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 [...]
Filed under: Market updates | Tagged: 3G MicroCell, Airvana, Arcadyan, AT&T, Far EasTone, Femto Forum, Femtocell, femtocells, Intrinsyc, ip.access, picoChip, RadioFrame, samsung, SFR, Ubiquisys | 2 Comments »
Posted on April 13, 2009 by Andy Tiller
Femtocell standard published
The Femto Forum, 3GPP and the Broadband Forum have announced that the world’s first femtocell standard has been officially published by 3GPP. The new Iu-h standard covers network architecture, radio and interference aspects, provisioning and security, and forms part of 3GPP’s Release 8 specification. Femtocell management and provisioning are standardised via extensions to [...]
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Posted on February 14, 2009 by Andy Tiller
Femto Forum study finds positive femto business cases – lots of them!
We’ve seen a lot of negative opinion bandied about on the subject of the femtocell business case, and a number of partial reposts. But a new study from Signals Research Group, commissioned by the Femto Forum, aims to put the issue to bed once [...]
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Posted on April 19, 2008 by Andy Tiller
Why do we need 4G femtocells?
This week’s LTE patent agreement amongst some of the major infrastructure suppliers has sparked some interest in 4G femtocells. LTE promises data rates of up to 120 Mbps per base station sector, shared between all users. In principle, LTE-enabled femtocells could offer the full speed to a single [...]
Filed under: Market updates | Tagged: 4G, Add new tag, backhaul, Femtocell, femtocells, FMC, HSL, ip.access, LTE, NTT DoCoMo, samsung, Skyworks, T-Mobile, UMA, Vodafone | Leave a Comment »
Posted on January 12, 2008 by Andy Tiller
North American CDMA carriers to launch commercial femtocells in 2008
Tom Jasny, Samsung VP of wireless and broadband networks, was bullish about femtocell prospects in comments made at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week. He says Samsung has completed trials with several North American CDMA operators, and expects nationwide rollouts within the [...]
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Posted on January 5, 2008 by Andy Tiller
Femtocells featured prominently in the analysts’ of end-of-year reviews and hot technology predictions for 2008. Aside from this, a new Nokia survey provides great validation of our assertion that consumers want mobile data services on their phones at home (despite the presence of the PC and TV), and there are the first signs of [...]
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Posted on December 7, 2007 by Andy Tiller
I saw this Samsung display cabinet in the airport in Dallas when I was over there for the Avren Femtocell conference. It contains Sprint’s Airave femtocell (alias Samsung’s UbiCell).
Interestingly, the Airave is not yet available in Dallas (only in Denver, Indianapolis & Nashville, I believe).
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