Posted on June 29, 2008 by Andy Tiller
News from the Femtocells Europe 2008 conference in London and the subsequent Femto Forum meeting
The femtocell industry is remarkably friendly. Here’s picoChip’s Rupert Baines (my partner in crime in Working Group 1 at the Femto Forum) with Yoav Volloch and Shlomo Gadot from chip competitor Percello.
Comcast to deploy WiMAX femtocells
Comcast SVP Dave Williams said during [...]
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Posted on June 22, 2008 by Andy Tiller
RadioFrame Slams Kineto Claims
RFN clearly couldn’t stand back and watch Kineto spinning up a victory story in the femtocell standards battle. Some strong language in this Unstrung interview with RFN’s GM EMEA Mark Keenan (who is also a Femto Forum board member). This will make the upcoming Femto Forum gathering even more lively than usual.
Dean [...]
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Posted on June 18, 2008 by Andy Tiller
There is lots of talk and slideware about how femtocells will integrate with other devices in the home, but seeing is believing. So why not drop into our booth at Femtocells Europe 2008 and try ip.access’ 3G Home Routing™ technology. You’ll be able to control a media player with a [...]
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Posted on June 15, 2008 by Andy Tiller
Will SFR be first with femtocells in Europe?
“Sources” said this week that SFR will put femtocells on sale in France before the end the year. One factor driving SFR is Orange’s “Unik” dual-mode FMC service, which offers a similar customer proposition to femtocells albeit with different technology. Another is SFR’s acquisition of Neuf Cegetel, France’s [...]
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Posted on June 12, 2008 by Andy Tiller
Posted on June 8, 2008 by Andy Tiller
Good progress towards femtocell standardisation
The headlines this week give the impression that a new femtocell standard has been agreed. This is something of an overstatement, but there has been a lot of encouraging progress recently in 3GPP and the Femto Forum, and consensus is now building around a framework for the standard.
For example, it has [...]
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Posted on June 2, 2008 by Andy Tiller
ABI predicts boom for femto silicon
A new report from ABI Research forecasts that the femtocell semiconductor market will grow from just under $72 million in 2008 to over $1.8 billion in 2013. But manufacturers will need to be prepared to invest a lot in developing the technology in order to meet demanding price points required [...]
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