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By: GadgetPimp.com » Blog Archive » Femtocells arriving from Verizon Wireless in 2009

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 06:48:49 +0000

[...] belief, femtocells aren’t molecular building blocks for fembots, they’re essentially miniature cellular points of presence; it’s like having a small cell tower on your desk, only it’s not 120-feet tall and the [...]

By: Jack Reacher

Jack Reacher — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 14:35:29 +0000

What about the ISP? How are they going to feel about all this? If my ISP is AT&T and my cell service with Verizon....is AT&T going to let my VZW calls go through their network?

By: ed

ed — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:32:38 +0000

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By: Aravinda Seshadri

Aravinda Seshadri — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 11:25:48 +0000

By the way, what release of 3g the femto is planning to take care ?

By: Ali

Ali — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:44:45 +0000

But how interference will be encountered?? E.g if at some place there is macro layer as well as femto cells, will it not introduce interference?

By: Christian von der Ropp

Christian von der Ropp — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 01:45:24 +0000

IP.access has already developed a so called “femto cell” – a WiFi-router-sized box (120 mm × 162 mm× 40 mm), that provides 3G/HSDPA coverage within a distance of up to 200 meters. The device operates in the licensed 2,1-GHz-band at 5 mW and allows HSDPA (16QAM) connections with 7,2 MBit/s besides voice telephony. The uplink will be established by any broadband internet connection through an ethernet port. Seamless handovers from and to regular 3G-cells are to work, too.
ABI research expects more than 32 million of such or similar devices to be installed by 2011, which will then serve more than 100 million users.

By: Jesse Kopelman

Jesse Kopelman — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 20:48:51 +0000

DeadCellZones, a femtocell is neither a WiFi device nor a repeater. It is just a very low power and capacity cell site — conceptually no different from what’s on a tower, just much much smaller. The device would still be provisioned and controlled by the carrier and would need an always-on style connection (but no need for broadband speeds) back to that carrier’s switch. I would be very surprised if there is major support for this technology from major US carriers — it is just too different from their SOP.

By: DeadCellZones.com

DeadCellZones.com — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 16:27:25 +0000

Is the femento service filling the dead zones with wifi or as a repeater on the cellular network? I would like to understand how the service technically works. We could sell thousands of these systems on our web site http://www.deadcellzones.com which gathers cellular user coverage complaints.

By: Melikoth

Melikoth — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 15:46:32 +0000

Good concept, bad idea.

I'm sure a decent proportion of people that live where there isn't a cellphone singnal probably have a dialup provider. The last thing I want is to call someone and have it sound like I'm talking to someone who is both on a cellphone and using Skype over dialup.

By: Geek News

Geek News — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 09:18:39 +0000

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