http://www.silicon.com Results for femtocell en-us http://www.silicon.com/i/s/feeds/simple_logo.gif http://www.silicon.com 124 50 News feed from silicon.com http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60816518p,00.htm Many operators are evaluating femtocells in the lab, several are in early trials but only a handful are currently offering commercially available femtocell service to their customers. Femtocells are short-range radios used to extend the cellular... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60579501p,00.htm A femtocell strategy may provide a viable alternative by allowing operators to focus their capex dollars on dense urban or office-park environments, while leveraging femtocells to increase their overall coverage map. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 23 Apr 2009 01:24:12 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60554452p,00.htm At last week's Femtocell Deployment World Summit 2008 in Amsterdam, the community of interest around this particular technology got together and tried to thrash out some reasons why business and consumer users might start to care, and what... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:24:06 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39270782,00.htm The capital expenditure on femtocells is likely to be $3.7bn - the majority (85 per cent) of which will go on femtocell access points. Malik Saadi, principal analyst at Informa, said in a statement: "Deploying femtocells requires a good... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:12:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39253488,00.htm Simon Saunders, chairman of the Femto Forum, explained: "As early adopters find LTE interesting or WiMax interesting they can be provided with both a terminal - both a user device, say a next generation mobile data card or a USB dongle or whatever... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:17:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39250361,00.htm Most people in Europe are still blissfully unaware of what a femtocell is. For the benefit of the three-quarters of Europeans surveyed who can't tell the difference between a femtocell and a refreshing wet wipe, femtocells are small home base... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:18:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39236056,00.htm Femtocell market hotting up This month the BlackBerry vs iPhone war reached near boiling point as RIM's co-CEO dismissed suggestions its Bold new smart phone (see photos here) is a response to competition from Apple. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 30 May 2008 10:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39228210,00.htm Agreeing principles for interoperability between femtocell access points and femto gateways is crucial for the longer term success of the tech, according to the Forum, which said it is collaborating with mobile operator body the GSMA and broadband... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 21 May 2008 17:12:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/os/0,39024651,39211283,00.htm The price of a femtocell… Mobile market ripe for femtocell loving Here's how I understand it: I install the femtocell and use my broadband connection to improve my provider's 3G/HSDPA coverage, and they want me to pay them for it. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 01 May 2008 15:44:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39201847,00.htm The stars are aligning to create a market that's ripe for femtocell technology, according to a report from analyst house Infonetics Research - but don't start counting your mobile-access-point chickens just yet. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:52:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39170246,00.htm T-Mobile has invested in the UK-based femtocell manufacturer Ubiquisys. Several operators, including T-Mobile, O2 and Vodafone, are reportedly trialling femtocell technology with a view to launching it commercially by the end of this year. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 04 Mar 2008 07:24:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39170225,00.htm For femtocell technology to achieve the kind of growth in service use and data consumption operators hope, it needs to be more than just niche take-up. A new report from analyst Analysys - titled 3G Infrastructure Sharing: the future for mobile... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:12:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39170068,00.htm Femtocell hardware was on show too. The annual show occupies Barcelona's La Fira exhibition centre but as mobile's many players descend upon the city mini conferences spring up in various places around town, like this Ericsson breakfast briefing. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 18 Feb 2008 15:20:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39170059,00.htm Cheat Sheets ♦ Galileo ♦ Cheat Sheet: Mobile TV ♦ Cheat Sheet: Femtocell The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is sending out fake scam SMS messages to young people to help raise awareness around text scams. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:54:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39169940,00.htm This year's crop of contenders for your eyeballs includes more than a handful of femtocell vendors, plus makers of blogging tools, video apps, audio 'solutions', cameraphone tools, multimedia management apps, iPhone-inspired touchscreen... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39169945,00.htm The weeks leading up to MWC have seen some big-name players such as Cisco flirting with femtocell vendors - something the vendors are shouting about very loudly indeed. The 2008 Mobile World Congress kicks off in Barcelona on Monday 11 February and... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 07 Feb 2008 16:32:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39169828,00.htm Vodafone is testing femtocell technology, which involves mini base stations being installed in homes and small offices to improve indoor 3G coverage. An article in The Times newspaper last week claimed Vodafone was "considering products from... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 28 Jan 2008 07:45:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39169775,00.htm Femtocell technology - which boosts 3G network coverage indoors by piggybacking on a broadband connection - could find its way into tens of millions of homes in Western Europe in two years' time. Luke Thomas, programme manager at the analyst house... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 23 Jan 2008 10:54:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39169712,00.htm Mobile operator T-Mobile is to kick off trials of femtocell technology in Germany, the Netherlands and the UK in the second quarter of this year. Despite making mention of a possible femtocell deployment this year, Gurdenli warned it is still early... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:50:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60304230p,00.htm The discussion about UMTS based Femtocell (also called 3G Access Point') that is doing rounds for quite sometime to counter the challenge posed by unlicensed access technologies like WiFi and WiMAX. Mobile operators today are trying hard to... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:01:43 +0000