Posted on March 29, 2009 by Andy Tiller
Femtocells 5x faster than the macro network
Based on side-by-side testing, Airvana says its HubBubTM femtocell provides EVDO data speeds consistently five times faster than the existing wireless macro network inside homes. The company has carried out statistically meaningful tests of femtocell performance in a variety of environments as part of an operator trial, and will [...]
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Posted on March 25, 2009 by Andy Tiller
The Femtocells Asia 2009 conference opened with a presentation from SoftBank Mobile CTO Junichi Miyakawa, who outlined his vision for new services implemented on the femtocell AP. A series of videos showed Mr Femto, an amiable if somewhat drunken Tokyo apartment dweller, finding himself increasingly dependent on these services for basic daily living. We saw [...]
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Posted on March 23, 2009 by Andy Tiller
Infonetics says femtocells will thrive despite the recession
The latest report from Infonetics Research forecasts sales of femtocell and FMC network equipment will grow at a healthy rate through the economic downturn and then will really take off in 2011, hitting $8 billion in 2013. According to the report’s authors, some operators are seeing the economic [...]
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Posted on March 16, 2009 by Andy Tiller
AT&T includes femtocells in major 3G investment plan
This week AT&T announced plans to invest around $12 billion in its broadband networks (wireless and wired) in 2009. As well as adding 2,100 new cell sites across the US, AT&T also highlighted “customer trials leading toward general availability of AT&T 3G MicroCell offerings, which utilize femtocells and [...]
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Posted on March 8, 2009 by Andy Tiller
Femtocells won’t feature in Verizon’s initial LTE launch
There has been lots of talk about rolling out LTE networks “from the indoors out”. Verizon CTO Dick Lynch said last December that Verizon would introduce LTE femtocells shortly after rolling out its LTE network, but this week Verizon confirmed that femtocells are not part of the LTE [...]
Filed under: Market updates | Tagged: Ericsson, Femto Forum, Femtocell, femtocells, ip.access, LTE, picocell, picocells, Signals Research Group, Softbank, StarHub, Ubiquisys, Verizon, virtial fridge notes | Leave a Comment »
