How License Exempt Spectrum fits into the Small Cell Forum HetNet agenda

We continue to drive market understanding and growth

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Driving standards Removing barriers Promoting solutions

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More than 11 million small cells deployed worldwide

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We continue to see growth in every category

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We have turned a corner, and small cells growth is ramping

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Industry is moving towards an integrated HetNet

• C-RAN, DAS, and all flavors of Wi-Fi, all part an industry-wide transition

• Macro becoming smarter

Our SCF work continues to grow in

the area of integrated HetNet

We have provided understanding on how unlicensed may have a role together with licensed in the future of the integrated HetNet

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Already over 2k downloads on 5.1

documents

Our next challenge is understanding how to scale in an integrated HetNet

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Driving the wide-scale adoption of small cells and accelerating the delivery of integrated HetNets

Major HetNet release