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M’aidez, M’aidez! 80-Page White Paper on the Port Bow!
Femtocells Asia Trip Report: Four themes from the Four Seasons
Femtocells and 4G: Sorting Out The Different Views
Technology Meets Culture: DoCoMo’s Femto Zone Applications
Fixed and Mobile or Fixed or Mobile?
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The Network Load Multiplier: Not All Bits are Created Equal
Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (Oct 16 2009)
On Wednesday Airvana announced the results of a study showing that smartphone traffic has an impact on mobile broadband network resources, well out of proportion to the actual amount of data they send. (Read Full Article)
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Verizon Boasts Femtozone-Like Service
Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (Sep 3 2009)
The Wall Street Journal recently reported that Verizon Communications plans to release a program that will allow smart phones to control television sets, just like a TV remote control. The capability is seen as a competitive advantage for Verizon's FiOS broadband service, but it requires
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It’s Coverage AND Services…just ask NTT DoCoMo
Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (Aug 11 2009)
Yesterday’s post discussed the importance that NTT DoCoMo is placing on coverage, going so far as to ask customers to actively report coverage holes. Last month, it was widely reported that NTT DoCoMo had announced new femtozone services. As a follow-up to this announcement, NTT DoCoMo’s femtocell made its debut on July 22nd at Wireless Japan 2009.
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Comment on Article Mentions: NTT DOCOMO SoftBank Mobile
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Coverage Is Still King
Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (Aug 10 2009)
In Japan last week, I saw NTT DoCoMo running a new aggressive TV ad campaign asking customers to call in and report coverage holes in their network. And to top it off, NTT DoCoMo is agreeing to fix the coverage holes within 48 hours! Today, DoCoMo is using non-femto techniques, but you have to wonder when femtocells will start to become the preferred solution
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Comment on Article Mentions: T-Mobile Heavy Reading Gabriel Brown
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The VAG on Oxford Street
Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (Jul 31 2009) 4G
Oxford Street in London—Europe’s busiest shopping street—is always a great place to witness a new product launch. I was there in 2004 when Vodafone launched the 3G data card, in 2005 when T-mobile launched Web ‘n’ Walk (a critical step forward at getting full HMTL browsing
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Comment on Article Mentions: T-Mobile Vodafone
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Fixed and Mobile or Fixed or Mobile?
Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (Jul 23 2009)
The steady rise in popularity of mobile broadband services has led to discussions on whether mobile broadband is a complement or a substitute for fixed broadband. Put another way, are people purchasing mobile broadband services with the intention of discontinuing fixed?
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Comment on Article Mentions: David Nowicki
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Technology Meets Culture: DoCoMo’s Femto Zone Applications
Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (Jul 16 2009) Applications , Asia-Pacific , Operators
This week NTT DoCoMo announced a femto zone service in which parents are notified via text message when their children arrive home. This has long been a classic femtocell service example, however DoCoMo's announcement goes a step further (Read Full Article)
Comment on Article Mentions: David Nowicki NTT DOCOMO SoftBank Mobile
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Bringing the Boyle out of the Femto
Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (Jul 1 2009)
Avren Events’ Femtocells World Summit started off with a bang, not once, not twice, but three days in a row. The three most memorable presentations--in my view--occurred as the opening keynote of each day. What made them special was
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Comment on Article Mentions: T-Mobile Sprint Lee McDougall
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Femtocells and 4G: Sorting Out The Different Views
Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (May 28 2009) 4G
The industry is getting its arms around the role of femtocells and 4G for one another. At the LTE World Summit, Simon Saunders of the Femto Forum spoke on the benefit femtocells can bring to the rollout of 4G networks. On the other hand, people point out that 4G is still years away from (Read Full Article)
Comment on Article Mentions: Dean Bubley Josh Adelson Simon Saunders
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M’aidez, M’aidez! 80-Page White Paper on the Port Bow!
Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (May 1 2009)
We have commented recently on the Femto Forum Business Case model and white paper. Since the publication of the full version of the white paper a few weeks ago, some astute observers have obviously been giving the paper a careful read, raising issues, and (Read Full Article)
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Report from CTIA
Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (Apr 8 2009) Americas , Femto Events , Femtocell Specialists , Network Equipment Vendors
CTIA took place in Las Vegas last week. It is North America’s largest wireless event. Unlike MWC, CTIA attracts a considerable contingent of CDMA vendors and operators.
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Comment on Article Mentions: Josh Adelson Cellcom Starent
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Femtocells Asia Trip Report: Four themes from the Four Seasons
Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (Mar 28 2009) Asia-Pacific
Avren Femtocells Asia took place earlier this week on 23-24 March at the glamorous Four Seasons Hotel at Chinzan-so in Tokyo, Japan. As usual, Avren Events did a great job lining up an impressive list of operator speakers from around the world. (Read Full Article)
Comment on Article Mentions: Signals Research Group Andy Tiller Avren Events
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The Indoor Frontier
Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (Mar 20 2009) Asia-Pacific
As I head off to the Femtocells Asia conference in Tokyo, I am reminded just how far we have come in the evolution of mobile broadband and also by how far we have still to go. Ten years ago in the late 90’s I was using (Read Full Article)
Comment on Article Mentions: NTT DOCOMO Airvana SoftBank Mobile
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Trip Report: Femtocells USA
Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (Dec 9 2008) Americas
After a year of femtocell conferences being held almost monthly, and amid a global economic downturn, it was hard to believe there was still something original to be said on the topic--but Femtocells USA did not disappoint.On day one, providing a framework for the overall conference,
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