A major daily newspaper relies on its corporate AT&T subscription to ensure staff are connected while working in its Washington D.C. newsroom. However, reporters and other employees on the AT&T network experienced spotty coverage and dropped calls when using their cellphones inside the eight-story building that spans a city block and houses the newspaper’s 350,000 sq. ft. headquarters.
A multitude of factors — mainly its location in the heart of Washington D.C. and its building materials (concrete and glass) — were blocking AT&T cellular signals inside the building. The passive DAS that was already in place in the office building did not improve the poor AT&T signal indoors.
To resolve the problem, Atlantic Technology Group proposed Cel-Fi.
“It’s a revolutionary technology that’s definitely shaking up the in-building cellular amplification game,” says Keegan Harrington, project lead at Atlantic Technology Group.