News

• 

  10 top reasons for integrating Wi-Fi radios in small cellular cells

  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

  Tags: WLANs / Wi-Fi, wireless, Wi-Fi on-load, Wi-Fi handover, Wi-Fi backhaul, wi-fi, small cells, picocells, networking, microcells, metrocells, femtocells, Ericsson, data offload, alcatel-lucent

• 

  Vodafone gets on NBN trial bandwagon

  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

  Tags: femtocells, FetchTV, national broadband network, optus, Vodafone

• 

  Optus to boost indoor mobile reception

  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

  Tags: Femtocell, femtocells, mobile, optus, Optus Michael Smith, telcos

• Optus releases femtocell mobile 3G 'base station'

  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

  Tags: femtocells, mobile services, optus

• 

  How to improve the smartphone experience inside the enterprise

  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

  Tags: at&t, consumer electronics, femtocells, mobile solutions, mobility, networking, Phones, smartphones, wireless

• What is a femtocell?

  When it comes to telecommunications, Australia isn’t usually far behind the curve. In 2010, we had the third highest number of mobile broadband subscribers per capita, our average broadband speeds are growing by the day, and let’s not forget that the National Broadband Network will be one of the few nationwide fibre-to-the-home deployments so far.

  By James Hutchinson | 18 April, 2011 08:52

  Tags: femtocells, mobile phones, smartphones, telecommunications

• Femtocells may boost more than just cellular coverage: Study

  Femtocells will soon be able to improve home security, personal safety and help integrate smartphones with TVs, laptops and media players, in addition to improving cellular coverage in the home, ABI Research said on Monday.

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 18 January, 2011 07:32

  Tags: 3g, ABI research, broadband, Carriers, consumer electronics, femtocells, Mobile handsets, Phone applications, Phones, smartphones, Telecommunication

• MagicJack femtocell misses planned launch date

  The magicJack femtocell, a product unveiled to much excitement earlier this year, has not launched as expected during the second quarter, although the company says it will still become available this year.

  By Nancy Gohring | 23 July, 2010 05:07

  Tags: femtocells, MagicJack, mobile, Telecommunication

• Femtocell prices have dropped below $100, says vendor

  The wholesale cost of a femtocell has dropped below US$100 and that will help give the sector a boost, femtocell vendor Ubiquisys said on Tuesday.

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 31 March, 2010 07:21

  Tags: femtocells, Ubiquisys

• Networks have to get more dense, Qualcomm says

  The wireless industry has reached the limits of what it can do to use radio spectrum more efficiently and needs to move on to making networks more dense through tools such as femtocells, the cofounder and the current CEO of Qualcomm said Thursday.

  By Stephen Lawson | 09 October, 2009 11:31

  Tags: femtocells, qualcomm, radio spectrum, wireless

• Ubiquisys adds speedier femtocell

  Ubiquisys said Monday that it is aiming for a fourth quarter release of consumer and business versions of its next-generation femtocell, the G3, designed to offer mobile broadband download speeds up to 21.6M bps (bits per second).

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 23 June, 2009 04:16

  Tags: femtocells, Ubiquisys

• Groups combine efforts to push WiMax femtocells

  The WiMax Forum has joined forces with the Femto Forum to speed up the development of femtocells for mobile WiMax networks, the organizations said on Wednesday.

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 04 June, 2009 03:14

  Tags: femtocells, Femto Forum, WiMax, WiMax Forum

• Femtocells key to speedy LTE services

  To get the most out of upcoming mobile broadband networks based on LTE (Long Term Evolution), the use of femtocells is a key ingredient, according to industry organization the Femto Forum.

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 21 May, 2009 04:55

  Tags: femtocells, Femto Forum, lte

• Android UI changes look with femtocell app

  A new application for phones based on the Android platform automatically adjusts the device's user interface when it's in range of a femtocell, a small base station that can improve wireless coverage and bandwidth.

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 07 May, 2009 05:46

  Tags: Android, femtocells, mobile applications

• Sony, Toshiba, Qualcomm join the Femto Forum

  Consumer electronics giants Sony and Toshiba have joined the Femto Forum, an industry organization whose role is to push femtocells. Qualcomm has also been added to the membership roster, the Femto Forum announced on Wednesday.

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 16 April, 2009 05:17

  Tags: femtocells, Femto Forum, qualcomm, sony, toshiba