Tag Archives: Mobile broadband

Small cells could solve the mobile broadband capacity crunch

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Posted on October 10, 2011 by admin

By Paul Golden. A combination of more data-hungry devices and higher service expectations on the part of users has created a ‘perfect storm’ for mobile broadband providers, who are likely to look to small cells to address some of their network coverage and congestion issues. According to the International Telecommunication Union, there were 872 million active mobile broadband subscriptions last …

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Small cells get smaller (and bigger)

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Posted on April 26, 2011 by admin

This is part two of my roundup of small cells at MWC. Miniaturisation Another theme at MWC was miniaturisation. Not only are femtocells becoming more powerful, they are getting smaller. Picochip, leading femtocell chip manufacturer, was showing off its next-generation picoXcell basestation-on-a-chip, the PC3008. The chip is intended for ultra-small form factors like a USB stick.  The idea behind this is …

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100 million small cells: most of them won’t be staying at home

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Posted on February 14, 2011 by admin

By Joe Madden The days of “tower and power” are ending. Around the world, many mobile operators have shifted their focus from coverage to capacity. From voice to data. From dropped calls to throughput. Along the way, carriers are finding that supporting high-speed data requires far higher network quality, especially at the radio layer. Users have moved indoors, and the …

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Improve coverage to reduce churn

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Posted on February 4, 2011 by admin

Poor mobile  coverage leads to churn, concludes a new study by Parks Research and commissioned by the Femto Forum. Parks asked 6,100 consumers across six countries (China, Germany, Japan, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States) about their attitudes towards their current mobile service and levels of interest in femtocells. The study found that nearly 60% of broadband households …

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After the deluge: who should pay for the true cost of mobile apps?

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Posted on January 24, 2011 by admin

By Stewart Baines. The deluge of mobile apps is good news for everyone except the operators that have to provide the capacity and coverage to meet subscriber expectations. One approach to funding network investment is sharing the bill with app developers. Mobile data traffic continues to grow at a startling rate, fuelled by the massive popularity of services such as Facebook …

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Room with a view: the femtocell opportunity in hotels

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Posted on January 6, 2011 by admin

By Stewart Baines. European mobile operators have recently come under pressure again from the EU for the charges levied on roaming mobile data. The wholesale roaming price cap of €0.80 per megabyte is set to fall to  €0.50 per megabyte next year. While we won’t get into a debate about whether caps or market dynamics are the best way to …

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