Tag Archives: 3G

What Is A Residential Femtocell?

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Posted on July 4, 2011 by admin

Here’s a great infographic explaining the benefits of femtocells to you and me: some people think they are just for giving better reception at home if you have poor mobile network coverage, but in my experience they are much more than that! (I have a Sure Signal at home). They are great for surfing the web or using mobile Facebook …

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Ring my bell – with a femtocell

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Posted on June 21, 2011 by admin

David Swift. I’d never previously considered putting mobile broadband into a doorbell, but a rather bright British school boy has, and it looks like it will net him sales of over a quarter-million units. The Smart Bell features a SIM and voice modem: when a visitor presses the bell it instantly connects to your mobile phone so that you can …

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Call quality in decline: is it the smartphone?

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Posted on March 30, 2011 by admin

By Stewart Baines. Studies suggest that as smart phones get smarter, voice quality seems worsen. Last year, a survey by JD Power among North American mobile users looked at wireless call quality based on seven problem areas that impact overall carrier performance: dropped calls; static/interference; failed call connection on the first try; voice distortion; echoes; no immediate voicemail notification; and …

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Easing inner city congestion with public service femtocells

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Posted on March 16, 2011 by admin

By Julia Mason With the residential femtocell business model now proven, operators are turning their attention to how femtocells could be used in public indoor and outdoor locations. In the past year, at least three operators have started metro femtocell services (two urban, one rural). They’ve been able to do this because of an increase in both the capacity and …

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Network offloading vital, but is Wi-Fi up to the task?

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Posted on January 20, 2011 by admin

By Malek Shahid By 2013, global mobile data traffic will exceed two terabytes a month[1]. Video streaming, social media applications and smartphone signaling are the chief culprits. This data tsunami will swamp mobile network architectures, and operators face the challenge of finding the right way to offload it. An ABI Research study, Mobile Network Offloading, forecasts that mobile data offloading …

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Social networking takes over the mobile network

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Posted on May 5, 2010 by admin

By Simon Marshall Social networking is the phenomenon of the late Noughties. What were once idle chit-chat and status updates has become the vehicle for mainstream communication and big brand advertising. Why? Because your mobile is always there at your side. Many people have let their Facebook profile go ‘zombie,’ and have stopped updating their status, responding to notifications or …

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