"Street furniture" cell towers prompt questions for Verizon

Published April 24, 2017 This content is archived.

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An article about plans by Verizon to install a new kind of wireless transmitters called “small cells” to provide better coverage in densely populated areas interviews Zhi Sun, assistant professor of electrical engineering.

Sun said existing cell towers just can’t handle the explosive demand, especially in dense areas. "It's like if many people want to talk in the same room," he said. "If everyone talks, no one can hear each other because of the interference."

Read the story here.