Industry makes headway in femto harmonisation
Industry association the Femto Forum said Wednesday that it has made some headway towards harmonising the integration of femtocells into mobile networks. At its plenary meeting in March, operator members agreed a number of guiding principles for interoperability on the interface between femtocell access points and femto gateways. Speaking to telecoms.com, Femto Forum chairman, Simon [...]
Moto starts European femtocell trial
US kit vendor Motorola said Monday that it has completed testing of its 3G femtocell equipment and has begun trialling the device with an unidentified major European operator. Femtocells, which are like mini mobile base stations deployed either in homes or on campus to improve coverage, or potentially, to use a fixed internet connection for [...]
Femtocell usage rising fast
Research firm IDC believes femtocell users will surpass the 5.7 million mark in Western Europe by the year 2011. Spending in femtocell-enabled services will grow to $900m per annum over the same period. There remains uncertainty surrounding the technological evolution towards converged networks. IMS has been held up by some as the solution that will [...]
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