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Distributed antennae overcome zoning restrictions in Vietnam

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A leading Vietnamese operator has deployed a distributed antenna system to provide mobile services in Ho Chi Minh City...

 

A leading Vietnamese operator has deployed a distributed antenna system to provide mobile services in Ho Chi Minh City. Indochina Telecommunication Technology (ITT) will use the FlexWave Prism provided by TE Connectivity in a newly built suburb of HCMC, Phu My Hung.

Although the area’s outdoor cellular service was poor, zoning restrictions prohibited the operator from deploying a traditional cell tower. The FlexWave Prism system is able to provide mobile coverage and capacity with unobtrusive, pole-mounted remote units.

“We needed a solution that would meet zoning requirements and could be installed quickly and easily,” said Mr Nguyen Bao Long, Vice Director at VMS2. “The new system allowed us to deliver services by extending the signal over fibre from a nearby base station out into the new neighbourhood.”

As deployed in Phu My Hung, the FlexWave Prism system includes 20 remote units. It delivers 1800 and 2100 MHz frequencies to provide service for VMS2 subscribers. The system was quick to install and service was available in the neighbourhood in only one month.

“FlexWave Prism was designed to deliver mobile services in areas where it is too expensive or impractical to use traditional cell towers because of zoning or service demands, and this is a perfect example of such a deployment,” said Chris Jurasek, vice president and general manager, Wireless and Services at TE. “We believe that as the rise of 3G and 4G mobile services demands smaller cells, providers like VMS2 will rely more and more on distributed antenna systems.”

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