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Articles tagged with: Fmc and Femtocells
Study Finds Large Cost Savings for Migrating Heavy Data Users to Femtocells
Signals Research Group has completed a whitepaper on the business case for femtocells as part of its ongoing femtocell business modeling initiative with the trade group, the Femto Forum. The study found, across a wide variety of scenarios considering different regions of the world, the business case for femtocells is strong---often doubling the customer lifetime value---and does not depend on any one critical factor or assumption in order to generate a favorable outcome. Further to this, the research demonstrated that femtocells can dramatically reduce the growing financial costs made by heavy mobile broadband data users on the mobile network. more
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Femtocell - a Revolutionary Residential Gateway for Fixed-Mobile Substitution
Much has been said about femtocells in recent times. Frost & Sullivan senior industry analyst M. Kumaresan believes that femtocells have the potential to revolutionize 3G services by enhancing user experience within an indoor environment, while serving as a major revenue proposition for mobile operators. more
Related Tags: ethernet, 3g, sim, base-station, mobile-data, arpu, voip, ict, itu, driving, personal, femtocell, landline, base-stations
Over two billion 3G subscribers will motivate convergence in mobile and fixed-line services
A new report from Parks Associates finds worldwide growth in the number of 3G subscribers will motivate service providers, under pressure to maintain customer satisfaction and build revenues, to expand on traditional voice offerings to include converged fixed-mobile services. more
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HSPA expected to drive femtocell market; operators taking cautious approach
High speed packet access (HSPA) is shaping up to be the key driver behind future femtocell adoption, says a new report from analyst firm Infonetics Research. Once users are hooked on high speed mobile data services, the report contends, subscribing to a femtocell service could follow to ensure coverage and capacity consistency for services delivered to the home or office. more
Related Tags: mobile-data, wimax, core-network, rcom, hspa, mobile-broadband, femtocell, femto-forum
Fixed Mobile Convergence Market Set to Expand to 250 Million Users by 2012
Operators are now rolling out converged services on fixed and mobile networks, converting trials to commercial deployments. 2008 will see another spate of trials, as femtocell technology begins to become available. more
Related Tags: voip, abi-research, femtocell, 3gpp, indoor-coverage
FMC and Femtocells Heading Toward Full Convergence of Services
The hype surrounding fixed-mobile convergence (fmc) and femtocells continues to grow, but it is likely that neither technology will live up to expectations, says In-Stat. There is much interest in fixed-mobile service (FMS) enabled by femtocells and fmc among consumers, with the promise of more convenience and lower costs, the high-tech market research firm says. Femtocells are micro-base stations designed for home use that support mobile connectivity over the broadband facility. fmc uses Wi-Fi-enabled routers and handsets to carry mobile calls over a broadband connection. more
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Wi-Fi in handsets - bright future or dismal prospects?
The industry hype and level of discussion surrounding fixed-mobile convergence (fmc) would lead most casual industry observers to believe that in the near future all handsets will feature Wi-Fi capabilities, and that everyone will use their cellular handsets to make voice over IP (VoIP) calls in the home and the office. more
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Which Operator will be the First to Launch Femtos in Europe?
Trials of Femto's in Europe have already started and IMS Research says that they expect that the first deployments will start in the first half of 2008. Following Sprint Nextel's limited launch for its Airave product from Samsung, announced this September, questions have been arising as to which operator will be first to launch in Europe. more
Related Tags: mobile-data, huawei, sprint-nextel, o2, capex, telefonica, lte, softbank, ims-research, ims, opex, telefonica-o2
Femtocells to Dominate Fixed-Mobile Convergence Market
Mobile operators are now making key and far-ranging decisions about the future of their consumer fixed-mobile convergence services. While enterprise fmc services are clearly following the route of VCC- and SIP-enabled solutions, consumer fmc services will take one of two major paths, based on each mobile operator's view of the market, and the nature of its existing network assets. more
Related Tags: t-mobile-usa, abi-research, edge, femtocell, handover