Posted on January 25, 2009 by Andy Tiller
Verizon launches “Wireless Network Extender” femtocell
(Website ¦ FAQ ¦ User manual)
As predicted by Engadget, Verizon has begun selling its femtocell in stores and online. It uses the same system as Sprint’s AIRAVE, based on the Samsung UbiCell. Here are the highlights:
Voice and CDMA 1X data only (no EV-DO)
Up to [...]
Filed under: Market updates | Tagged: Airvana, Femto Forum, Femtocell, femtocells, FemtoZone @ MWC, GSMA, Huawei, iF Desith Award, ip.access, Kineto, NEC, picoChip, Ubiquisys, Verizon, Wireless Network Extender | Leave a Comment »
Posted on January 18, 2009 by Andy Tiller
Ubiquisys and Percello announce partnership
Ubiquisys and Percello have announced that they will be integrating Percello’s PRC6000 chip into Ubiquisys’ ZoneGate femtocell. As an investor in both companies, T-Venture might have had a hand in the matchmaking.
So is Ubiquisys ditching picoChip in favour of Percello? Well, not exactly. According to Ubi’s founder and CTO Will Franks, [...]
Filed under: Market updates | Tagged: ABI Research, Airave, Airvana, ARCchart, AT&T, CTIA, Femtocell, femtocells, Global Wireless Technologies, Gogo, Ikanos, in-flight GSM, In-Stat, Infonetics, Nortel, Percello, picocell, picocells, picoChip, T-Venture, The Guardian, Ubiquisys, Will Franks | Leave a Comment »
Posted on January 11, 2009 by Andy Tiller
AT&T recruiting for femtocell consumer trials
It’s reported that AT&T is contacting some of its customers asking if they’d like to test femtocells. Ars Technica quotes a survey it received from a reader who was contacted: “AT&T’s new product is a small, security-enabled cellular base station that easily connects to your home DSL or Cable Internet, [...]
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Posted on January 6, 2009 by Andy Tiller
Operators looking to improve the 3G user experience in business premises have an apparent choice between using 3G picocells or alternatively adapting consumer-style femtocells to serve the enterprise. Which option is better?
ip.access has produced a new white paper analysing the issues surrounding enterprise 3G, including user experience, cost and operational management.
The paper concludes that femtocells [...]
Filed under: Enterprise, Femtocell issues, ip.access, picocells | Tagged: Femtocell, femtocells, ip.access, picocell, picocells, superfemtocell, superfemtocells | Leave a Comment »
