Posts Tagged ‘Femtocell’
The secret to axing 3G blackspots: you (ZDNet)
Femtocells – short-range 3G base stations that can be installed in your house to improve 3G coverage – offer great promise overseas. But how to convince Joe Bloggs to help blanket the world in 3G coverage? One company has a new approach that’s well worth considering.
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Femtocells In Depth (Wifinet)
At Ars Technica, I explain femtocells: In a long article at Ars Technica, I explain what makes femtocells tick, and whether they wind up as a good deal or not for consumers. I’ve been skeptical for years about femtocells because they are a tricky value proposition for carriers to explain. “Our network is great, but because it’s not, pay us extra money for this thing that we’ve advertised we can…
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Operators Ready to Open up Femtocells, Says Ubiquisys (PC World)
Japanese operator SoftBank Mobile will use femtocells in a so-called open access mode, which allows all subscribers to make phone calls and surf via the device. Femtocell – SoftBank Mobile – Telecommunications – Business – Wireless
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Softbank Mobile to Offer Free Femtocells to Subscribers (cellular-news)
Femtocell vendor, Ubiquisys has announced that it is supplying Japan’s Softbank Mobile with femtocells access points that the operator plans to provide for free along with free ADSL connections, Click here for more .
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SoftBank punts free ADSL for femtocell folk (The Register)
Interested now? No? Free ADSL and a free femtocell, but you still have to pay for mobile calls: Japanese punters now have a new business model from SoftBank Mobile.…
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Feature: Small is beautiful: put a cell tower in your house (Ars Technica)
Femtocells sound vaguely like a cross between a Feynman diagram and a biology class, but they’re the latest piece of gear that millions of people will soon want in their homes without having missed them before. A femtocell is a small cellular base station designed to provide superior, short-range, indoor cellular coverage in a home or office. The idea behind femtocells is simple: the hardware…
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Will iPhone 4 sales increase Femtocell and Microcell Adoption? (ZDNet)
With over 1.4 million devices sold in the first several days, iPhone 4 is an unqualified success for Apple and AT&T from a pure sales perspective. But will the spotty 3G network coverage require…
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Femtocell Developer Secures Funding (cellular-news)
Tatara Systems, the developer of SIP-based network solutions for femtocells, has secured US$7 million in additional financing. Click here for more .
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Femtocell Industry Award Winners 2010 (3G and 4G Wireless Blog)
Category 1: Residential femtocell access point design and technology innovation Shortlists: * Huawei – Huawei Home Media Centre * Technicolor – TG872 Integrated Femtocell * Ubiquisys – The G3-mini Femtocell from Ubiquisys/SerComm Winner: Huawei – Home Media Centre “The residential market for femtocells is clearly the driver for attaining mass-market volumes, enabling improved coverage, data…
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Huawei’s Android 2.2 entry-level phone spied in China, coming in August (ibuymobile.co.uk)
Froyo may already be out to the masses in one form or another, but it ain’t doing much good with just the one phone semi-officially supporting this Android release, while some other devices are only given a vague release window for the update. Luckily… Related posts: Samsung i5801 makes a cameo, script reads ‘entry-level Android 2.1 device’ China Unicom, Huawei rolling out ’3G Inn’ femtocell…
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Airvana Femto Family Tablet hands-on (SlashGear)
Femtocells: simple home cellular base stations that let you make a call when you’re indoors and you can’t persuade Verizon, AT&T or any of the other carriers to boost their coverage, right? Not if Airvana have their way; the company – who already supply carriers like Sprint with their Airave femto, and who are tipped to be readying a VoIP-capable model for the network – are hoping to turn…
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iPhone 4: Signal problem quick-fix (Electricpig.co.uk)
So Steve Jobs says we’re holding the iPhone 4 wrong and that’s why Apple’s handset is having problems with its signal. But aside from replacing a limb with something more conductive, there are other fixes for the iPhone 4’s signal problem. One solution: a femtocell. Nope, it isn’t a form of contraception, it’s a bit [...] Related posts: iPhone 4 signal problems: are you bothered? Vodafone Access…
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AT&T Blows the Whistle on 3G Data (Mobile Nuthouse)
AT&T has spoken out and stated that their femtocell, the 3G Microcell, “is primarily intended to enhance the voice call quality experience in your home.” The femtocell is made by Cisco for AT&T and it’s fair to say that it is a device perfectly capable of handling 3G data, so it’s not due to a limitation of the femtocell that AT&T are saying this. “While it can carry mobile data traffic, that’s…
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Continuous Computing and picoChip Earn Industry Honours for LTE Femtocell Reference Design (Latest News from Online Car Finance Companies)
Continuous Computing ® , the global provider of integrated platform solutions that address the mobile broadband capacity challenge, and picoChip have won a prestigious Femto Forum Femtocell Industry Award for their joint Long Term Evolution (LTE) Femtocell Reference Design. read more
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Femto Forum announces winners of the Femtocell Industry Awards 2010
London, UK – The Femto Forum, the independent industry and operator association that supports femtocell deployment worldwide, today announced the winners of the Femto Forum Femtocell Industry Awards 2010. The awards recognize outstanding achievement within, and contributions to, the femtocell industry. The awards were presented at a gala dinner at the Femtocells World Summit in London last night.
The winners are:
1. Award Category: Residential femtocell access point design and technology innovation
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Survey Finds Femtocells Appeal to 56% of US Consumers (MobileTechNews)
Survey finds consumers unfamiliar with femtocells but after learning about the femtocell and its benefits 56% found them “appealing” with the driver being improved in-home coverage.
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The Femto Forum announces 2nd femtocell plugfest
Building on the success of the first plugfest the event will focus on femtocell management and is set to take place in Q4 2010
London, UK – The Femto Forum, the independent industry association that supports femtocell deployment worldwide, today announced its second plugfest interoperability testing event which will focus on the Broadband Forum’s femtocell management standard. The event, which is to be held before the end of 2010, will be overseen by testing and compliance consultancy TRaC Telecoms & Radio and is part of an ongoing programme aimed at ensuring the femtocell industry is built on fully open and ef…
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Femto Forum outlines case for mobile data offload using femtocells
New white paper study details how femtocell offload allows operators to cost-effectively manage the rise in mobile data usage while also providing the highest possible quality of service
London, UK – The Femto Forum, the independent industry association that supports femtocell deployment worldwide, today outlined the case for offload using femtocells in a publicly available white paper. The paper outlines how femtocells significantly increase mobile network capacity and efficiency while also lowering operators’ costs and providing an improved user experience for both indoor and outdoor users.
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Femtocell deployments more than double in last nine months
Commercial femtocell deployments continue to accelerate worldwide using a variety of different business models
London, UK (FEMTOCELL WORLD SUMMIT) – According to new research from Informa Telecoms & Media, femtocell technology is continuing to mature with several tier-one operators deploying the technology using a variety of business models. There are currently 16 service commitments, including 13 confirmed commercial launches and several ongoing trials, while completed trials are now progressing into deployment plans for several mobile operators. This contrasts with eight femtocell service commitments and six commercial l…
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Survey Finds Femtocells Appeal to 56% of US Consumers (Latest News from Online Car Finance Companies)
International research firm Parks Associates today announced the results of the most comprehensive survey to date of U.S. consumer attitudes to femtocells, conducted on behalf of the Femto Forum. The survey, U.S. Consumer Attitudes on In-Home Mobile Services and Femtocells , found that more than half of U.S. broadband households with mobile phones are interested in femtocell benefits, and are…
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Survey Finds Femtocells Appeal to 56% of US Consumers (cellular-news)
A survey on U.S. consumer attitudes on femtocells found that more than half of U.S. broadband households with mobile phones are interested in femtocell benefits, and are willing to pay for the devices and associated new services. Click here for more .
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Acme Packet Enhances Multiservice Security Gateway to Accelerate Femtocell and FMC Deployments (Latest News from Online Car Finance Companies)
Acme Packet® (NASDAQ: APKT), the leader in session border control solutions, today announced a series of enhancements to its Net-Net® Security Gateway (SG) to enable service providers to scale their fixed mobile convergence (FMC) services delivered using IP-based consumer and enterprise-based femtocell, picocell and WiFi access points. Acme Packet’s Net-Net SG is a multiservice security gateway…
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Texas Instruments shows off 32-user femtocell at Femtocells World Summit (SlashGear)
I like the idea of a femtocell, but I don’t like the way that mobile carriers have positioned the devices. AT&T is a perfect example. The coverage for my iPhone in my local area is not good. Calls drop, the phone simply won’t ring sometimes, and generally the data speeds are slow. AT&T will sell me a femtocell to shore up the shoddy network by using my WiFi connection at home. I just don’t think…
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TI, Azcom and Nash Demonstrate 32-user Femtocell Platform (cellular-news)
Texas Instruments, in collaboration with Azcom Technology and Nash Technologies has announced the industry’s first live demonstration of a 32-user femtocell system. Click here for more .
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Texas Instruments, Azcom Technology and Nash Technologies present the industry’s first live 32-user femtocell demonstration at Femtocells World Summit (PR News Wire )
LONDON, June 21 /PRNewswire/ — FEMTOCELLS WORLD SUMMIT –Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) in collaboration with Azcom Technology, a leader in providing cellular communications software solutions, and Nash Technologies, a wireless communication system development and support comp
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Putting a value on customer data with reference to offload (Dean Bubley’s Disruptive Wireless)
There continues to be a ferocious discussion about AT&T’s new data plans – and also, as I commented a couple of weeks ago, about the fact that its femtocell traffic counts against a user’s monthly data cap. Broadband Reports gives airtime to AT&T’s rather unconvincing explanation: “3G MicroCell is primarily intended to enhance the voice call quality experience in your home,” AT&T’s Seth Bloom…
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A counterpoint to femtocells – are they really necessary? (Dean Bubley’s Disruptive Wireless)
I’ve just read Andy Abramson’s long and impassioned blog post about the pointlessness of femtos. As he points out, I’m due to meet him for a few drinks later on this afternoon, so I’m sure we’ll drill down a bit more. In part, I agree with him – WiFi is much better for *certain* applications and use cases. However, I’ll make a few comments upfront. Firstly, WiFi can be a royal pain to set up,…
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AT&T Wrongly Thrown Under the Bus for MicroCell Data Use (Hot Hardware)
The news broke on Thursday that any data that flows through AT&T’s MicroCells, which are their versions of femtocells and transmit voice / data over your broadband, counts against AT&T’s new data caps. Everyone was all over this, screaming about another AT&T misdeed. The non-hysterical view of the issue, however, is: so? First off, we are no fans of the fact that AT&T charges $150 so you can buy…
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Vodafone’s femtocell pricing is wrong (The Equity Kicker)
Earlier this year I bought a femtocell from Vodafone, a product/service they have branded Sure Signal. As you may know these devices plug into your broadband router at home and act like a mini-base station improving the mobile reception around your house. Before we installed Vodafone’s Sure Signal reception in our kitchen was poor, and [...]
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AT&T 3G Microcell data use counts toward your wireless allowance (SlashGear)
AT&T’s 3G Microcell is prompting controversy, after it emerged that the carrier will be counting data use through the femtocell towards users’ monthly wireless data allowance, despite being routed via your own broadband connection. Therefore, if you use significant amounts of data when your phone is connected through the femtocell, you could find yourself falling foul of AT&T’s recent data caps…
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