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Technology Meets Culture: DoCoMo’s Femto Zone Applications
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Femtocells Come To CES
Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (Jan 7 2010) Americas , Femto Events
Game systems, HDTVs, digital cameras, e-books… make room for the newest consumer product category: femtocells! The FemtoZone at CES will be a booth dedicated entirely to femtocells. The FemtoZone is run by the
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Femto Hub Poll: How Many Femtocells in 2010?
Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (Jan 4 2010) Standards , Market Research
ABI Research predicts that operators will ship 3.8 million femtocells in 2010. That comes to 475,000 for each of the 8 commercial launches, on average, not counting any new operator launches. What do you think of these numbers? Tell us in our Femto Hub poll of the week, and see how others resp
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Confession is good for the Cell
Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (Dec 17 2009)
We’ve become accustomed to hearing consumers bash mobile phone companies for their coverage problems. More recently, we see mobile operators bashing each other, most notably in the merciless (Read Full Article)
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Poll of the Week: Where Will The Next Commercial Launch Be?
Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (Dec 8 2009) Standards , Operators
France's SFR was the latest operator to launch a commercial femtocell. In what region do you predict the next launch will be? Tell us in our Femto Hub poll of the week, and see how others responded.
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Dramatic Headlines Up 45% in 2009
Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (Nov 13 2009)
This morning I opened my browser to see the headline “2009 Femtocell Shipment Numbers Cut by 55%” from ABI Research. If the purpose of a headline is to get you to read the article, this one worked. ABI is one of the market research firms that most closely follow the femtocell market. A care
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Femto Hub Poll of the Week: Mobile Voice at the Office
Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (Nov 9 2009) Standards
For the last two polls we've asked about your mobile experience at home. This week we look at the office. How good is your mobile voice experience at work? Tell us in our Femto Hub poll of the week, and see how others responded.
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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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Cisco to Buy Starent: It’s All About Femtocells
Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (Oct 14 2009)
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Tuesday, networking giant Cisco Systems announced they will acquire mobile infrastructure vendor Starent Networks for $2.9 billion in cash. Starent makes networking devices that sit between mobile radio access networks (RANs) and mobile operator’s core networks. These devices
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IEEE Communications Magazine Special Issue on Femtocells
Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (Sep 21 2009) Standards
The September 2009 issue of the IEEE Communications Magazine is a Special Issue devoted entirely to femtocells. That these tiny devices would command a full issue of such a bellwether publication is testament of the attention that femtocells have been receiving in the last couple o
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Introducing Femto Hub Reader Polls
Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (Sep 16 2009)
The Femto Hub has built a considerable audience from throughout the femtocell industry and beyond. We want to take advantage of that by hearing your opinions, so we are introducing a weekly reader poll. Our first poll simply asks who you are, or more specifically what is your role or interest wi
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Can Femtocells and Fixed Broadband Play Nicely?
Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (Sep 14 2009)
The massive penetration of fixed broadband service that has taken place over the past decade is a key enabler for femtocells. However, the fixed broadband link is also frequently cited as an obstacle. Against this backdrop, it's notable that Genesis Technical Systems (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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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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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)
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Popular Reactions to Vodafone’s Femtocell Launch
Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (Jul 9 2009)
Vodafone’s very public femtocell launch, and the response to it, provides a new lens on how femtocells will be perceived by ordinary consumers. Here are some common threads in what has been said
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Parsing The Need for Speed
Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (Jun 18 2009)
As mobile broadband becomes more popular, people are asking the natural question, just how “broad” is it? Informa reported on the results of a study that gave a sobering answer: not very fast.
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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)
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Femtocell Applications Live: The Hottest Ticket in Town
Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (May 14 2009) Applications , Femto Events
Over the past two years, femtocell vendors have been quietly but steadily building up their product demonstrations. Now, the Femto Forum and Avren Events are raising the bar by scheduling Femtocell Applications Live (Read Full Article)
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The Invisible Femtocell?
Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (May 7 2009)
Think Femtocell has established itself as a great resource for femtocell industry news and insights. David Chambers has a knack for exploring problems and issues before the industry has begun talking about them. This week's post is a good example
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A Tale of Two White Papers
Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (Apr 24 2009)
The Femto Forum Business Case White Paper, and Airvana's white paper Advantages of Femtocells for Mobile Broadband Data Services, published by Airvana, both examine indoor data performance, using entirely different approaches, but arrive at essentially the same conclusion
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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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Femto Hub Survey Results: Your View of the Industry Includes a Few Surprises
Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (Apr 2 2009) Market Research
We asked you, our readers, to weigh in on where the femtocell community is heading. You delivered, with responses from vendors, operators, members of the media, (Read Full Article)
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Macro Towers To Adopt Femto Designs
Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (Apr 1 2009)
It has been said more than once that femtocell concepts will influence larger traditional base stations. Outdoor macro tower manufacturers are increasingly adopting femtocell-inspired industrial designs.
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The Industry’s Self-Image
Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (Mar 27 2009) Market Research
In spite of all the buzz, femtocells are still relatively esoteric. To understand where we are heading the most valuable source of data is still industry insiders. What are the remaining hurdles to deployment? Where will femtocells hit it big first? What will be the killer apps? What is th
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Take The Femto Hub CTIA 2009 Survey and Qualify To Win an iPod Touch!
Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (Mar 20 2009) Femto Events , Market Research
Enter for a chance to win an iPod Touch!For the next two weeks, Airvana and the Femto Hub are running a survey. This is your chance to vote on what's hot in femtocells and the mobile market. The survey takes just a few minutes, and your participation can earn you great prizes! The Grand Prize (Read Full Article)
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