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Written by David Chambers
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Saturday, 27 June 2009 |
 Vodafone had kept the launch date of their new femtocell service under wraps until last week, genuinely surprising the industry by bringing it forward to July 1st. I did my "mystery shopper" act on Saturday to find out if Vodafone sales outlets really are ready for the launch next Wednesday.
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Written by David Chambers
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Friday, 26 June 2009 |
 The final day of Femtocell World Summit included some further insights into both operators experiences and vendors latest wares. The industry has moved on significantly from this time last year. It wasn't all good news though, with some operators not yet able to launch due to regulatory or technical restrictions.
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Last Updated ( Friday, 26 June 2009 )
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Written by David Chambers
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Thursday, 25 June 2009 |
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Delegates at Femtocell World Summit continued to be excited about the previous day's announcement by Vodafone of their femtocell product launch inthe UK on July 1st, which had even made it to the BBC news. An extensive program of presentations with twin tracks for business and technical addressed most of the hot topics, with some balancing of the more enthusiastic industry hype. The day rounded off with an awards ceremony that honoured the hard work and achievements of many Femto Forum members. I also report on several nuggets picked up during the day.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 25 June 2009 )
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Written by David Chambers
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Wednesday, 24 June 2009 |
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Femtocell World Summit 2009 turns out to be a very popular event, with over 270 delegates plus 40 more (mainly developers) attending the applications demonstration session in the evening. With 21 exhibitors, there are a lot of different applications on display. Unlike some other telecom conferences, this one is thriving with increased attendance and all the key players present. Here's my impressions from the first day..
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 24 June 2009 )
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Written by David Chambers
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Thursday, 18 June 2009 |
 Do femtocells need a "bus lane" on your broadband internet connection to speed through voice calls and ensure high quality? With internet services becoming more congested these days, is best effort really good enough?
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 14 June 2009 )
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Written by David Chambers
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Tuesday, 16 June 2009 |
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Standards compliance took a step closer
to reality today when a group of vendors announced they have
developed a system which complies with the recently issued 3GPP
Release 8 standards. Specifically, this includes the Iuh interface
which connects between femtocell gateways and femtocall access
points, allowing operators to buy from multiple vendors.
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 14 June 2009 )
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Written by David Chambers
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Thursday, 11 June 2009 |
 We interviewed Nigel Toon, the new president and CEO of picoChip (the primary supplier of femtocell chipsets). He gave us his view of the current and future femtocell market, explaining picoChip’s strategy to retain dominant leadership. He believes that within 2 years, operators will be clamouring to get a femtocell into your living room and that when the first operators launch femtocells there will be tremendous competitive pressure for others to follow suit.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 11 June 2009 )
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Written by David Chambers
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Tuesday, 09 June 2009 |
 Marketing the technology shouldn’t be what the operators do. A network
centric technology approach benefits the operator, not the customer.
Instead, IMS/SIP should be marketed around something new, such as
notifications to your family when you get home, new ways to use the
phone in the home etc.
Enterprise users could benefit from tie-in to the IP-PBX, with features
such as 4 digit dialling, presence, simultaneous ring etc.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 28 May 2009 )
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Written by David Chambers
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Thursday, 04 June 2009 |
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Having looked at what SIP/IMS is, and how it might appear in mobile
networks in earlier parts, we now turn to examine what’s required for
SIP based femtocells and where they might be used. We also look at interoperability with existing mobile phone services and core networks.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 28 May 2009 )
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Written by David Chambers
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Tuesday, 02 June 2009 |
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In this mini-series, we are looking at SIP/IMS and how it will apply to
Femtocells. In the first part, we explained what SIP/IMS are and how it
might apply to 3G mobile networks. This part looks at where these
technologies could appear in 4G and other networks, and how networks
will migrate to them.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 28 May 2009 )
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