Think Femtocell

Femtocells. An inspector calls.

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:38:13 +0100

Self-installation is all the rage now. Broadband internet, TV, cordless phones, computers...... all plug and play . Instead of sending a technician round to your home to install, setup and configure the equipment, its simply delivered to your door or collected from the shop. This has enabled dramatically reduced prices and rapid...

WiMAX femtocells - who's making them?

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:20:56 +0100

WiMAX is quietly ramping up and going into production. According to Infonetics (http://www.infonetics.com/pr/2008/ms08.wom.2q08.nr.asp), over 200 WiMAX networks are commercially live, with another 100 or so in the trial stage. Infrastructure (basestations and the like) are highly competitive, with Alvarion taking the largest market share of 25%. The market for devices is much more...

Your broadband or mine? Should femtocell operators mandate their own broadband?

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 18:34:10 +0100

One of the lessons the femtocell industry might learn from their UMA/WiFi colleagues will be about whether to insist customers take your wireline broadband service with their femtocell. There's a tradeoff here between providing a complete service, one customer care number for all faults and capturing more revenue from the customer, versus putting barriers...

Running your own mobile network using Femtocells

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:55:14 +0100

There's plenty of debate at the moment on the business case for femtocells, mostly around 3G, lots of mobile data and the connected home . An alternative thats quietly getting some attention is based on 2G (or 2.75G) GSM femtocells which capture the high proportion of calls made indoors/at home/in the office,...

Femtocell technology works. But why would you want it?

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:53:09 +0100

Femtocell technology works. Costs are still high, needing mass market adoption to achieve the required price point. The business case for the operator looks good. But the industry is still trying to nail down the compelling reasons for the customer to buy it.