ThinkFemtocell

Interview with Shlomo Gadot, Percello - October 2009

David Chambers — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:41:41 +0000

Since we last spoke with Shlomo back in March 2009, Percello have completed development of their femtocell chips and are taking orders in volume. Shlomo shares his view of the current femtocell marketplace, indicates the types of ongoing femtocell development and provides some insights into the expected takeup and...

Femtocell interview with Dave Gross, Global Wireless Technologies

David Chambers — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:08:31 +0000

Global Wireless Technologies has a stealth approach to marketing their femtocell products. You won’t see them at trade shows or see too much detail on their website. Here Dave Gross, their Director of Business Development, shares some background on the company, explains what’s unique about their approach to femtocell...

China Unicom becomes 7th operator to launch femtocells commercially

David Chambers — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:27:35 +0000

An announcement from Reuters confirms that China Unicom, one of the three national Chinese telecoms network operators, has launched a 3G UMTS femtocell in its Northern Provinces. Details are limited, but this is believed to be a full commercial launch.There are now a "magnificent seven" commercial femtocell operators worldwide....

GUEST POST: LTE won’t solve 3G capacity crunch alone, femtocells must play a part, says Dr ...

David Chambers — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:31:18 +0000

LTE will not be the complete answer to mobile operators’ capacity woes, so they must find ways to off-load traffic from their conventional networks before it is too late. Femtocells could provide an effective solution, but they must compete with other methods.

While many in the femtocell community are initially focusing...

China Femtocell Symposium - Is China ready for rapid femtocell deployment?

David Chambers — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:54:55 +0000

This month's one-day China Femtocell Symposium in Beijing was full of surprises, one of the most obvious being the number of attendees - well over 200 people turned up for this one-day event, not far off the 300 turnout at the Femtocell World Conference in London in June,...