TalkingTech
The view from the top of IT with TechWorld Editor Rohan Pearce
With the growing demand for mobile data, cellular service operators are increasingly turning to small cells -- picocells, microcells, metrocells and femtocells -- to deal with the capacity crunch in dense urban areas and to add coverage in areas with low or zero cellular signal levels, such as indoors and in remote rural locations.
By Ajay Kumar Gupta, team lead at Wesley Clover Communications Solutions | 16 May, 2012 00:47
Telecommunications provider, Vodafone, has connected 12 customers in Armidale, NSW to the National Broadband Network (NBN) as part of the company’s first trial.
By Hamish Barwick | 19 December, 2011 12:21
Optus says a new product to boost indoor mobile reception will encourage people to ditch their fixed-line phone and save on line rental fees.
By AAP | 29 July, 2011 09:12
Optus has released a portable 3G “hot spot” based on femtocell technology that can be used by its mobile service customers to get full coverage in areas without a regular base station nearby.
By Rodney Gedda | 28 July, 2011 15:59
Every day in large and small offices across America, business workers ignore the PC or desk phone and grab their smartphones for convenient voice, email and Internet access. But delivering high quality cellular service inside office buildings is a challenge for wireless carriers, especially for high-speed data which requires a particularly strong signal.
By Andy Tiller, SVP of product management and marketing at ip.access | 09 June, 2011 06:45
Are you one of those unlucky souls who enjoys decent mobile phone reception when you're out and about, but can't get a signal at home or in the office? You're not alone. Indoor phone calls have long been a weak point of cellular coverage.
By Ed Sutherland | 20 November, 2008 07:13
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