Posted on May 25, 2009 by Andy Tiller
Case for LTE femtocells
Femto Forum chairman Simon Saunders laid out the case for LTE femtocells at the LTE World Summit in Berlin. In a nutshell, maximising spectrum re-use they will ensure more users receive peak data rates more of the time, especially inside buildings. “By adopting femtocells operators can roll out a much better performing [...]
Filed under: Market updates | Tagged: AeroMobile, Airtel, Alcatel-Lucent, Femto Forum, Femtocell, femtocells, LTE, Monaco F1 Grand Prix, Motorola, picocell, picocells, picoChip, repeaters, T-Mobile, Telenor | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 19, 2009 by Andy Tiller
From the Tuesday 19 May edition of the Cambridge News (this is not a spoof!).
Filed under: Awards | Tagged: Femtocell, femtocells, ip.access, picocells, Steve Mallinosn | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 19, 2009 by Andy Tiller
The Femto Forum has announced the finalists for the inaugural Femtocell Industry Awards, which recognise outstanding achievement within, and contributions to, the femtocell industry. The winners will be announced at a gala awards dinner on 24th June 2009 at Femtocells World Summit in London.
The 8 award categories recognise successes in areas ranging from technology innovation [...]
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Posted on May 18, 2009 by Andy Tiller
There’s not a huge mount of femtocell news this week, but there is quite a lot of news about WiFi, which is seen by many as the main competitor to femtocells for connecting mobile devices to the internet at home.
It’s official – WiFi doesn’t work!
An Ofcom-commissioned report has revealed numerous problems with WiFi performance in [...]
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Posted on May 11, 2009 by Andy Tiller
Ericsson holds out on 3G femtocells
Ericsson SVP and head of business unit networks Johan Wibergh said this week, “we still don’t understand the business case for 3G femtocells”. Speaking after a Q&A session at Ericsson’s capital market day event, he told Unstrung that WiFi is the answer to the indoor data problem, and that Ericsson [...]
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Posted on May 5, 2009 by Andy Tiller
Femtocells to be part of UQ Communications WiMAX service
UQ Communications is gearing up to launch a commercial mobile WiMAX service in Japan in July. Speaking at the WiMAX Forum Congress Asia event held in Singapore UQ president Takeshi Tanaka said “people are beginning to think that cellular internet is fake…the browser is limited, the content [...]
Filed under: Market updates | Tagged: business case, Cambridge Consultants, D-Link, Femtocell, femtocells, LTE, picoChip, UQ Communications | Leave a Comment »
