Mobile phone manufacturer Nokia and Artemis network are set to collaborate starting next year for a trial on the pCell wireless technology created by the latter.
A memorandum of understanding or MoU has just been signed by Rearden LLC and Nokia Networks to perform tests of the Artemis pCell wireless technology. The companies are set to try the technology starting 2016 in high density places like stadiums, according to iTWire.
The main objective of the run-throughs that will be conducted is to prove that the pCell technology can actually work in real-life setting and not just the lab. If successful, this wireless tool is said to surpass the current capacity of 4G LTE fifty times over, as reported by Re/code. The tool is also expected to work well with current Android and Apple gadgets and the same wireless spectrum.
In normal situations, congestion often leads to the slowing down of Internet connection. However, with Artemis networks -- a wireless tech company founded by Steve Perlman -- interference is used as an advantage by helping deliver data to other gadgets.
Perlman assured that the mobile phones will work like they contain cable modem connection whether they are in a low density area or in a crowd.
Hossein Moiin, executive vice-president and chief technology officer of Nokia Networks, said in an interview that he was able to see the performance of the pCell technology in a lab setting. His company is anxious to find out whether the wireless tool would work in a normal environment.
Moiin added that in order to find out if pCell technology is what its creator says it is, there is no perfect way to prove it than get it outside the lab. "Once we do that, we'll know the answer," he said.
The Finnish mobile company is planning to start the test in March 2016 in the U.S. It is keeping an open eye about the pCell technology and even if it fails, the company said it is certainly worth the try.
