Femtocells hit magic $100 price point
The femtocell crowd have hit the magic $100 price point for their gear, at which point the technology should become a mainstream consumer proposition.
There are now more 3G femtocells globally than 3G base stations, a report from Informa Telecoms and Media has revealed. The report, timed to coincide with the Femtocell World Summit being held in London, reveals that there are now more than 2.3 million 3G femtocells globally, compared to a total of 1.6 million macro 3G base stations.
Ubiquisys, the femtocell vendor, has announced a partnership with chip manufacturer Intel to develop a new range of intelligent small cell base stations. The devices will feature Ubiquisys application software and will be powered by Intel architecture.
The femtocell crowd have hit the magic $100 price point for their gear, at which point the technology should become a mainstream consumer proposition.
Femtocell supporters are looking to the Android handset platform to help drive a business case for the technology, on Wednesday unveiling a multi desktop app that changes in proximity of a femtocell.
Standards body 3GPP, in collaboration with industry associations the Femto Forum and the Broadband Forum announced Tuesday the creation of the first femtocell standard.
During the summer, web giant Google invested some $25m in femtocell maker Ubiquisys and now those devices are ready to be deployed. The Ubiquisys femtocells, which are like mini mobile base stations deployed either in homes or on campus, are presently in mass production. The femtos have completed “intense trials” with eight tier one operators [...]