
industrial IoT
• 19% of MNOs would ideally like to start
at-scale small cell deployment within one
year, but only 7% believe that will be
practical because of barriers
• 46% say site issues are a key inhibitor
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Ease of
deployment
65%
Easier
access
to sites
46%
What would trigger small
cell rollout today?*
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3. LATAM – Operator requirements
New mobile networks will require new commercial models, and far
closer cooperation between industries, cities and Internet companies.
• MNOs need to reduce their costs radically, perhaps by sharing
investment and rewards with other stakeholders.
• They need fiber ‘through every wall’.
• They need stronger working relationships with city authorities,
since smart cities are seen as the most effective way of transforming
Latin American society through connectivity.
• And, most of all, they want processes and technologies which will
enable them to deploy new networks far more quickly than ever
before.
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4. To 2022, LATAM small cell deployment will have twice
the CAGR of global (90% versus 46%)
What does the near future look like?
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5. • By 2025, over 566m people in
LATAM will live in cities
• Smart city initiatives – Mexico City,
Bogota, Rio, Santiago etc
• Small cells are cornerstones of all
these deployments
• But the conditions need to be right
for densification and massive
deployment
A key LATAM small cell use case: Smart cities
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6. How will this happen?
Cities
• Streamlined permitting for sites
and equipment
• Simplified access to city
infrastructure assets
• Updated tax and fee structures
Telco industry
• New operating models better suited to cities
• Open platforms which reduce cost and
encourage automation
• Open APIs to facilitate a broad developer
base focused on cities
• Efforts to understand needs of cities and
engage with them
Progress
• Government and city initiatives
to simplify rules – e.g. USA,
France, Japan, Brazil
• IEC common classifications for
small cell equipment
Progress
• City engagement in 5G projects – e.g.
EU 5G PPP, MoNArch
• SCF HetNet architecture and APIs
• Neutral host models evolving
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7. TIA/SCF cooperate on smart city certification
• Ad hoc city agreements not scalable
• TIA and SCF work on smart building/smart
city certification
• Give governments a carrot not a stick to
encourage smart cities – e.g. grants
contingent on compliance
• Blueprint for progressive planning
regulations
• Specifications will be unified but broad-
ranging; cities are not just urban canyons
– industry needs to be responsive to local
requirements
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8. SCF driving smart buildings guidelines
• Smart building applications are driving
more real estate choices
• Connectivity needs for most applications
are well-served with any Internet
connectivity
• Structured cabling should be oriented
towards dominant use case: wireless
• Wireless structured cabling needs are
simpler than LAN cabling, but benefit
from preparation for power, dense
geometric placement, and high
bandwidth
• Improved tenant-independent partnerships
with smart solution providers may offset
costs
Smart
Lighting
Smart
Climate
Smart
Parking
Smart
Security
SmartSafety
Smart
Utilities
Smart
Collaboration
Structured Cabling
LAN
Mobile/cellular
WAN
Cloud SaaS Providers
Typical Tenant
Responsibility
Typical Landlord
Responsibility
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9. SCF Groups addressing deployment barriers
Business TCO per small cell site needs to be ~1/10th of macro
New ownership models need to be established for MNO, end users, property owners,
IT service providers, etc.
Operational
‘Old school’ macro processes too expensive and slow
Real estate not designed with small cells in mind
Small cell backhaul must be cheaper, but same performance
Marketing End users not aware of solutions or don’t know how to get them
Operators worried that low cost process may damage $$ billion brand
Technology Automation (SON) needed to de-skill deployment
New architectures needed to federate Heterogenous networks
Multi-operator support to address some verticals: venue, hospitality etc.
Interoperability New tech is often vendor proprietary, risking fragmentation
Healthy competitive ecosystem requires interoperable standards
Policy Local administration fragmented, complex and macro orientated
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10. SCF Events 2018 – industry collaborations
European Densification Summit
24-26 April, Sophia Antipolis, France
Rural&&&Remote&Summit
July,&Wyoming&USA
GSMA/SCF&densification/smart&cities
10211&May,&Panama
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