Contrary to popular belief, wired (i.e., balanced copper cabling) and wireless technologies are actually complementary. Wi-Fi technology requires balanced copper cabling to provide remote power using Power-over-Ethernet technology and backhaul data from the switches to the wireless access points. Similarly, digital distributed antenna systems such as ION-E and small cell systems like OneCell, require balanced copper cabling to provide data and remote power from the switches to the remote radio units.
