Posted on November 30, 2009 by Andy Tiller
SFR ‘Home 3G’ goes live (website ¦ user guide)
SFR launched its Home 3G femtocell this week. Like the Vodafone Access Gateway, it’s a standalone femtocell offering improved 3G coverage (but, at least initially, no homezone tariffs or femto services).
Some operators have been reluctant to promote an ‘improved coverage’ proposition (which could be interpreted as an [...]
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Posted on November 23, 2009 by Andy Tiller
SFR to launch ‘Home 3G’ femtocell
Adverts for SFR’s Home 3G femtocell have appeared on the Internet. It’s a standalone femtocell that will work with any ISP. The price is free with a 24-month contract, €5 per month for 12-month commitment or €199 to buy the box outright. Like the Vodafone Access Gateway, Home 3G is [...]
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Posted on November 22, 2009 by Andy Tiller
NTT DoCoMo launches MyArea femtocell
Following through on an initial announcement last July, NTT DoCoMo has launched its MyArea HSUPA-capable femtocell in Japan. According to DoCoMo, the femtocell “creates a private FOMA area in the home as a highly stable wireless environment for high-speed packet communication”. Pricing is only $5 per month with no sign-up fee [...]
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Posted on November 7, 2009 by Andy Tiller
The magic of the MicroCell (and WiFi)
Telephony Online’s Kevin Fitchard believes that AT&T’s 3G MicroCell could become “another pillar in AT&T’s dual-network strategy” – WiFi and cellular, that is. AT&T has become increasingly reliant on WiFi to offload mobile data traffic from its 3G network, with iPhones now connecting to WiFi automatically in AT&T hotspots, [...]
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Posted on November 1, 2009 by Andy Tiller
China Unicom launches “3G Inn” femtocell
According to an announcement in Chinese (translation here), China Unicom has launched a commercial 3G femtocell service targeted at “high end” consumers. The so-called “3G Inn” service requires a 2 Mbps residential broadband connection, and is available for a monthly fee. With a mere 140 million subscribers, China Unicom [...]
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