Nokia Siemens Networks and Ubiquisys Cooperate on 3G Femto Home Access Solution
Nokia Siemens Networks has signed an agreement with Ubiquisys Ltd, developer of the ZoneGate intelligent 3G femtocell, to provide femtocell solutions that offer greatly improved 3G network coverage and quality of mobile services at home.Under the agreement, Nokia Siemens Networks and Ubiquisys will cooperate in the marketing and sales of the joint solution to mobile operators worldwide. The widely-recognized ZoneGate femtocell supports industry standard interfaces and conforms to Nokia Siemens Networks' Femto Gateway's open architecture.
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HSL (Hay Systems Ltd), an independent mobile network operator and provider of mobile services, today announced that they have commenced a major project to deliver a GSM/GPRS/EDGE femtocell primarily suited for consumer use in a residential setting.HSL plans to market the HSL 2.75G Femtocell to existing BTS vendors, directly to mobile network operators and additionally licensing hardware and software intellectual property. The femtocell will also be used in HSL's own network in the UK. Software running on the femtocell and the associated Base Station Controller (BSC) is being developed by HSL with the hardware ... 
The Femto Forum, the independent industry association that supports femtocell deployment worldwide, has launched a programme to help harmonise the integration of femtocells into mobile core networks. Operator demand to launch femtocells quickly has led to the development of many different methods for integrating potentially millions of femtocells into the network core. Although this is not holding up the commercial deployment of femtocells, this programme will help unite these different approaches in the longer term and set the stage for the development of future standards.At the Femto Forum's next plenary in March 2008, ... 
Two significant announcements from Vodafone and Cisco demonstrate that heavyweight players are taking the market for indoor base stations (femtocells) seriously.Vodafone is taking some very practical and tangible steps to address poor indoor coverage and the potential revenue opportunity.
Principal Analyst Andrew Parkin-White believes that Vodafone's femtocell trials "will help to resolve the technical issues associated with large scale femtocell deployment, and allow the operator to evaluate a number of commercial options for femtocells."
Cisco has acquired an equity stake in UK-based femtocell specialist, ip.access, building on Cisco's recent investments in Linksys and set-top-box manufacturer Scientific Atlanta.
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"Wireless carrier Vodafone Group is testing femtocell technology, which uses mini base stations in homes and small offices to improve indoor 3G coverage." 
ip.access, the award-winning market leader in femtocell and picocell technologies, today announced that Cisco has made an investment in the company. Terms of the investment were not disclosed.Already cash-positive with its existing 2G picocell business, ip.access has secured funding from an impressive array of industry supporters for its breakthrough Oyster 3GTM femtocell, which is currently in trials with major mobile network operators globally. Existing ip.access investors include Scottish Equity Partners, Rothschild Gestion, Intel Capital, Amadeus Capital Partners, ADC and Motorola Ventures.
Building on ip.access' unique experience in cellular-over-IP technology, the Oyster 3G femtocell is a low-power wireless ... 
picoChip announced today the PC8808 TD-SCDMA femtocell reference design, the first to support this standard. Femtocells (or 3G access points) are low-cost basestations optimized for deployment inside buildings to improve coverage and data rates. The new design was developed in China at picoChip's Beijing design center. TD-SCDMA is the third major 3G standard, and is expected to launch in the Olympic cities this summer.Mr. Yang Hua, the secretary general of TD-SCDMA Industry Alliance, said, "Femtocells are an important part of the TD-SCDMA ecosystem, and an essential part of operator strategy, particularly as we evolve to TD-SCDMA ... 
"Femtocells sounds like the next big thing in biology, but it actually could shake up wireless phone services." 
Mobile operators are considering widespread deployment of indoor base stations -- called femtocells -- as early as 2008. A large-scale roll-out of femtocells carries considerable risk and many early business cases are not commercially viable, according to a new report, Femtocells in the Consumer Market: business case and marketing plan, published by Analysys, the global advisers on telecoms, IT and media."Femtocells are progressing rapidly from being an interesting emerging technology to being ready for mobile operators to deploy," says report co-author, Dr Alastair Brydon. "Engineering departments within mobile operators have generally led ... 
picoChip announced today the PC6532 Wave 2 femtocell, the next version of its industry-standard WiMAX basestation reference design. Femtocell access points are optimized for deployment inside buildings to improve coverage and data rates. The new PC6532 WiMAX femtocell is the industry's only single-chip (PHY + MAC) reference design to support WiMAX Wave 2 and full IO-MIMO in both downlink and uplink.Like its predecessor, the Wave 1 PC6530, the new reference design integrates full PHY and MAC into a single picoArray-based PC205 processor. The PC6532 offers the lowest cost solution ... 
Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) and Sagem Communications (SAFRAN Group) today announced that the two companies are collaborating on the commercial development of a femto cell base station platform that enables mobile operators to provide consumers and enterprises with third-generation (3G) UMTS/HSPA network coverage in their homes or business locations. The Base Station Router (BSR) Femto can help mobile operators improve indoor coverage, reduce operating and capital expenditures by simplifying network architectures and easing installation, and noticeably improve subscribers' quality of experience for mobile broadband and voice services.ADVERTISEMENT ... 
SEQUANS Communications and PMC-Sierra, Inc. have joined forces to provide Mobile WiMAX equipment manufacturers with an all-in-one solution for the development of Mobile WiMAX femtocells. The solution is a single, integrated reference design that combines Sequans' new SQN2130 base station ASIC with PMC-Sierra's new PM8800 WiZIRD(TM) 2Tx/2Rx RF IC.Sequans' SQN2130 is the industry's first chip optimized for Mobile WiMAX base stations. It is a full MAC and PHY baseband solution and is WiMAX Forum(TM) Wave 2-ready. It features 2X2 MIMO (2Tx and 2Rx) and high throughput with low power consumption in TDD or FDD ... 
The worldwide wireless market in the developed world is approaching saturation, with carriers offering little compelling differentiation except for price points and, to a limited degree, signal quality, reports In-Stat (http://www.in-stat.com). Mobile triple-play services (voice, video, and Internet) revenue opportunities are the most likely solution to this situation, but only when cell operators first solve signal coverage and capacity issues in the indoor home environment, the high-tech market research firm says."Femtocells (small cellular base stations designed for use in residential and small business environments that provide enhanced coverage at the edge of the wireless network) are ...