Blog | ADRF - Part 2

February 6, 2019

2019 Connectivity Predictions

For the telecommunications industry, 2018 has laid much of the groundwork for 2019. In 2018 we saw the rural connectivity gap close incrementally, public safety professionals become better connected with the expansion of Band 14, and 5G NR set as the new 5G connectivity standard. Here are a few things we believe are on the […]

November 14, 2018

IoT Use Cases Dominate Mobile World Congress Americas

Partnerships will Drive IoT Successes On IotAgenda, our own Greg Najjar discussed some of the key takeaways from Mobile World Congress Americas. In discussing Verizon and AT&T, he highlighted some of the potential requirements for hardware and software partnerships as smart cities are brought to life. It isn’t just major mobile carriers forming value-added partnerships, […]

September 25, 2018

Recapping NEDAS NYC

NEDAS NEW YORK 2018 Earlier this month, the Northeast DAS & Small Cell Association’s (NEDAS) Sixth Annual NYC Summit took place at Convene NYC. Our own Greg Najjar participated in a panel that looked at the business cases for indoor wireless coverage solutions. Participants included Paul Fettuccia, President & General Manager, ANS Advanced Network […]

August 22, 2018

SBC Public Safety Training Event Recap

In early August, ADRF attended and sponsored the Safer Buildings Coalition Safety Training event in Dallas, Texas. The half-day event was led by Alan Perdue, CFO and Executive Director of the Safer Buildings Coalition, and subject matter experts, including Gabe Guevara, Director of Sales from ADRF, Charlie Schulz, Director of In-Building and DAS from Alliance […]

August 8, 2018

The Northeast DAS & Small Cell Association’s 2018 Boston Symposium

The Northeast DAS and Small Cell Boston Symposium took place in mid-July, with our own Dennis Burns presenting on a panel about future-proofing commercial real estate hardware. We’re incredibly grateful to the team at NEDAS for letting us participate! During the panel, Dennis and Jim Whalen, SVP and CTO of Boston Properties, discussed the impact […]

July 3, 2018

Recognizing our System Integrators

Systems Integrators play a critical role in making ADRF successful, taking our hardware and oftentimes, identifying ways to incorporate it into connectivity solutions that we’d never even considered. This might mean coming up with unique ways to disguise hardware, or solving a previously unsolvable connectivity issue. As such, we’re going to start honoring excellence and […]

June 28, 2018

Wireless Week in Vegas

In mid-June, our team attended a number of events in Las Vegas, including DASPedia, NFPA Conference, DAS and Small Cells Congress, and the Safer Buildings Coalition. At each event, we were able to connect with partners and customers, and also discuss the future of our Industry. Here are three trends we saw emerging from the […]

June 7, 2018

In-Building Solutions Supporting CBRS and LAA Bands

‘Making An Effortless Spectrum Shift From Fiber Optics To Total Wireless’ In-building connectivity is often challenging, with issues such as BYOD increasing network costs and coverage requirements. With typical wireless towers able to shoulder a limited number of connections from a location, enterprises and businesses have to make do with what is offered or take […]

March 27, 2018

Recapping IWCE

Earlier this month, we debuted new and enhanced public safety connectivity equipment featured at the International Wireless Communications Expo (IWCE) in Orlando, FL. The technology upgrades included software improvements to our FiReTM product line, a first-of-its-kind public safety product that combines a DAS head end and repeater into one device. ADRF’s own Greg Najjar discussed […]

March 1, 2018

Cable Management Challenges & Best Practices

Cable installations for in-building wireless networks can be cumbersome to install and difficult to maintain. With an increasing consumer and business demand for higher performance, and with a larger number of devices connected to any given network, it’s important that the cabling that forms the backbone of a network is installed correctly and future-proofed. Taking […]