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Macro Towers To Adopt Femto Designs

Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (Apr 1 2009)
by Josh Adelson (jadelson) and Laurie Vertuccio

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. (Read Full Article)

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Femtocells Asia Trip Report: Four themes from the Four Seasons

Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (Mar 28 2009) Asia-Pacific
by David Nowicki

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)

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The Industry’s Self-Image

Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (Mar 27 2009) Market Research
by Josh Adelson (jadelson)

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 (Read Full Article)

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The Indoor Frontier

Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (Mar 20 2009) Asia-Pacific
by David Nowicki

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)

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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
by Josh Adelson (jadelson)

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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Femtocells and LTE

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

There has been a lot of chatter lately connecting femtocells with LTE. These are both new and “buzzy” technology areas, so it seems natural to talk about them together (Read Full Article)

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Who Invented The Femtocell?

Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (Mar 6 2009)
by Josh Adelson (jadelson)

As femtocells become increasingly popular, it’s natural to ask who came up with the idea. At least one industry executive even takes credit for “the original femtocell concept”. However, the very question assumes a process that doesn’t match the reality of modern-day wireless technology development (Read Full Article)

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Reflections on Mobile World Congress

Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (Feb 27 2009) Network Equipment Vendors , Operators
by Josh Adelson (jadelson)

Our pre-MWC posting expressed cautious optimism that femtocells would have a respectable showing in Barcelona this year. If anything, Barcelona exceeded expectations. Before the event, Unstrung Insider predicted that femtocells would be big n (Read Full Article)

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News Flash: Femtocells Causing Interference

Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (Feb 18 2009) EMEA , Network Equipment Vendors
by Josh Adelson (jadelson)

Despite industry claims to the contrary, femtocells can indeed interfere, as this rare video footage from Mobile World Congress clearly shows. (Read Full Article)

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Making The Case For Femtocells

Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (Feb 16 2009)
by Josh Adelson (jadelson)

This week Signals Research Group will present the results of their femtocell business case study at Mobile World Congress. For anyone who is at the event this week, this session is a must-see. We were fortunate to get an inside view on this exercise through our participation in Femto Forum Worki (Read Full Article)

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Mobile World Congress = Femtocell Annual Checkup

Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (Feb 9 2009) Network Equipment Vendors
by Josh Adelson (jadelson)

Much of the femtocell industry is consumed with last-minute preparations for Mobile World Congress. MWC provides a useful periodic snapshot for observing the state of the femtocell business. (Read Full Article)

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U.S. Mobile Data Growth Steady Amid Recession

Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (Feb 2 2009) Americas
by Josh Adelson (jadelson)

Q408 earnings announcements from Verizon and AT&T offer a useful snapshot of U.S. operator economics in a slowing economy. For both companies, wireless data continued to be the bright spot. Verizon reported (Read Full Article)

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Beyond Coverage (third in a series)

Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (Jan 28 2009) Applications
by Fabio Chiussi

In my previous Femto Hub postings in this series, I presented the femtocell as a game-changing device in the connected digital home. In order to play this new role, the femtocell has to become more than a “very small base station (Read Full Article)

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Beyond Coverage (second in a series)

Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (Jan 19 2009) Applications , Network Equipment Vendors
by Fabio Chiussi

In my last week’s Femto Hub posting, I described femtocells as game-changing devices for the “big game,” namely that of home entertainment and family communications. In fact, the femtocell has four unique attributes that give it a definite edge over other contenders (Read Full Article)

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Beyond Coverage – Femtocells as Game-Changing Devices in the Connected Digital Home

Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (Jan 12 2009) Applications
by Fabio Chiussi

The femtocell business case has been supported primarily by arguments of improved indoor coverage for consumers and substantial cost savings for operators due to capacity offload. Operators will use femtocells to deliver inexpensive mobile voice and broadband data in (Read Full Article)

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Please Leave This Web Site

Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (Jan 5 2009)
by Josh Adelson (jadelson)

Part of our mission is to build awareness about femtocells, so we want to point out some of the other useful femtocell web sites. A very few sites are devoted exclusively to femtocells. If you are new to the field, a good place to start (Read Full Article)

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Happy Holidays From The Femto Hub

Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (Dec 24 2008)
by Josh Adelson (jadelson)

Happy Holidays to all, and best wishes for a peaceful and prosperous year in 2009. (Read Full Article)

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Femtocells: A New Weapon in the Battle for the Broadband Home

Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (Dec 17 2008) Network Equipment Vendors
by Vedat Eyuboglu

Analog telephony is on its way out. Phone companies are losing telephony subscribers at an annual rate of roughly 10%, as subscribers are replacing their primary and/or secondary analog phone lines with lower-cost flat-rate VoIP services or “cutting the cord” with their mobile (Read Full Article)

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Femtocell Standards Update

Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (Dec 15 2008) Standards
by Doug Knisely

To the naked eye, the telecom standards process can seem incredibly slow and impossibly complex. But on the femtocell front, 2008 has been a productive year. Core NetworkAfter a rocky start in early 2008, 3GPP femtocell (Home Node B or HNB) standardization efforts have reached a feverish pace at t (Read Full Article)

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Trip Report: Femtocells USA

Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (Dec 9 2008) Americas
by David Nowicki

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, (Read Full Article)

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Femtocells and Today’s Economy

Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (Dec 1 2008) Femto Events
by Josh Adelson (jadelson)

As much of the femtocell industry heads to Dallas for Femtocells USA and the Femto Forum Plenary, the top of mind issue will not be 3GPP standards, core network interoperability, or femto zone applications. It will be the economy. Our own co-founder Sanjeev Verma will be speaking in Dallas on this (Read Full Article)

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Airvana, Industry Hit The Road

Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (Dec 1 2008) Americas , Femto Events , Femtocell Specialists
by Josh Adelson (jadelson)

Airvana, along with much of the femtocell industry is headed to Dallas, Texas this week for Femtocells USA and the Femto Forum plenary meeting. Both of Airvana's founders will speak at Femtocells USA. Sanjeev Verma will present "Femtonomics: How Femtocells Will Help Mobile Operators in Times of (Read Full Article)

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Femto-cell needs Macro-explaining

Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (Nov 24 2008)
by Josh Adelson (jadelson)

“Femtocell” is still far from being a household word, but little by little, people outside our industry are becoming aware of them through news snippets here and there. Just last week Computerworld—a mainstream publication by mobile industry standards—published a lengthy Femtocell FAQ.As (Read Full Article)

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Welcome To The Femto Hub!

Explore Article Femto Hub Blog (Nov 19 2008)
by Josh Adelson (jadelson)

Every week, the term “femtocell” finds its way into an increasing number of news stories, company announcements, analyst reports and blogs. This is great news for our industry, but it presents a challenge: how to keep up with it all?The Femto Hub is designed to answer to that challenge by (Read Full Article)

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