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  1. It’s a Floor Wax AND a Dessert Topping!

    Explore Article femtohub.com (Aug 12 2010) Market Research
    by Josh Adelson (jadelson)

    It’s a Floor Wax AND a Dessert Topping! A perennial debate within the industry concerns whether coverage and capacity alone are sufficient to create an interesting femtocell market, or whether femtocell-based services are needed. In fact, each one depends on the other. (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Parks Associates   Femto Forum

  2. KDDI CEO Promotes Femtocells at Wireless Japan

    Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (Jul 16 2010) Asia-Pacific
    by Josh Adelson (jadelson)

    KDDI CEO Promotes Femtocells at Wireless Japan This week KDDI President and Chairman Tadashi Onodera spoke at Wireless Japan about the need to manage the growth in wireless data traffic, and his remarks were reported in K-tai Watch. Below is a translated summary, courtesy of (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Airvana

  3. Mobile Broadband by Night

    Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (Jun 15 2010)
    by David Nowicki

    Mobile Broadband by Night During the past year, the mobile broadband industry has seen a shift from a service that was all about laptops and USB modems to one today that is more distributed across a range of devices including smartphones, mobile hotspot gateways, e-readers and iPADs. This explosion of usage a (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Nokia Siemens Networks   Airvana   Woojune Kim

  4. A Radical Approach to Femtocell Pricing

    Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (May 3 2010)
    by Josh Adelson (jadelson)

    A Radical Approach to Femtocell Pricing How much should a femtocell cost? That question has been the source of some controversy lately. Within the industry, some vendors and operators have been advocating free femtocells. Meanwhile most commercially-available femtocells do carry a price tag of some sort. (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Infonetics Research   New York Times   Informa

  5. The Incredible Adaptable Femtocell

    Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (Apr 22 2010)
    by Josh Adelson (jadelson)

    The Incredible Adaptable Femtocell It's worth noting that femtocells have been a major theme at Mobile World Congress and CTIA for the past three years running. Even without yet achieving mass market adoption, femtocells have managed to hold our interest. How? (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   3GPP   3GPP2   Josh Adelson

  6. Femtocell Users Report Runaway Coverage

    Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (Apr 1 2010) Standards , Americas
    by Josh Adelson (jadelson)

    Femtocell Users Report Runaway Coverage Uncontrollable download speeds, 6-bar coverage confound experts. Femtocell users rightly expect strong signals and fast downloads, but some of them are getting more than they bargained for. Claire Speaks of Madison, Wisconsin recently (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Federal Communications Commission

  7. Femtocell Fights Crime at CTIA 2010

    Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (Mar 25 2010) Applications , Americas , Femto Events
    by Josh Adelson (jadelson)

    Femtocell Fights Crime at CTIA 2010 Airvana and other femtocell vendors have been demonstrating femtozone applications at industry events for some time now. Yesterday in Airvana's CTIA booth 2023, femto-powered applications took a unique twist, actually helping to recover a stolen mobile phone from the booth.Editor's note: the (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Airvana

  8. 10 by 10? Trip Report from Avren Femtocells Asia 2010

    Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (Mar 22 2010) Asia-Pacific , Femto Events
    by David Nowicki

    10 by 10? Trip Report from Avren Femtocells Asia 2010 The past month of wireless tradeshow globetrotting---from Barcelona to Singapore to Las Vegas---has certainly been a blur. With MWC and CTIA garnering most of the mindshare, it is certainly possible to overlook the Femtocells Asia show in Singapore. However, to overlook this important (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   StarHub   SoftBank Mobile   NTT DOCOMO

  9. Multiple Motivations for SIP/IMS with Femtocells

    Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (Mar 16 2010) Standards
    by Doug Knisely

    Lately we’ve seen increasing attention to the role of SIP and IMS in femtocells, and vice-versa. The incorporation of SIP in CDMA femtocells and forthcoming CDMA femtocell standards may help CDMA operators in the migration to 4G voice, but there are other reasons for SIP/IMS (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   3GPP2   Airvana   David Chambers

  10. Femtocells Come To CES

    Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (Jan 7 2010) Americas , Femto Events
    by Josh Adelson (jadelson)

    Femtocells Come To CES 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 (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Comcast   David Nowicki   Simon Saunders

  11. Femto Hub Poll: How Many Femtocells in 2010?

    Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (Jan 4 2010) Standards , Market Research
    by Josh Adelson (jadelson)

    Femto Hub Poll: How Many Femtocells in 2010? 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 (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   ABI Research

  12. Happy Holidays from the Femto Hub

    Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (Dec 23 2009)

    Happy Holidays from the Femto Hub 2009 has been an exciting year for femtocells, and we expect to see the momentum continue into 2010. Best wishes to all for happy holidays. (Read Full Article)

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  13. Confession is good for the Cell

    Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (Dec 17 2009)
    by Josh Adelson (jadelson)

    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)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Dead Zones   Verizon   NTT DOCOMO

  14. The Simple Argument Wins

    Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (Dec 10 2009) EMEA
    by Paul Callahan

    SFR recently launched their commercial femtocell offering with an amusing on-line advertisement. It is worth a look -- and you don’t need to be fluent in French to get (Read Full Article)

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  15. Poll of the Week: Where Will The Next Commercial Launch Be?

    Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (Dec 8 2009) Standards , Operators
    by Josh Adelson (jadelson)

    Poll of the Week: Where Will The Next Commercial Launch Be? 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. (Read Full Article)

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  16. Dramatic Headlines Up 45% in 2009

    Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (Nov 13 2009)
    by Josh Adelson (jadelson)

    Dramatic Headlines Up 45% in 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 (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   ABI Research

  17. NTT DOCOMO First Commercial Femtozone Application

    Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (Nov 11 2009) Asia-Pacific
    by Paul Callahan

    NTT DOCOMO officially announced its femtocell service called "MyArea" . Unlike some trials in Japan that focused on using femtocells as public space coverage solutions, the DOCOMO commercial launch is positioned as a residential offering. (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   NTT DOCOMO   AT&T   Vodafone

  18. Femto Hub Poll of the Week: Mobile Voice at the Office

    Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (Nov 9 2009) Standards
    by Josh Adelson (jadelson)

    Femto Hub Poll of the Week: Mobile Voice at the Office 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. (Read Full Article)

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  19. Soccer...err, iPhone Moms and Femtocells

    Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (Nov 5 2009) Applications , Market Research
    by Paul Callahan

    Soccer...err, iPhone Moms and Femtocells In October, Greystripe published survey results on iPhone demographics, focusing on a segment they call the iPhone Mom. The report is targeted at advertisers trying to reach this new demographic through the iPhone, but the data starting me thinking about femtocells (Read Full Article)

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  20. You Can't Have Too Many Radios

    Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (Oct 29 2009) Network Equipment Vendors
    by Paul Callahan

    You Can't Have Too Many Radios Don't get me wrong, I started a Wi-Fi company in 2002 so I know what I'm talking about - and I'm actually kind of a Wi-Fi bigot working for a 3G femtocell company. But I have noticed a trend over the past two years that has nearly run to completion.Wi-Fi has an uncontested dominance in the home, (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Thomson   Comcast   Apple

  21. The Network Load Multiplier: Not All Bits are Created Equal

    Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (Oct 16 2009)
    by Josh Adelson (jadelson) and David Nowicki

    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)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Airvana

  22. Cisco to Buy Starent: It’s All About Femtocells

    Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (Oct 14 2009)
    by Josh Adelson (jadelson)

    Comment "Thank you for this update on how it relates to femtocells. Do you think Starent is the first of other ..." - taariq

    Cisco to Buy Starent: It’s All About Femtocells 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 (Read Full Article)

    1 Comment Mentions:   Cisco Systems   AT&T

  23. Do you know where your femtocell is?

    Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (Oct 6 2009) Americas , Operators
    by Paul Callahan

    Comment "Femtocell location is important to operators and consumers alike, not just in the US. In my femtocellpioneer blog I have ..." - Ubiq

    Do you know where your femtocell is? The issue of femtocell location recently hit the press as a potential speed bump in the AT&T 3G Microcell rollout. But AT&T was quick to clarify that the issue was reported incorrectly. Still, it's worth demystifying the use of GPS in femtocells. (Read Full Article)

    2 Comments Mentions:   Paul Callahan   Airvana   Ofcom

  24. IEEE Communications Magazine Special Issue on Femtocells

    Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (Sep 21 2009) Standards
    by Josh Adelson (jadelson)

    IEEE Communications Magazine Special Issue on Femtocells 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 (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Fabio Chiussi   Airvana

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