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Femtocell shipment numbers cut by more than half for 2009

By Shane McGlaun on Friday, Nov 13th 2009 1 Comment

Earlier this year analysts were predicting 2009 would be huge for femtocells. A femtocell is a device sort of like a router for mobile phone calls. The device sends mobile calls and data requests across the user's broadband connection rather than the mobile network. In April, ABI Research forecast that 790,000 femtocells would ship this year.

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Femtocell revenus to remain small through 2010 according to report

By Shane McGlaun on Friday, Oct 2nd 2009 No Comments

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Many of the wireless providers around the country are either deploying femtocells or getting set to deploy them. The femtocell is a device that is sort of like a router for mobile phone calls. The main benefit of these is that they can improve the reception of calls inside a home or office.

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AT&T 3G MicroCell pricing explained: not just $20 unlimited calls

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Sep 22nd 2009 No Comments

AT&T have come in for some criticism over the past couple of days for their femtocell pricing, having kicked off a trial of the new AT&T 3G MicroCell in Charlotte, North Carolina. The carrier has now confirmed, however, that the much-critiqued $19.99 monthly fee being trialled is not the only way test subjects can use the 3G MicroCell; they can also use it without any extra monthly fees whatsoever.

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AT&T 3G MicroCell lands with buyers, unboxed

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Sep 22nd 2009 No Comments

We could argue whether it’s AT&T’s oft-appalling network performance or simply basic femtocell curiosity that’s driving interest in the carrier’s 3G MicroCell, but either way there’s an unboxing online. Confirmed as trialling in Charlotte, North Carolina (and nowhere else yet, unfortunately), one lucky owner has documented his new-toy experience on Flickr.

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AT&T 3G MicroCell femtocell revealed: big coverage, big price

By Chris Davies on Monday, Sep 21st 2009 No Comments

This smug woman would love to tell you all the reasons why AT&T’s Y-shaped 3G MicroCell is going to change the way you use your cellphone at home, just don’t ask her when you can buy it or for how much. Ma Bell’s new femtocell promises – just like the Sprint AIRAVE and Verizon Network Extender – to set up your own mini access point at your home or office, in this case capable of carrying both voice calls, messages and data over your broadband connection.

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AT&T may launch femtocell soon

By Shane McGlaun on Friday, Sep 18th 2009 2 Comments

att3gmicrocell sb For a while, we heard a lot about femtocells and how they were going to save us from the dregs of poor cellular signals indoors and in underserved areas. Sprint was the first to launch a femtocell commercially the U.S. and AT&T is ready to go one better with the launch of the nation’s first 3G femtocell.

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HSL 2.75G Femtocell to support multiple networks

By Chris Davies on Friday, Aug 28th 2009 No Comments

Femtocells aren’t exactly embedded into the public vocabulary yet, but the carriers are ramping up to make a pretty decent push for it. So far we’ve seen a handful of models from some of the bigger operator names, but now a Scottish firm, HSL, are promising a single femtocell that can support users on different networks.

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Sprint promise 3G femtocell before AT&T: voice and data service

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Jul 2nd 2009 No Comments

Sprint have thrown down the gauntlet to AT&T over which US carrier can stage a full commercial release of a 3G femtocell first. According to Unstrung, Sprint’s VP of device and technology development Mathew Oommen has promised they will be first to launch a 3G femtocell this year, which will not only boost voice-call reception for Sprint handsets but also EVDO Rev.A coverage.

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AT&T UMTS Femtocell national launch by end of 2009

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Jun 24th 2009 No Comments

AT&T’s femtocell system should launch nationally by the end of the year, according to one of the carrier’s senior executives. Gordon Mansfield, AT&T’s executive director for radio access network delivery, has revealed that the UMTS femtocell – which has been in trials with around 200 users for the past few months – will initially take on more test customers before the complete roll-out.

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Vodafone Access Gateway femtocell announced

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Jun 23rd 2009 No Comments

Vodafone UK have become the latest carrier to offer a femtocell, and the first in Europe to do so. The Vodafone Access Gateway connects to a subscriber’s home or office broadband connection and creates a local “3G cloud” of coverage; up to four Vodafone 3G handsets can use this at any one time, with their calls and data routed over the broadband.

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