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The Benefits of Small Cell Technology

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Posted on July 5, 2011 by admin

Here’s a good infographic illustrating the key benefits of introducing femtocells into the mobile network architecture. It summarizes some of the issues that we have already blogged on: 1)      Innovative services everywhere: if operators open up the femtocell APIs to third-parties, the femtozone will become a valuable resource for a long-tail of application developers 2)      Transforms mobile networks: rural operators, such as Mosaic Telecom …

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Giving consumers what they want

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Posted on June 27, 2011 by admin

For all the talk of gaining traction in the enterprise environment, there is still an ongoing requirement for everyone in the femto ecosystem to ensure the specific needs of consumers are being met. In his presentation to the Femtocells World Summit 2011, Femto Forum vice chair Andy Germano (who is also chair of the services special interest group) stated that …

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The evidence mounts: femtocells vital in network offloading

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Posted on April 19, 2011 by admin

Opinion might be divided on the likely scale of growth in mobile network traffic over the next few years, but there is no disputing the need for operators to find ways of handling these increased volumes more efficiently – or the role femtocells will play in this process. According to Cisco’s latest forecast, global mobile data traffic grew by 159% …

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Miniaturizing the metro

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Posted on March 28, 2011 by admin

By Rupert Baines Following on from my previous post about USB femtocells, the same miniaturization trend for residential femtocells is also impacting metro femtocells. While the overall size of a metro femtocell is not too important (currently they are the size of an encyclopedia so quite unobtrusive) there are benefits to squeezing more into the box. For instance a metro …

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Zero-touch deployment: the secret to small cells success

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Posted on June 21, 2010 by admin

By David Stevenson The ability to quickly and easily get customers up and running is an important element of device adoption. In the case of femto cells, it is becoming essential as the number of customers rises exponentially. The term ‘zero touch installation’ refers to the automated installation of a device. Clearly, there is always a need for some user …

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