Femto Cells

Femtos creep up operator agendas

New research from Informa Telecoms & Media says mobile operator commitment to the home base station is rising

The Femto Forum released new research on Tuesday from Informa Telecoms & Media that indicates growing operator commitment to femtocells.  According to Informa, there are now 12 service commitments to femtos, nine of which are commercial. This contrasts with eight femtocell service commitments and six commercial launches in November 2009.

NEC builds first Norwegian femtocell network for Network Norway

NEC announced today at MWC that it will build the first Norwegian femtocell network for Network Norway. 

ip.access picocells enhance voice and data coverage for Bouygues Telecom’s enterprise customers

ip.access, developer of 2G and 3G in-building wireless solutions, today announced that it was chosen by French fixed and mobile operator Bouygues Telecom to provide 2G picocells for its enterprise customers across France. Bouygues Telecom has more than

Continuous Computing wins femtocell deal

Argela, a provider of telecom solutions for fixed and mobile operators, and Continuous Computing,  global provider of integrated platform solutions that address the mobile broadband capacity challenge, today announced that Argela is using Trillium Femtocell protocol software from

New report says femtocells improve LTE/WiMAX business

The Femto Forum, the independent industry and operator association that supports femtocell deployment worldwide, has announced the results of research into the femtocell business case for 3G, WiMAX and LTE operators trying to manage the surge in data usage from smartphones, dongles and iPad like internet access devices. The research is said to have found that operators can use femtocells to efficiently manage rapidly growing mobile broadband usage while also making a healthy return on

NEC to launch new femtocell access point from Ubiquisys

NEC has announced the addition of a new femtocell access point from Ubiquisys, to its end-to-end femtocell solution. The NEC FP810 femtocell access point will be available to mobile operators in April 2010.

NEC and PacketVideo to demonstrate new mobile media apps for NEC femtocell at Mobile World Congress

NEC and PacketVideo announced today that they will partner to demonstrate new rich mobile applications for NEC's femtocell solutions, including its Home Gateway service, at Mobile World Congress.  NEC has incorporated PV's MediaFusion content management and delivery platform

Ikanos Partners with picoChip in femtocell market

Ikanos Communications, a provider of broadband semiconductor and software products for the digital home, and picoChip, today announced a strategic relationship to advance the integration of smart mobile devices into the home network. Together, picoChip - a provider