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| Femtocell market update for the weeks of 8 & 15 Nov 2010 |
| SFR's 'neufbox Evolution' includes bolt-on femtocell option SFR, which launched its 'Home 3G' femtocell service 12 months ago, has revealed an optional add-on femtocell module for its new neufbox Evolution home gateway ( here's a picture ). Pricing has not yet been announced for the module, which will be available in 1Q11. Although the femtocell is not quite a fully integrated into the home gateway, Light Reading Mobile sees it as " a big step toward combining femtocells with the media and entertainment services available in the home ". Moldtelecom announces femto service Moldtelecom, the leading telecommunication company in Moldova, has announced a femtocell service offering cheaper mobile calls and data within the femtozone area . The 'Femtocell Unite' service is available to subscribers with a fixed Moldtelecom DSL or fibre internet connection. Strategy Analytics updates its femto forecast Femtocell shipments are on track to reach almost 2 million units this year according to a new report from Strategy Analytics. ' Small is Beautiful: Femtocells Set To Grow with New Applications ' explores the future market for RF power amplifiers, transceivers and basebands in femtocells. The report's author, Christopher Taylor, believes "an increasing proportion of femtocells will go into small-to-medium sized enterprises and public access applications." Femto vendor news Ubiquisys and Nokia Siemens Networks have announced a standards compliant WCDMA femtocell solution . The two companies originally entered a partnership back in January 2008, but NSN had been working more closely with Airvana until the latter company's withdrawal from the UMTS femto business. The new solution supports both the Iuh protocol between the femtocell access point and the femto gateway, and the TR-069 / TR-196 specification for management. Meanwhile, NEC has claimed 8 femtocell contracts worldwide. The company also announced trials with unnamed operators in Singapore and India (where it sees femtocell revenues of $100 million over the next 2-3 years). Broadcom has completed its acquisition of Percello . In an interview with David Chambers at ThinkFemtocell , Broadcom's Greg Fischer says that ODMs wanting cheaper femtocell application software have tried to build their own using commercial components, but that it will be several years before these solutions can compete with the leading femtocell specialists. Fischer also believes "it's just too soon to be starting on LTE femtocells". Alcatel Lucent's Chris Kapuscinski agrees ; he thinks dual mode LTE / 3G small cells are still probably a couple of years away. Finally, picoChip has moved to a new headquarters in Bath , completed a new $9 million debt facility with Silicon Valley Bank, and increased its engineering activities to focus on chipsets for 4G femtocells. Repeaters vs femtos The New York Times has highlighted CTIA's request to the FCC for stricter regulation on repeaters , and highlights competition from the operators' own femtocell offerings. GigaOM suggests it's hypocritical of CTIA to take repeater manufacturers' money for exhibiting at its trade shows. Meanwhile, one Twitter post suggests the FCC itself is confused about the difference between femtocells and repeaters: "FCC just informed me that it's illegal to self-install an AT&T 3G MicroCell as it's a cell booster and can cause interference for neighbors. " In other news… Femtocells are succeeding where Wi-Fi based UMA solutions didn't. Network congestion lifts home 3G station market. RCR Wireless "big thinking on small cells" interview with Simon Saunders. Another interview with Simon Saunders. Nomor Research and Node-H to collaborate on HSPA/LTE dual-mode femtocells. Datang Mobile shows TD-SCDMA femto solution at China International Exhibition Cisco makes femto investments in Taiwan. Kineto raises $3m. David Chambers regrets that Verizon's new Samsung-made 3G femtocell does not comply with the 3GPP2 standards. Analysys Mason says the mobile data explosion is a myth … Mobile Europe investigates. Tagged: Alcatel-Lucent , Broadcom , Femtocell , femtocells , Moldtelecom , NEC , NSN , Percello , picoChip , SFR , Strategy Analytics , Ubiquisys |
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