Femtocells Continue to Make Headway

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1. “ Femtocells, unlike outdoor base stations, will be deployed in high volumes and installed by the subscriber, so the provisioning and configuration must be completely automated and managed remotely by the mobile operator. ”

2. “ We've always said the technology is going to be ready for 3G femtocells at the end of 2008 or early 2009. Everything we see still supports this view. ”

   By Simon Saunders

Entities Mentioned

• Vodafone
• Samsung
• Simon Saunders
• Femto Forum
• IDG
• China Telecom
• Cisco Systems

1. The members of the Femto Forum have agreed on a standard for management of femtocells, yet another step toward a commercial roll-out of the small base ... (Read Full Article)

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