Telenor Norway, the country’s leading mobile operator has selected Nextivity's Cel-Fi QUATRA In-Building Enterprise Cellular System to improve indoor cellular coverage for its business customers.
Nextivity said Cel-Fi QUATRA will be deployed for Telenor Norway’s middleprise customers by certified installers. Currently there are over 25 Telenor-approved dealers, with plans to add more.
Cel-Fi QUATRA is an active DAS hybrid that solves coverage issues for 3G / 4G / LTE in middleprise venues, such as office buildings, warehouses, and parking structures. It combines the best of active DAS and the Cel-Fi technologies that have been widely adopted by carriers around the world.
This announcement expands on Telenor’s existing partnership with Nextivity. Telenor has been deploying Cel-Fi PRO for buildings under 15,000 square feet (1,400 square meters) since 2015.
Cel-Fi QUATRA operates in off-air mode or can be integrated with carrier small cell equipment and operated in distributed small cell mode, creating a Supercell. Cel-Fi QUATRA is self-configuring and self-optimizing, distributes RF over Ethernet (RFoE), and leverages Power-over-Ethernet (POE) for ease and accuracy of installation by Cel-Fi Certified professionals. The system is monitored and managed using the Cel-Fi WAVE Platform.
Bjorn Lydersen, Head of Mobile Products in the Business Markets, Telenor Norway
Building materials such as concrete, metal siding, and low energy glass can impair cellular signals, so we needed a robust technology solution like Cel-Fi QUATRA that effectively addresses these challenges and provides better indoor coverage for both voice and data, without any risk of interference on our network.
Werner Sievers, CEO of Nextivity
We have seen tremendous success with Cel-Fi QUATRA across a wide variety of implementations ranging from office buildings, warehouses, and parking structures, to hospitals to name a few.
