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| "Sprint Airvana" review Cellfanatic (Nick Marshall) has posted a review of the new 3G version of the Sprint Airave , which he dubs the "Sprint Airvana". From Nick's comments, it appears that the device ships in Open Access mode, which has the advantage of simplifying the set-up (by allowing any Sprint phone to gain access without registering it to the Airave's whitelist), but risks the wrath of users who don't like the idea of subsidising Sprint's network coverage for their neighbourhood. The original Airave allowed the subscriber to restrict access if desired, so presumably the 3G Airave supports the same option. Although Sprint has received plaudits for offering the device for free of charge to deserving subscribers (e.g. see Information Week's article " Sprint Does Femtocells Right – Free "), this is actually a misconception. The device itself is free, but there is a $4.99 per month rental charge to use it. A free calling plan can be added for another $10 ($20 for the whole family). Although the 3G Airave is not yet on general release (and has not yet replaced the original Airave on the Sprint website ), Verizon has felt the need to make a response. Company spokesman Thomas Pica confirmed that Verizon plans to sell an EV-DO version of its Network Extender femtocell in the coming months. Meanwhile, there are rumours that Airvana is closing its UMTS femtocell business in order to focus on the less competitive CDMA market, where the company has already seen good success with Sprint and KDDI . Femto news from China The blurb for the upcoming China Femtocell Symposium , says that China Unicom has "completed femtocell trails in Beijing, Sichuan, Hubei, Liaoning and other several provinces", and that commercial service is already available in 12 northern cities. Walt Mossberg reviews AT&T's 3G MicroCell Scarily influential Wall Street Journal tech writer Walt Mossberg has been testing the 3G MicroCell , finding that the device works better in places with the worst network coverage (possibly a bold generalisation from a sample of exactly two locations). "My verdict is that the AT&T MicroCell can, indeed, dramatically improve cellular reception and reliability, but it's not a silver bullet," says Walt. ABI publishes femtocell equipment vendor matrix ABI valiantly compares apples with oranges, pears and elephants in its annual femtocell vendor matrix , and pronounces Ubiquisys the top vendor. Well done to them! This comes on the back of news that SerComm (which manufactures Ubiquisys' femtocells) expects to ship about 500,000 units in 2010 . Strangely, NEC doesn't appear anywhere in ABI's top 10, despite being the solution provider for all of Ubiquisys' femto deployments. Even more strangely, Motorola is in at number 10 despite closing its UMTS femto business last year, and having no apparent success in CDMA femtocells, either. However, with two drivers in the top 5, the Cisco / ip.access combination is looking good for the constructor's championship. Mobile execs signal the end of flat rate tariffs Mobile carriers are saying that they can no longer afford flat rate data tariffs. A survey commissioned by law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer finds 55% of international mobile executives predicting that tiered pricing will become the norm in mature markets. In other news… Zacks says the femto market is gathering steam . Carl Weinschenk says femtocells are making their move . Harish Vadada says the femtocell tide is finally turning . IDC says business FMC is starting to work in Europe . Vodafone launches DLNA-enabled 'dongle dock' device . Hilarious video from Hay Systems . Manish Singh explains CCPU's LTE solution . DSL Reports complains that carriers are intent on sucking all the value out of femtocells . Tagged: Airvana , AT&T 3G Microcell , China Unicom , Femtocell , femtocells , Sprint AIRAVE , Verizon | |
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