Sprint also working with Altice to use cable plant for small cell deployments
As Sprint continues efforts to use small cell deployments to densify its network, the role of partnering with cable companies was again highlighted this week as the carrier announced it would work with Cox to use the MSOs cable plant to add small cells to its mobile network. Sprint is also working with cable provider Altice in a similar arrangement.
The results of a settlement related to patent litigation, Sprint will use the Cox broadband network “to accelerate the densification of the Sprint network while simultaneously increasing efficiency of its macro backhaul and small cell deployment,” according to a statement from the carrier.
