4G wireless vs. 5G wireless
Mikael Ricknäs, ComputerWorld, 11/4/2011 Using more spectrum and advanced antennas, vendors and operators plan to increase 4G mobile speeds. But the key to increasing speeds as researchers look at future networks, which will someday be dubbed 5G by marketers, is to shorten the distance between users and base stations, and allowing them to automatically be [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, 4G, 5G, EDGE, Femtocell, LTE, WiFi
Femtocells, Wi-Fi to play growing role in mobile networks
Nancy Gohring, IDG News Service, 2/16/2011 While some operators are still choosing one or the other, many experts say femtocells and Wi-Fi will both be used Some people may yet debate the value of femtocells, but the tide has turned: in 2010, the number of femtocells around the world exceeded the number of macrocells, according [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Femtocell, LTE, MMS, SMS, T-Mobile, WiFi
Portable device lets travelers make mobile calls over the Net
Lance Whitney, CNET news, 1/26/2011 A new portable device will soon be able to help people make cell phone calls in other countries without relying on local 3G networks. That bit of technical magic comes courtesy of a new device called an attocell, or a personal femotcell. Created by U.K.-based femtocell company Ubiquisys, the device [...]
In: iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, AT&T, Femtocell, Skype, Sprint, Verizon, VoIP
Smart wireless networks to the rescue
Marguerite Reardon, CNET News, 10/19/2010 Wireless operators are adding more smarts to their networks to ensure the flood of new smartphones, tablets, and other wireless connected gadgets don’t overwhelm them. Equipment suppliers gathering here this week at 4G World to discuss the next generation of wireless network infrastructure are working not only to help wireless [...]
In: Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Mobile Technology, WinPhone · Tagged with: 4G, AT&T, Cisco, Clearwire, Femtocell, HSPA, LTE, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon, WiFi, WiMax
Sprint quietly sells 3G femtocell, Verizon set to follow
Stephen Lawson, ComputerWorld, 8/23/2010 U.S. carriers with EV-DO mobile data networks are stepping up their coverage game with femtocells that offer extended coverage for the high-speed network, after long offering units that worked only with the slower CDMA2000-1x system. Sprint Nextel quietly began offering an EV-DO femtocell to selected customers about two weeks ago, and [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: AT&T, CDMA, Femtocell, Sprint, VoIP
Femtocell technology showing up in AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon plans
Stephen Lawson, IDG News Service, 3/23/2010 The tiny base stations may end up in Internet gateways, in businesses, and on the street, with adoptions by three major U.S. carriers This week’s CTIA Wireless conference may be something of a coming-out party for femtocells, the tiny cellular base stations that can send voice and data traffic [...]
In: iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, AT&T, CTIA, Femtocell, LTE, Sprint, Verizon, Vodafone, WiFi
Cisco promises to ‘forever change the internet’
Wireless Watch, The Register, 3/9/2010 Today will see Cisco making an announcement that it claims will “forever change the internet”. The stock market certainly believed it, sending the IP giant’s shares to their highest level in more than a year ($26.34) yesterday. Given Cisco’s heritage and product strategy it has more likelihood than most of [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Cisco, Cloud, Femtocell, WiFi
Making the most of 4G networks
Sue Marek, FierceWireless, 3/8/2010 It’s no longer a question of which technology U.S. wireless carriers will use for their next-generation network technology, but a question of when they’ll use it. With the exception of Clearwire and its wholesale network partners like Sprint Nextel, Comcast and Time Warner, service providers in the U.S. have charted a migration path that [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 4G, AT&T, Clearwire, Comcast, Femtocell, LTE, Sprint, Verizon, WiFi
AT&T Expands 3G Microcell
Sam Churchill, DailyWireless.org, 3/5/2010 AT&T is expanding its 3G Femtocell trials to Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, San Diego and Las Vegas. The AT&T 3G MicroCell (FAQ) acts like a mini cellular tower in the home. It connects to AT&T’s network using existing broadband Internet service. AT&T and Cisco developed the 3G femtocell for the [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, AT&T, Cisco, Femtocell, HSPA, Sprint, Verizon
Mobile reformation: Piecing together Mobile World Congress
Keith Mallinson, FierceWireless, 3/4/2010 American poet John Godfrey Saxe (1816-1887) based his well-known poem about misconceptions on an old tale from India. It is a salutary warning on the shortcomings of uncoordinated investigations on component parts and their relationships with the whole. Similarly, we should be recognise the limitations of piecemeal, space-by-space analysis of announcements, [...]
In: Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, AT&T, Ericsson, Femtocell, GSM, LTE, Skype, WiFi