Femto Conference in Singapore

Use Cases of Small Cells2nd November, 2015 Aya MukaikuboSoftBank Corp.

1

Rural & Remote Area Overview

2

Confidential

2

QuestionWhy Rural & Remote?3

cost-effectiveness?usability?Per BS?

Confidential

3

AnswerCustomers Satisfaction4

cost-effectivenessTotally yes!Not each by each

Confidential

4

5Rural Use Cases Permanent DeploymentTemporary Deployment

Confidential

Confidential

5

Permanent Deployment

6Rural Use Cases Temporary Deployment

Confidential

6

7Permanent Rural Case Studies

SecludedStationMountain TrailSki Resort

Confidential

7

Secluded Station (1)

Rough landscape and rarely visited stations.But popular among railroad fans.

Secluded = Hikyo Station

Confidential

8

9SecludedStation (2) trend of visitorsWeekends & Mondays have higher visitors

Some peaks on holidays: , but no specific seasonal trend Number of visitors

Oct.MayNov.2014Jan.2015

Confidential

9

10Mountain Trail (Japan Alps) (1)

Very rough but popular trailplace, mainly used in summer.Not be able to covered by macro base stations.

Confidential

10

11Mountain Trail(Japan Alps) (2)

Weekends (esp. Saturdays) have higher visitors than the others.Number of visitorsWinter > other seasonsNumber of visitors

Oct.MayNov.2014

Confidential

13

14Ski Resort (2) trend of visitors

Weekends (esp. Sundays) have much higher visitors than the others.Winter >>> other seasonsNumber of visitors

Oct.MayNov.2014

Confidential

14

1515

Thank You

Confidential

15