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366,000 Picocells to be Deployed by 2013

Picocells - the "big brothers" of the increasingly familiar femtocells - have not enjoyed rapid or massive adoption so far. However ABI Research estimates that in 2013, there will have been cumulative deployments of about 366,000 picocell devices worldwide. While not a huge number in itself, that represents a 38% compound annual growth rate over the years from 2008.  more

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Ubiquisys Unveils Further Details of Self-Organising Femtocells

..meet the requirements of a specific mobile operator customer, the system consists of modular femtocells providing "lego blocks" of 3G coverage that automatically work together to serve any size or shape of building. The main advan more

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Femtocells to Dominate Market for Indoor Cell Coverage

While femtocells were virtually nonexistent in 2006, and deployed by one operator in 2007, they will make up 61% of small cellular base station revenue by 2013, reports In-Stat.  more

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Picocells’ Future Linked to Femtocells and the SMB Market

Much attention has been devoted to femtocellsÃ' potential to improve indoor cellular coverage. But an older technology, the picocell, has existed for about a decade. Picocells provide larger coverage and capacity than femtocells, which should make them well suited to small and medium businesses. Yet global shipments of picocells will total only about 18,000 this year. Why havenÃ't picocells gained greater market share, and what can vendors do about it?  more

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Picocells and Femtocells to Be Part of Initial LTE Architecture

It is likely that femtocells and picocells will form an integrated part of the initial rollouts of LTE (Long Term Evolution) networks, say analysts at ABI Research.  more

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Qualcomm Invests in Picocell Developer

..ervices that otherwise wouldnÃ't and couldnÃ't work indoors." "3G femtocells will have a very important role in future mobile network architecture," said Frederic Rombaut, head of Qualcomm Ventures Europe, "ip.access has an innovative approach more

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Cisco Invests in Femtocells

..Capital Partners, ADC and Motorola Ventures. Analysts are predicting a huge market for femtocells: a recent report from IDATE forecasts that 10 million UMTS femtocells will ship worldwide in 2010, rising to 18 million in 2011. Operators plan  more

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Femtocells create new opportunities in the enterprise market

.. such as DSL and transmission sharing. 3G femtocells can operate using cheap transmission solutions, such as DSL and have greater potential to support non-voice services than 2G picocells. "Femtocells and picocells will be important in more

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RadioFrame Networks Announces GSM and UMTS Femtocell Products

..nd CEO Jeff Brown. "As we work with mobile operators we have repeatedly heard that femtocells supporting both GSM and UMTS are becoming increasingly important to them. RadioFrame's new products will consist of low-cost hardware that is easy to implem more

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