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Thursday, 23 October 2008
Signal boosting technology is a concept that has been around for some time included in devices such as network repeaters and access base stations. Femtocell technology builds on signal boosting technology to produce localised low-powered devices operating the mobile phone licensed spectrum – utilising a broadband connection to hit operator networks which break the signal out onto the broader licensed network.
Femtocells are ideal for homes and small businesses where multiple mobile phones may be used regularly indoors – their low power ensure their range remains localised and they can support a number of simultaneous communications devices.
Mobile phone operators are competing with an increasing number of wireless handsets and web based telephony services so need to find ways of providing a more reliable and broader signal range as well as provided faster and more consistent Internet speeds. If the roll out of web services is to be on a mobile public network service then the adoption of the femtocell may provide an answer.
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Femtocells are much more sophisticated than repeaters – they are effectively complete cellsites on a chip. Unlike WiFi, they work with any 3G phone, providing great coverage, high data rates and extended battery life.
There are several business drivers for femtocells, one of the strongest being the need for mobile networks to offload data traffic to avoid saturating their cellsites – and massively increasing the backhaul transmission needed between cellsites and switching centres.
This technology is definitely one to watch.
Davids last blog post..Femtocell investments ignore the credit crunch