Unico Properties LLC, announced that construction will soon begin at U.S. Bancorp Tower in Portland, OR on a cellular enhancement system (DAS) to tenants and visitors of the 42-story class-A office tower. Partnering with Connectivity Wireless, the system will leverage in-building wireless technology designed to bring stronger cellular connectivity and faster data speeds to mobile-device users throughout the 1.2-million-square-foot building.
Connectivity plans to install a neutral-host DAS solution utilizing CommScope’s ERA digital platform using high-power remotes. The system will comprise 32,000 feet of coax, 8,550 feet of fiber and 351 antennas to distribute robust coverage throughout the building.
Connectivity Wireless CEO Paul McGinn said, “Unico Properties recognizes the importance and necessity of providing services and amenities that position their customers for success in today’s wireless world. Their initiative in bringing this system to life is reflective of that ideal and true to its culture of maintaining the highest industry standards.”
“Installing a DAS at Portland’s largest office building provides our building community with enhanced cellular connectivity,” said Keren Eichen, Unico Properties Director of Real Estate. She explained it, “provides our building community with enhanced cellular connectivity, it augments our ‘workplace of the future’ and it bolsters our commitment to delivering U.S. Bancorp Tower as a first-class technology destination.”
With ubiquitous voice and data coverage present throughout all common areas, the parking garage, and hard-to-connect areas like stairwells and elevators, tenants and visitors will have more flexibility in when and where they can perform personal or work-related tasks from their mobile devices, notes Eichen.
According to Darla Braun, vice president of business development for DAS and Small Cells at CommScope, her company’s all-digital ERA distributed antenna system overcomes challenges in power consumption concerns, ever-decreasing “head-end” deployment space and complexity of deployment by using standard IT deployment principles.
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