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    1. China Mobile uses Mindspeed SoC to deploy TD-SCDMA femtocell

      Semiconductor networking products developer Mindspeed Technologies will form a joint development lab with China Mobile Communications to support the operator's recent deployment of TD-SCDMA femtocells. Mindspeed SoC processors will power China Mobile's small cell base stations. China Mobile is deploying TD-SCDMA femtocell in Suzhou using Mindspeed technology. Mindspeed's Transcede family of processors are NodeB and eNodeB SoC products that support concurrent 3G and LTE processing in a single dev
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    2. Mindspeed launches reference design for TD-SCDMA small cells

      Semiconductor networking products developer Mindspeed Technologies has launched a new reference design for enterprise and public access TD-SCDMA small cells. Combining Mindspeed's Comcerto C1000 CPE processor and PC205 baseband with the PC8818 software, the 16-user reference design will provide small cell coverage to the mobile market. Following Mindspeed's acquisition of Picochip, the new reference design demonstrates the synergies of the two companies' products. It combines each company's sili
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    3. Vodafone in Open Femto trial in Shetland

      Tuesday 17 April 2012 13:54:29 by Andrew Ferguson Two communities in Shetland look set to take part in a Vodafone Open Femto trial. Hamnavoe and Walls are to be the initial locations for the trial, with Unst and Wormadale sitting on the reserve bench. Vodafone has offered its Sure Signal hardware to allow people to utilise their broadband connection as the backhaul for registered mobile handsets, the Open Femto trials should be different in that no pre-re
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      Mentions: Vodafone
    4. Mobile networks ride on small cell backhaul

      In-Stat indicates a nine-fold increase from 2011 to 2015 in operator capital expenditures on exceeding Rs.1.53 lakh crore ($31 billion) in 2015. As operators invest in network capacity to satisfy consumers' insatiable appetite for wireless broadband, operators have had to explore heterogeneous networks topologies (augmenting macrocell networks with small cells) to make-up for a lack of spectrum. The growth of small cells is so tremendous that virtually all of the growth in operator backhaul capi
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    5. Small-cell, Wi-Fi backers advancing their technology

      Wi-Fi hotspots and small cellular radios could make life easier for both consumers and mobile operators, and powerful backers are lining up this week to show how they can maximize that potential. With next week's Mobile World Congress expected to put the spotlight on these new, hyper-local network elements, vendors and industry groups announced developments this week to make them more capable and interoperable. Fast-growing mobile data use is driving demand for equipment that can cover indoor sp
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    6. 4G LTE will be bigger winner at MWC 2012

      The mobile phone industry will gather at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona later this month and it will say “4G is happening, at last”. The important 4G mobile technologies on show in Barcelona this month will be LTE and small cell basestations. These are femtocells which are a little larger than the one in your home. Global capital spending on LTE technology is projected to jump in size to $24.3bn in 2013, says market analyst IHS iSuppli. This rapid growth means that LTE will soon overtake
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    7. Follow-Up: How France's "Free" Cell Phones Really Did Disrupt The Industry

      Follow-Up: How France's "Free" Cell Phones Really Did Disrupt The Industry
      BY Kit EatonToday paris phone Working across a clever meshed network of cell phone signals from the usual towers, 3G signals emanating from user's broadband set-top boxes which also double as femtocells and Wi-Fi signals, the idea of broadband vendor Free.fr's new contract-free cell phone offering was to get users on board for as little as €20 a month--or about $25--and less if you're one of Free's existing broadband su
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      Mentions: 3G
    8. French get unlimited mobile for €20

      Disruptive French broadband provider Free Mobile has announced pricing for its new mobile venture, and it's cheap, really cheap, thanks to lots of Wi-Fi and femtocell offloading. For €20 a month the customer gets unlimited calls within France and to 39 other countries including the USA – and unlimited data too, with the price dropping to €16 if the customer is also getting ADSL from Free. Just €2 a month buys the user 60 minutes of voice calling and 60 SMSes too, a price which drops to nothing a
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    9. Major operators scale up small cell deployments and set sights on rural, enterprise and LTE

      Major operators scale up small cell deployments and set sights on rural, enterprise and LTE
      Numerous operators announce deployments of hundreds of thousands of 3G small cells London, UK – Informa Telecoms & Media today issued its latest femtocell market status report which highlights that operators’ 3G small cell deployments are achieving volume and extending into new markets beyond the home. It also registers the growing number of operators committing to LTE small cell deployments which are expected to form a key market trend in 2012. There are currently 37 commercial deployments with regional US operator, Mosaic Telecom, being the latest to deploy femtocells. Telecom Italia announced its plans to launch before t...
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      Mentions: 3GPP2 Sprint Informa
    10. Femtocells, not something to be embarrassed about

      While many operators that offer femtocells seem to think that imperfect network coverage is something to be embarrassed about and so keep femtocells hidden from full view, Vodafone is trumpeting its Sure Signal service and moving it centre stage. As part of a new UK marketing campaign http://www.marketingweek.co.uk/sectors/telecoms-and-it/vodafone-launches-campaign-in-bid-to-increase-mobile-internet-use/3031468.articleVodafone recently announced that it will be encouraging its customers to use the …
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    11. 4G World: DragonWave doing microcells with a twist

      4G World: DragonWave doing microcells with a twist
      4G World: DragonWave doing microcells with a twistConnectedPlanetFinally, Taqua announced that Cellcom has selected the vendor's small cell core network infrastructure for its femtocell convergence solution. Cellcom is owned by Nsight, which offers wireless, wireline and other services in the Midwest. ...and more »
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    12. Cellcom Selects Taqua's Small Cell Core for Femtocell Deployment

      Cellcom Selects Taqua's Small Cell Core for Femtocell DeploymentTechzone360Oct 28, 2011 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- Taqua, a supplier of convergence switching and small cell deployment solutions, announced that Cellcom has selected Taqua's small cell core network infrastructure for its Femtocell convergence solution to ...and more »
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