It might look like a street light — because it is — however, it also hosts 4G LTE network radios in the form of what are called small cells. And Los Angeles will be the first city in the world to deploy Philips’ Smartpole Street Lighting.
The company announced the news on Thursday, noting that the integrated cellular technology is created by Ericsson.
The idea is to supplement existing cellular towers with such small cells — similar to femtocells that a consumer might add to their home — in order to provide wider mobile broadband coverage and boost capacity of wireless network providers.
