Wireless telecommunications system

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The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea is seeking to procure and award a concession contract to utilise Royal Borough owned street furniture assets including street lighting as set out in the procurement documents for the deployment of small cell equipment to support the enhancement of localised mobile coverage within the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and to enable the future delivery of commercial services associated with future smart city machine to machine connectivity and initiatives. The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea is seeking to procure and award a concession contract to utilise Royal Borough owned street furniture assets including street lighting for the deployment of small cell equipment to support the enhancement of localised mobile coverage within the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and to enable the future delivery of commercial services associated with future smart city machine to machine connectivity and initiatives. Through access to council owned assets, the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea is looking to enhance mobile coverage within the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea with a particular focus on the delivery of small cell infrastructure. Due to the growth of mobile data usage the development of small cell technology is considered a key component to supplement mobile broadband and wireless services in the coming years. The roll out of small cell technology is also considered as a key element in the next stage of digital infrastructure development by addressing localised coverage and capacity issues and is expected to complement other key elements of the Mobile Network Operators (MNO’s) existing and future network infrastructure. Beyond small cell and the Mobile Network Operators (MNO’s) it is also envisaged that small cell technology will potentially play a key role in enabling “Smart /Future City” initiatives which will benefit both the public and private sectors.