Tag Archives: Femto Forum

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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Top tips for driving uptake in femtocell adoption

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Posted on October 24, 2011 by admin

By Rupert Baines, Picochip In my last post I looked at the power of consumer advocacy in selling femtocell solutions. But operators should not rely on word-of-mouth as the only tool in the box. Here are four other perspectives, looking at the “best practices” from carrier launches around the world. Attractive tariffs Operators can be very creative with deals and …

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Competition is over the top

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Posted on August 23, 2011 by admin

By David Chambers. Following on from my blog yesterday looking at the levels of third-party application integration with femtocells, now I would like to discuss the impact of OTT players. One wonders whether iPhone or Android application developers, who have their own SDKs and route to market, will care to take advantage of this GSM OneAPI and its femtocell extensions. …

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The elevator pitch for femtocell applications

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Posted on August 22, 2011 by admin

By David Chambers. Femtocell applications may not have fired up everyone’ imagination, but the recent milestone of a standard API, published by the Femto Forum, combined with easy access to software development tools (SDK) promises to open this up to a wider range of 3rd party innovation. Building on an existing foundation The Femto Forum have usually taken the approach …

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