Posted on December 7, 2009 by Andy Tiller
Experiments in femtocell marketing
Following SFR’s entertaining promotional video for its new Home 3G femtocell, it’s interesting to see quite a few blogs and articles this week relating to the question of how femtocells should be marketed to consumers.
RCR Wireless recommends that femtocells should be featured in those junk-mail Christmas catalogues which “make a blanket with [...]
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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 [...]
Filed under: Market updates | Tagged: Alcatel-Lucent, AT&T 3G Microcell, Gemtek, NEC, SFR Home 3G, Ubiquisys, Vodafone Access Gateway | Leave a Comment »
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 October 26, 2009 by Andy Tiller
FCC’s net neutrality rules could help femtocells
On Thursday the FCC approved six rules for wired and wireless broadband Internet connections, but left the details of the rules open to public debate for the next 60 days. One of the rules states that “subject to reasonable network management, a provider of broadband Internet access service must [...]
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Posted on October 19, 2009 by Andy Tiller
Mobilkom Austria gives mixed messages on femtocells
Mobilkom has announced that it wants to deploy femtocells commercially in Austria next year (and possibly in other European mobile subsidiaries of parent company Telekom Austria). However, the company’s top management provides little encouragement for vendors to respond enthusiastically to its RFP. Mobilkom CTO Johann Pichler told Unstrung he [...]
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Posted on October 10, 2009 by Andy Tiller
AT&T expands 3G MicroCell availability
According to AT&T’s website, the 3G MicroCell is now available in Atlanta (29 stores) and Columbia (3 stores). This follows last week’s launch in Raleigh (11 stores) and the original market of Charlotte NC (19 stores), making 62 stores in total. One delighted customer commented, “Holy crap – AT&T 3g Microcell [...]
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Posted on October 5, 2009 by Andy Tiller
Engadget reviews AT&T’s 3G Microcell
AT&T expanded the rollout of its 3G Microcell to Raleigh in North Carolina this week, enabling Engadget to get their hands on one for testing. “Without getting all long-winded on you,” they conclude, “the long and short of it is this: yeah, it really does work.” Here are some of the [...]
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Posted on September 21, 2009 by Andy Tiller
The AT&T 3G Microcell website is now live.
Engadget reports pricing details here:
“AT&T’s going to charge $19.99 a month for unlimited use unless you’ve got internet or landline (ironic) service with them, in which case you’ll pay $9.99. If you’ve got both internet and landline accounts, it’s free.”
Engadget also likes the [...]
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Posted on July 26, 2009 by Andy Tiller
More experiences with the Vodafone Access Gateway
Here are some observations after my first few days with Vodafone’s new femtocell:
Call quality and data speeds are good.
Hand-out from the femtocell to the macro network works fine, even when driving away.
Hand-in doesn’t work. However, my calls don’t drop when entering the femtozone and walking right up to [...]
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Posted on July 19, 2009 by Andy Tiller
Vodafone Access Gateway reviews
The Vodafone Access Gateway made it to the Sunday Times gadget of the week, but Paul Rasmussen at Fierce Wireless believes that Vodafone is “adopting a very quiet marketing strategy to its femtocell deployment”.
Andrew Grill says “the experience of ordering and setting up the femtocell was not perfect”, and he had to [...]
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