Network convergence is driving enterprise DAS innovation
Distributed antenna service providers for years have worked to provide cellular coverage in major venues including airports, convention centers and stadiums. And, as the pool of marquee venues carriers want to spend money on becomes smaller, the market has begun to pivot with a new focus on smaller enterprise venues like hospitals, class A real estate, college campuses and similar facilities.
Zinwave CEO Scott Willis said, “We are very reliant on the operators. When you really take a look at, over the last few years, that model has shifted. When you think about [internet of things]conceptually, the drivers for that are ubiquitous connectivity … multicarrier, multi-environment. When the operators begin to look at the economics associated with trying to build out all that in-building demands that’s out there, it’s not sustainable. That pivot has now shifted over into the enterprise.”
“When you look at the opportunity with IoT and you really think about how do you unleash that opportunity, and how do you realized ultimately what IoT is going to offer not only businesses, but ultimately efficiencies and how our economies are going to grow, the connectivity layer is an important layer,” Willis added. “It’s a critical layer.”
Watch Willis discuss this topic in more detail at the Enterprise IoT Summit in an interview with RCR Wireless News Editor Martha DeGrasse. Read more…