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How The Cleveland Cavaliers And Indiana Pacers Get Fans’ Mobile Devices Charged Up While At The Game

No matter how much capacity a sporting venue’s network has, most–if not all–of the bandwidth will be tapped into. The demand definitely outpaces the supply. In effect, the discrepancy widens, with regards to the collective interdependency of fans’ data upload and the DAS or Wi-Fi traffic.

In spite of the wide-ranging variables pertinent to in-arena mobile reception, sports teams are compelled to supply an answer to this common complaint by fans: where can I charge my cell phone?

David Walke, Chief Executive Officer of goCharge, tells SportTechie that keeping fans’ smartphones charged “is now a basic hospitality offering.