Join the family: Femto Forum rebrand reflects wider ecoystem

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Posted on February 20, 2012 by admin

The Femto Forum has changed its name to Small Cell Forum. What’s in a word, you ask? Quite a lot when you consider what impact femto technology is having on how the mobile network is built. Femtocells have had a very specific role to play in assisting operators fill holes in their network coverage, and thereby reduce churn. But the …

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The analysts speak: 2012 will be good times for small cells

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Posted on February 6, 2012 by admin

This will be a bountiful year for femtocells, according to NPD In-Stat. It expects the value of the femtocell revenues to double in 2012, with access point shipments growing at nearly 140% compared to 2011. Nearly three-quarters of femtocells are W-CDMA, while LTE femtocells are expected to start shipping in late 2012. By 2015, the retail value of small cells …

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Small cells in the office: a great reason to churn

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Posted on January 16, 2012 by admin

Most businesses have more than one mobile service provider. In fact, Yankee Group found that large businesses have, on average, 1.9 mobile providers (one in five have three service providers), and small businesses have 1.5 mobile providers. Why? It is probably because companies are selecting providers based on the network availability at their office locations. Seems to make practical sense, …

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Could Apple deliver vital boost for femtocell adoption?

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Posted on January 3, 2012 by admin

By Aditya Kaul This year, the residential femtocell market has not seen the big launches it saw in the last few years from Vodafone, AT&T, or Sprint. Volumes will be well short of earlier expectations, probably by as much as 1 million-plus units. Vendors blame operators for not being active enough and operators blame vendors for not providing the right …

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Second UK femtocell service on its way?

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Posted on December 12, 2011 by admin

There has been a lot of chatter on the web that there may soon be a choice of femtocell service in the UK with O2 trialling femtocell services for both residential and business markets.  Customer forums such as this one and this one offer a glimpse into how much anticipation there is among some users that their mobile coverage challenges …

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Small cells: now on Wikipedia

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Posted on December 4, 2011 by admin

The discussion has been going on for a while – what is a femtocell, what is a metrocell, are metrocells the same as metro femtocells, how similar are femtocells to picocells. We believe that they are all small cells (as is beam forming). There is now a Wikipedia page dedicated to small cells…please do have a read. Remember that Wikipedia …

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