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What’s in a name? Femtos come in all shapes and sizes

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Posted on July 8, 2010 by admin

By Simon Saunders There is often some confusion between the terms femtocell, picocell and microcell as if they are somehow in competition, and the market is becoming very fragmented. This is not the case. These days the “greater femto” is a continuum, with the same architecture being applicable to number of deployment scenarios. Picocells have indeed been around for some …

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So what exactly is a femto cell and why do we need them?

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Posted on June 8, 2010 by admin

By David Swift While undoubtedly the main benefit of mobile broadband is that it offers customers connectivity wherever they may be, research indicates that a significant amount of data use still takes place in the home or in an office. This presents a clear opportunity for small cells, which can be deployed in these sites to quickly and cheaply to …

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